Holy Bible – Inspired Version

Joseph Smith, Jr., Editor

Foreword to Inspired Version

Joseph Smith, Jr., worked diligently to present a more correct version of the

Bible. He began this revision in 1830 and completed the initial revision by

July 2, 1833. The original manuscripts indicate additional editing by Joseph

Smith after that date. It was his intention to have the printing done, as

evidenced from statements he made as late as 1841 (Doctrine and

Covenants 107:28) concerning the urgency of this project. However, it was

not published during his lifetime.

Among the valuable manuscripts he left in the possession of his widow,

Emma, was this work on the Bible which he described as the "New

Translation." These manuscripts were preserved, and after Joseph Smith III

became president of the Reorganized Church, Emma delivered them to a

committee appointed by the General Conference of 1866 to procure the

manuscripts. This committee consisted of William Marks, Israel L. Rogers,

and William W. Blair. During 1866-1867 the committee of publication

(Joseph Smith III, Israel L. Rogers and Ebenezer Robinson) had a printer's

manuscript made. This was carefully compared with the originals and

edited by the committee. From this printer's manuscript the first edition of

"The Holy Scriptures" was printed in December 1867.

In view of Joseph Smith's revelatory experience, it was natural that he

should seek more light relative to the biblical text, especially as he came to

realize the inadequacy of the available versions. Revelations concerning the

creation and early history of mankind and the prophecy of Enoch were

received between June and December, 1830. The specific commandments

authorizing the "New Translation" are found in the Doctrine and Covenants:

and a commandment I give unto thee [Sidney Rigdon], that thou shalt write

for him [Joseph Smith]; and the Scriptures shall be given even as they are

in mine own bosom, to the salvation of mine own elect.—Section 34:5

(RLDS), December1830.

Thou shalt ask, and my Scriptures shall be given as I have appointed, and

they shall be preserved in safety; and it is expedient that thou shouldst hold

thy peace concerning them, and not teach them until thou hast received

them in full.—Section 42:15a (RLDS), February 1831.

And now, behold, I say unto you, it shall not be given unto you to know any

further concerning this chapter [Matthew 24], until the New Testament be

translated, and in it all these things shall be made known; wherefore, I give

unto you that you may now translate it, that ye may be prepared for the

things to come; for verily I say unto you, that great things await you.—

Section 45:11a (RLDS), b, March 1831.

Four manuscripts were developed under the direction of Joseph Smith, Jr.

From these the Committee of Publication prepared the text for the printer.

These four manuscripts were (1) a completely written out manuscript

consisting of what is now Doctrine and Covenants Section 22 and Genesis

1:1 to 24:42a; (2) another manuscript including Doctrine and Covenants

Section 22 and recommended changes covering all of the Old Testament;

(3) a fully written revision of Matthew 1:1 to 26:71; and (4) a subsequent

manuscript revising and improving No. 3 and indicating changes to be

made in other portions of the New Testament.

The first document in the Old Testament manuscripts (now Doctrine and

Covenants Section 22) was not incorporated as part of the biblical text.

This, however, has appeared in all editions as an introductory revelation.

The process by which this text was derived deserves comment. As noted,

certain completely new portions were given in the form of revelatory

documents and included in the text—for example, the larger share of

chapters 5, 6 and 7 in Genesis. In the manuscripts the biblical text of both

the Old and New Testament was revised and written out, word-for-word, to

Genesis 24:73 and John 6:5 respectively; thereafter only the places where

corrections were to be made were noted. Sidney Rigdon and John Whitmer

appear to have shared the major work of transcription, with occasional help

from Emma Smith and Oliver Cowdery.

The word "translation" is used consistently by Joseph Smith, Jr., to describe

this work, and although this use of the word has later become somewhat

obsolete, it serves to illustrate the method by which the text was determined

(an older meaning of "translation" carries the connotation of changing a

verbal expression into other forms even though in the same language). It

appears that apart from the revelatory form of some portions such as those

mentioned, the major part of the new version was arrived at through a

prayerful, analytical approach, in most places following the language form

and arrangement of the King James version. Many books and chapters were

marked "correct" and therefore follow the Authorized Version.

The text as published in 1867 was reprinted many times until 1944 when a

"Corrected Edition" was prepared under the direction of the First

Presidency and the Board of Publication. This "Corrected Edition" was

found to be necessary in order to rectify certain spelling, punctuation, and

errors in grammar, together with other omissions. Most of the 1944

corrections brought the text into greater harmony with the original

manuscripts

Preface

Need for the Inspired Version of the Bible

The inspired revision of the King James Version was prepared by the

prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. He became aware of the need for such a revision

in 1829 during the translation of the Book of Mormon. The Bible was

described by the prophet Nephi in the Book of Mormon. He was told that

"many parts which are plain and most precious, and also many covenants of

the Lord have they taken away . . . from the book" (see 1 Nephi 3:157-192).

In June of 1830, Joseph Smith, Jr., received the word of God as it was

revealed to Moses. The Lord told Moses that at a later time, "the children of

men shall esteem my words as naught and take many of them from the book

which you shall write" (Doctrine and Covenants 22:24).

Several early Christian writers gave evidence that changes had been made

in the Bible at a very early day. Justin Martyr, who wrote about a century

after Christ, claimed that the Jews "have altogether taken away many

Scriptures from the translation [the Septuagint] effected by those seventy

elders who were with Ptolemy, and by which this very man [Jesus] who was

crucified is proved to have been set forth expressly as God, and as man, and

as being crucified, and as dying" (Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho,

Chapter 71).

Origen, who spent his life collecting and comparing the different

translations and editions, also testified that the Jews removed parts of the

Old Testament. He wrote, "Our copies are very much fuller than the

Hebrew" (Origen, Origen to Africanus).

Gnostic heretics in the early Christian church also corrupted copies of the

scriptures, as documented by Ignatius, Clement of Alexandria, Justin

Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen, and others. Christian historian

Eusebius quoted an unknown author, "So it was that they laid hands

unblushingly on the Holy Scriptures, claiming to have corrected them" ("A

Polemic Against Artemon," quoted by Eusebius in The History of the

Church, Book 5, Chapter 28).

Development of the Inspired Version

The work of translation began in the latter half of 1830 and was completed

on July 2, 1833, although the manuscripts indicate additional editing by

Joseph after that date. Many sections in the Doctrine and Covenants give

the Lord's instructions regarding the translation (see D&C 34:5; 42:5c, 15a;

45:11a; 73:2a; 76:3c; 87:5a; and 90:12).

Although the work is referred to as a "translation," it should be understood

that the process of receiving the text was primarily revelatory, as opposed to

the modern definition of scholarly conversion of a writing from one

language to another. The Doctrine and Covenants indicates the inspired and

revelatory nature of the work: "the Scriptures shall be given even as they

are in mine own bosom, to the salvation of mine own elect" (D&C 34:5b).

Some portions consisted of material given by direct revelation and inserted

into the original, such as the majority of chapters 4 through 7 of Genesis

that includes the life and prophecy of Enoch. In many other places, the

work appears to have been done through a prayerful, analytical approach,

with smaller corrections being made by inspired insight, following the

language, form, and arrangement of the King James text.

Four handwritten manuscripts were developed under Joseph Smith's

direction:

1. D&C 22 and Genesis 1:1-24:42, written in full (June, 1830-April 5,

1831)

2. D&C 22 and Genesis 1:1-24:42, written in full, with individual notations

for the remainder of the Old Testament (March 8, 1831-July 2, 1833)

3. Matt 1:1-26:71, written in full (March 8-June 19, 1831)

4. Matt 1:1-John 5:48, written in full, with individual notations for the

remainder of the New Testament (April 4, 1831-February 2, 1833)

The Joseph Smith "Family Bible" was used during the translation and

contains markings indicating where certain words were to be inserted or

replaced.

Printed Editions

Following Joseph Smith's death in 1844, the manuscripts of the "new

translation" were carefully preserved by Joseph's widow, Emma. After her

son Joseph Smith III became president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), committees were appointed to procure

the manuscripts and to prepare the Inspired Version for printing. During

1866 and 1867, the publication committee (Joseph Smith III, Israel L.

Rogers, and Ebenezer Robinson) carefully compared the original

manuscripts and prepared a printer's manuscript. The first edition of the

"Holy Scriptures" (Inspired Version) was published in 1867. Verse numbers

generally follow the King James Version numbering, with some notable

exceptions (Genesis 1-24, Isaiah 4, portions of Matthew 1 through John 5,

and a few others).

The 1867 edition was reprinted several times until 1944, when the First

Presidency and the Board of Publication of the Reorganized Church

authorized a committee to prepare a "New Corrected Edition." The

committee made numerous corrections involving spelling, punctuation, and

typographical errors. Most importantly, the committee again compared the

original manuscripts and the Joseph Smith "Family Bible," revising some

words and phrases to more accurately reflect the work done by Joseph

Smith. Subsequent editions have made additional minor typographical and

editorial corrections.

About This Edition

Between 2012 and 2015, a committee of believers in the restored gospel of

Jesus Christ prepared the scriptures for printing under the auspices of

Cumorah Books, Inc. The committee carefully considered textual

differences between previous editions of the Inspired Version. Comparisons

were also made with the Joseph Smith original manuscripts and Family

Bible (using Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible: Electronic Edition,

edited by Scott H. Faulring and Kent P. Jackson, 2010).

This edition includes improved punctuation, updated chapter headings,

minor editorial corrections, a revised concordance, and other supplementary

materials. The committee has labored to provide a clear, correct, and useful

edition of the Inspired Version. It is our fervent prayer that God's Holy

Spirit will richly bless all readers in their study of His holy word.

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Old Testament

Genesis

Gen. Chapter 1

History of creation

Gen. 1:1 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Behold, I reveal unto you concerning this heaven and this earth; write the

words which I speak.

Gen. 1:2 I am the Beginning and the End, the Almighty God. By mine Only

Begotten I created these things.

Gen. 1:3 Yea, in the beginning I created the heaven and the earth upon

which thou standest.

Gen. 1:4 And the earth was without form and void; and I caused darkness

to come up upon the face of the deep.

Gen. 1:5 And my Spirit moved upon the face of the waters, for I am God.

Gen. 1:6 And I, God, said, Let there be light; and there was light.

Gen. 1:7 And I, God, saw the light, and that light was good. And I, God,

divided the light from the darkness.

Gen. 1:8 And I, God, called the light day, and the darkness I called night.

And this I did by the word of my power; and it was done as I spake. And

the evening and the morning were the first day.

Gen. 1:9 And again, I, God, said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of

the waters; and it was so, even as I spake. And I said, Let it divide the

waters from the waters; and it was done.

Gen. 1:10 And I, God, made the firmament and divided the waters, yea, the

great waters under the firmament from the waters which were above the

firmament; and it was so, even as I spake.

Gen. 1:11 And I, God, called the firmament heaven. And the evening and

the morning were the second day.

Gen. 1:12 And I, God, said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered

together unto one place; and it was so. And I, God, said, Let there be dry

land; and it was so.

Gen. 1:13 And I, God, called the dry land earth; and the gathering together

of the waters called I the sea.

Gen. 1:14 And I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good.

Gen. 1:15 And I, God, said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb

yielding seed, the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, and the tree yielding

fruit, whose seed should be in itself upon the earth; and it was so, even as I

spake.

Gen. 1:16 And the earth brought forth grass, every herb yielding seed after

his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed should be in itself after his

kind.

Gen. 1:17 And I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good.

And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Gen. 1:18 And I, 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 for years, and let them be for lights in the

firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

Gen. 1:19 And I, God, made two great lights: the greater light to rule the

day and the lesser light to rule the night; and the greater light was the sun,

and the lesser light was the moon.

Gen. 1:20 And the stars also were made, even according to my word; and I,

God, set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth--

and the sun to rule over the day, and the moon to rule over the night, and to

divide the light from the darkness.

Gen. 1:21 And I, God, saw that all things which I had made were good.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Gen. 1:22 And I, God, said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly, the

moving creature that hath life, and fowl which may fly above the earth in

the open firmament of heaven.

Gen. 1:23 And I, God, created great whales, and every living creature that

moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and

every winged fowl after his kind.

Gen. 1:24 And I, God, saw that all things which I had created were good;

and I, God, blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the

waters in the sea, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and

the morning were the fifth day.

Gen. 1:25 And I, God, said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature

after his kind: cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their

kind; and it was so.

Gen. 1:26 And I, God, made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and

cattle after their kind, and everything which creepeth upon the earth after

his kind. And I, God, saw that all these things were good.

Gen. 1:27 And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten, which was with me

from the beginning, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and it

was so.

Gen. 1:28 And I, God, said, Let them have dominion over the fishes of the

sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,

and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Gen. 1:29 And I, God, created man in mine own image, in the image of

mine Only Begotten created I him; male and female created I them.

Gen. 1:30 And I, God, blessed them and said unto them, Be fruitful, and

multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the

fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that

moveth upon the earth.

Gen. 1:31 And I, God, said unto man, Behold, I have given you every herb,

bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the

which shall be the fruit of a tree, yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Gen. 1:32 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and

to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein I grant life, there shall

be given every clean herb for meat; and it was so, even as I spake.

Gen. 1:33 And I, God, saw everything that I had made; and behold, all

things which I had made were very good. And the evening and the morning

were the sixth day.

Gen. Chapter 2

History of creation continued--God rests--Adam warned--Eve created

Gen. 2:1 Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of

them.

Gen. 2:2 And on the seventh day, I, God, ended my work and all things

which I had made; and I rested on the seventh day from all my work; and

all things which I had made were finished. And I, God, saw that they were

good.

Gen. 2:3 And I, God, blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that

in it I had rested from all my work, which I, God, had created and made.

Gen. 2:4 And now, behold, I say unto you that these are the generations of

the heaven and of the earth when they were created in the day that I, the

Lord God, made the heaven and the earth, and every plant of the field

before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew;

Gen. 2:5 For I, the Lord God, created all things of which I have spoken,

spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of the earth; for I, the

Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the face of the earth.

Gen. 2:6 And I, the Lord God, had created all the children of men and not

yet a man to till the ground; for in heaven created I them, and there was not

yet flesh upon the earth, neither in the water, neither in the air;

Gen. 2:7 But I, the Lord God, spake, and there went up a mist from the

earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

Gen. 2:8 And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground and

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul--

the first flesh upon the earth, the first man also.

Gen. 2:9 Nevertheless, all things were before created; but spiritually were

they created and made, according to my word.

Gen. 2:10 And I, the Lord God, planted a garden eastward in Eden; and

there I put the man whom I had formed.

Gen. 2:11 And out of the ground, made I, the Lord God, to grow every tree,

naturally, that is pleasant to the sight of man; and man could behold it, and

it became also a living soul; for it was spiritual in the day that I created it;

for it remaineth in the sphere in which I, God, created it, yea, even all things

which I prepared for the use of man; and man saw that it was good for food.

Gen. 2:12 And I, the Lord God, planted the tree of life also in the midst of

the garden, and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Gen. 2:13 And I, the Lord God, caused a river to go out of Eden to water

the garden; and from thence it was parted and became into four heads.

Gen. 2:14 And I, the Lord God, called the name of the first Pison, and it

compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where I, the Lord, created much

gold; and the gold of that land was good, and there was bdellium and the

onyx stone.

Gen. 2:15 And the name of the second river was called Gihon, the same

that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Gen. 2:16 And the name of the third river was Hiddekel, that which goeth

toward the east of Assyria.

Gen. 2:17 And the fourth river was Euphrates.

Gen. 2:18 And I, the Lord God, took the man and put him into the garden

of Eden, to dress it and to keep it.

Gen. 2:19 And I, the Lord God, commanded the man, saying, Of every tree

of the garden thou mayest freely eat;

Gen. 2:20 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not

eat of it;

Gen. 2:21 Nevertheless, thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto

thee; but remember that I forbid it;

Gen. 2:22 For in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Gen. 2:23 And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten, that it was

not good that the man should be alone;

Gen. 2:24 Wherefore, I will make a help meet for him.

Gen. 2:25 And out of the ground, I, the Lord God, formed every beast of

the field and every fowl of the air and commanded that they should come

unto Adam to see what he would call them.

Gen. 2:26 And they were also living souls; for I, God, breathed into them

the breath of life and commanded that whatsoever Adam called every living

creature, that should be the name thereof.

Gen. 2:27 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air,

and to every beast of the field; but as for Adam, there was not found a help

meet for him.

Gen. 2:28 And I, the Lord God, caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and

he slept; and I took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in the stead

thereof; and the rib, which I, the Lord God, had taken from man, made I a

woman and brought her unto the man.

Gen. 2:29 And Adam said, This I know now is bone of my bones and flesh

of my flesh. She shall be called woman because she was taken out of man.

Gen. 2:30 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall

cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.

Gen. 2:31 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not

ashamed.

Gen. Chapter 3

Satan rebels--The Son submits to the Father--Satan cast down--Man's

agency, temptation, and fall--Adam and Eve driven out of the garden

Gen. 3:1 And I, the Lord God, spake unto Moses, saying, That Satan,

whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the

same which was from the beginning;

Gen. 3:2 And he came before me, saying, Behold I; send me. I will be thy

Son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost; and

surely I will do it. Wherefore, give me thine honor.

Gen. 3:3 But behold, my beloved Son, which was my beloved and chosen

from the beginning, said unto me, Father, thy will be done, and the glory be

thine forever.

Gen. 3:4 Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me and sought to

destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also

that I should give unto him mine own power, by the power of mine Only

Begotten I caused that he should be cast down; and he became Satan,

Gen. 3:5 Yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive, and to blind

men, and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not

hearken unto my voice.

Gen. 3:6 And now, the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field

which I, the Lord God, had made.

Gen. 3:7 And Satan put it into the heart of the serpent--for he had drawn

away many after him, and he sought also to beguile Eve--for he knew not

the mind of God; wherefore, he sought to destroy the world.

Gen. 3:8 And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat

of every tree of the garden. And he spake by the mouth of the serpent.

Gen. 3:9 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of

the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which thou beholdest in

the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it; neither shall ye

touch it, lest ye die.

Gen. 3:10 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die; for

God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be

opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Gen. 3:11 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and

that it became pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make her

wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her

husband with her; and he did eat.

Gen. 3:12 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they

had been naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves

aprons.

Gen. 3:13 And they heard the voice of the Lord God as they were walking

in the garden in the cool of the day.

Gen. 3:14 And Adam and his wife went to hide themselves from the

presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

Gen. 3:15 And I, the Lord God, called unto Adam and said unto him,

Where goest thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was

afraid because I beheld that I was naked; and I hid myself.

Gen. 3:16 And I, the Lord God, said unto Adam, Who told thee that thou

wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that

thou shouldest not eat; if so, thou shouldest surely die?

Gen. 3:17 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest me, and

commanded that she should remain with me, she gave me of the fruit of the

tree; and I did eat.

Gen. 3:18 And I, the Lord God, said unto the woman, What is this thing

which thou hast done?

Gen. 3:19 And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Gen. 3:20 And I, the Lord God, said unto the serpent, Because thou hast

done this, thou shalt be cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the

field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy

life;

Gen. 3:21 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy

seed and her seed; and he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his

heel.

Gen. 3:22 Unto the woman, I, the Lord God, said, I will greatly multiply

thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children;

and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Gen. 3:23 And unto Adam, I, the Lord God, said, Because thou hast

hearkened unto the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the fruit of the tree of

which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be

the ground for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

Gen. 3:24 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt

eat the herb of the field;

Gen. 3:25 By the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou shalt

return unto the ground, for thou shalt surely die; for out of it wast thou

taken; for dust thou wast, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Gen. 3:26 And Adam called his wife's name Eve because she was the

mother of all living; for thus have I, the Lord God, called the first of all

women, which are many.

Gen. 3:27 Unto Adam and also unto his wife did I, the Lord God, make

coats of skins and clothed them.

Gen. 3:28 And I, the Lord God, said unto mine Only Begotten, Behold, the

man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put

forth his hand, and partake also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever,

Gen. 3:29 Therefore, I, the Lord God, will send him forth from the garden

of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Gen. 3:30 For as I, the Lord God, liveth, even so my words cannot return

void, for as they go forth out of my mouth, they must be fulfilled.

Gen. 3:31 So I drove out the man, and I placed at the east of the garden of

Eden, cherubim and a flaming sword, which turned every way to keep the

way of the tree of life.

Gen. 3:32 (And these are the words which I spake unto my servant Moses.

And they are true, even as I will.

Gen. 3:33 And I have spoken them unto you. See thou show them unto no

man until I command you, except they that believe.) Amen.

Gen. Chapter 4

Adam and Eve till the earth--Sacrifices offered--Redemption declared--

Satan estranges man from God

Gen. 4:1 And it came to pass that after I, the Lord God, had driven them

out, that Adam began to till the earth, and to have dominion over all the

beasts of the field, and to eat his bread by the sweat of his brow, as I, the

Lord, had commanded him; and Eve also, his wife, did labor with him.

Gen. 4:2 And Adam knew his wife, and she bare unto him sons and

daughters; and they began to multiply and to replenish the earth.

Gen. 4:3 And from that time forth, the sons and daughters of Adam began

to divide, two and two, in the land, and to till the land, and to tend flocks;

and they also begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 4:4 And Adam called upon the name of the Lord, and Eve also, his

wife; and they heard the voice of the Lord, from the way towards the garden

of Eden, speaking unto them; and they saw him not, for they were shut out

from his presence.

Gen. 4:5 And he gave unto them commandments that they should worship

the Lord, their God, and should offer the firstlings of their flocks for an

offering unto the Lord.

Gen. 4:6 And Adam was obedient unto the commandments of the Lord.

And after many days, an angel of the Lord appeared unto Adam, saying,

Why dost thou offer sacrifices unto the Lord? And Adam said unto him, I

know not, save the Lord commanded me.

Gen. 4:7 And then the angel spake, saying, This thing is a similitude of the

sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father, which is full of grace and truth;

Gen. 4:8 Wherefore, thou shalt do all that thou doest in the name of the

Son. And thou shalt repent and call upon God in the name of the Son

forevermore.

Gen. 4:9 And in that day, the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam, which beareth

record of the Father and the Son, saying, I am the Only Begotten of the

Father from the beginning, henceforth and forever; that, as thou hast fallen,

thou mayest be redeemed, and all mankind, even as many as will.

Gen. 4:10 And in that day, Adam blessed God, and was filled, and began to

prophesy concerning all the families of the earth, saying, Blessed be the

name of God; for because of my transgression, my eyes are opened; and in

this life I shall have joy, and again, in the flesh I shall see God.

Gen. 4:11 And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying,

Were it not for our transgression, we never should have had seed and never

should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the

eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.

Gen. 4:12 And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God; and they made all

things known unto their sons and their daughters.

Gen. 4:13 And Satan came among them, saying, I am also a son of God.

And he commanded them, saying, Believe it not. And they believed it not;

and they loved Satan more than God. And men began from that time forth

to be carnal, sensual, and devilish.

Gen. Chapter 5

Repentance commanded--Cain and Abel--Secret combinations--The earth

cursed--Gospel preached from the beginning

Gen. 5:1 And the Lord God called upon men, by the Holy Ghost,

everywhere, and commanded them that they should repent.

Gen. 5:2 And as many as believed in the Son and repented of their sins

should be saved. And as many as believed not and repented not should be

damned. And the words went forth out of the mouth of God in a firm

decree; wherefore, they must be fulfilled.

Gen. 5:3 And Adam ceased not to call upon God--and Eve also, his wife.

Gen. 5:4 And Adam knew Eve, his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,

and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord; wherefore, he may not reject

his words. But, behold, also, Cain hearkened not, saying, Who is the Lord,

that I should know him?

Gen. 5:5 And she again conceived and bare his brother Abel. And Abel

hearkened unto the voice of the Lord. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but

Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Gen. 5:6 And Cain loved Satan more than God. And Satan commanded

him, saying, Make an offering unto the Lord. And in process of time, it

came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto

the Lord.

Gen. 5:7 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; but unto

Cain and to his offering he had not respect.

Gen. 5:8 Now Satan knew this, and it pleased him. And Cain was very

wroth, and his countenance fell.

Gen. 5:9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? Why is thy

countenance fallen? If thou doest well, thou shalt be accepted; and if thou

doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and Satan desireth to have thee; and

except thou shalt hearken unto my commandments, I will deliver thee up,

and it shall be unto thee according to his desire; and thou shalt rule over

him, for from this time forth thou shalt be the father of his lies.

Gen. 5:10 Thou shalt be called Perdition, for thou wast also before the

world; and it shall be said in time to come that these abominations were had

from Cain, for he rejected the greater counsel which was had from God; and

this is a cursing which I will put upon thee, except thou repent.

Gen. 5:11 And Cain was wroth and listened not any more to the voice of

the Lord, neither to Abel his brother, who walked in holiness before the

Lord.

Gen. 5:12 And Adam also and his wife mourned before the Lord because

of Cain and his brethren.

Gen. 5:13 And it came to pass that Cain took one of his brother's daughters

to wife, and they loved Satan more than God.

Gen. 5:14 And Satan said unto Cain, Swear unto me by thy throat; and if

thou tell it, thou shalt die; and swear thy brethren by their heads and by the

living God, that they tell it not; for if they tell it, they shall surely die; and

this that thy father may not know it; and this day I will deliver thy brother

Abel into thine hands.

Gen. 5:15 And Satan sware unto Cain, that he would do according to his

commands. And all these things were done in secret.

Gen. 5:16 And Cain said, Truly I am Mahan, the master of this great secret,

that I may murder and get gain. Wherefore, Cain was called Master Mahan;

and he gloried in his wickedness.

Gen. 5:17 And Cain went into the field, and Cain talked with Abel, his

brother; and it came to pass that while they were in the field, Cain rose up

against Abel, his brother, and slew him.

Gen. 5:18 And Cain gloried in that which he had done, saying, I am free;

surely the flocks of my brother falleth into my hands.

Gen. 5:19 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother? And

he said, I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?

Gen. 5:20 And the Lord said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy

brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.

Gen. 5:21 And now, thou shalt be cursed from the earth, which hath opened

her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

Gen. 5:22 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto

thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Gen. 5:23 And Cain said unto the Lord, Satan tempted me because of my

brother's flocks; and I was wroth also, for his offering thou didst accept, and

not mine.

Gen. 5:24 My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast

driven me out this day from the face of the Lord, and from thy face shall I

be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall

come to pass that he that findeth me will slay me because of mine iniquities,

for these things are not hid from the Lord.

Gen. 5:25 And I, the Lord, said unto him, Whosoever slayeth thee,

vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold; and I, the Lord, set a mark upon

Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Gen. 5:26 And Cain was shut out from the presence of the Lord and, with

his wife and many of his brethren, dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of

Eden.

Gen. 5:27 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bare Enoch; and

he also begat many sons and daughters. And he builded a city, and he called

the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.

Gen. 5:28 And unto Enoch was born Irad and other sons and daughters; and

Irad begat Mehujael and other sons and daughters.

Gen. 5:29 And Mehujael begat Methusael and other sons and daughters.

And Methusael begat Lamech.

Gen. 5:30 And Lamech took unto himself two wives: the name of one

being Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.

Gen. 5:31 And Adah bare Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents,

and they were keepers of cattle; and his brother's name was Jubal, who was

the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Gen. 5:32 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal Cain, an instructor of every

artificer in brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal Cain was called Naamah.

Gen. 5:33 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my

voice, ye wives of Lamech; hearken unto my speech, for I have slain a man

to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

Gen. 5:34 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech shall be

seventy and sevenfold.

Gen. 5:35 For Lamech, having entered into a covenant with Satan after the

manner of Cain, wherein he became Master Mahan, master of that great

secret which was administered unto Cain by Satan,

Gen. 5:36 And Irad, the son of Enoch, having known their secret, began to

reveal it unto the sons of Adam; wherefore, Lamech, being angry, slew him-

-not like unto Cain his brother Abel for the sake of getting gain; but he slew

him for the oath's sake;

Gen. 5:37 For, from the days of Cain, there was a secret combination; and

their works were in the dark, and they knew every man his brother.

Gen. 5:38 Wherefore, the Lord cursed Lamech and his house and all they

that had covenanted with Satan; for they kept not the commandments of

God. And it displeased God, and he ministered not unto them.

Gen. 5:39 And their works were abominations and began to spread among

all the sons of men. And it was among the sons of men.

Gen. 5:40 And among the daughters of men, these things were not spoken

because that Lamech had spoken the secret unto his wives, and they

rebelled against him, and declared these things abroad, and had not

compassion.

Gen. 5:41 Wherefore, Lamech was despised, and cast out, and came not

among the sons of men, lest he should die.

Gen. 5:42 And thus the works of darkness began to prevail among all the

sons of men.

Gen. 5:43 And God cursed the earth with a sore curse and was angry with

the wicked, with all the sons of men whom he had made; for they would not

hearken unto his voice nor believe on his Only Begotten Son, even him

whom he declared should come in the meridian of time, who was prepared

from before the foundation of the world.

Gen. 5:44 And thus the gospel began to be preached from the beginning,

being declared by holy angels sent forth from the presence of God, and by

his own voice, and by the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Gen. 5:45 And thus all things were confirmed unto Adam by a holy

ordinance, and the gospel preached, and a decree sent forth that it should be

in the world until the end thereof; and thus it was. Amen.

Gen. Chapter 6

Adam warns men to repent--Seth is born--Book of remembrance--Same

priesthood in the beginning and the end--Genealogy kept--Satan has great

dominion--Enoch's calling

Gen. 6:1 And Adam hearkened unto the voice of God and called upon his

sons to repent.

Gen. 6:2 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bare a son; and he called

his name Seth.

Gen. 6:3 And Adam glorified the name of God, for he said, God hath

appointed me another seed instead of Abel whom Cain slew.

Gen. 6:4 And God revealed himself unto Seth; and he rebelled not, but

offered an acceptable sacrifice like unto his brother Abel. And to him also

was born a son, and he called his name Enos.

Gen. 6:5 And then began these men to call upon the name of the Lord; and

the Lord blessed them; and a book of remembrance was kept in the which

was recorded in the language of Adam, for it was given unto as many as

called upon God to write by the Spirit of inspiration;

Gen. 6:6 And by them their children were taught to read and write, having

a language which was pure and undefiled.

Gen. 6:7 Now this same priesthood which was in the beginning shall be in

the end of the world also.

Gen. 6:8 Now this prophecy Adam spake as he was moved upon by the

Holy Ghost.

Gen. 6:9 And a genealogy was kept of the children of God. And this was

the book of the generations of Adam, saying, In the day that God created

man (in the likeness of God made he him), in the image of his own body,

male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name

Adam, in the day when they were created, and became living souls in the

land, upon the footstool of God.

Gen. 6:10 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and begat a son in

his own likeness, after his own image, and called his name Seth.

Gen. 6:11 And the days of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight

hundred years. And he begat many sons and daughters. And all the days

that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

Gen. 6:12 Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begat Enos, and

prophesied in all his days, and taught his son Enos in the ways of God.

Wherefore, Enos prophesied also. And Seth lived after he begat Enos, eight

hundred and seven years, and begat many sons and daughters.

Gen. 6:13 And the children of men were numerous upon all the face of the

land. And in those days, Satan had great dominion among men and raged in

their hearts; and from thenceforth came wars and bloodshed.

Gen. 6:14 And a man's hand was against his own brother in administering

death because of secret works, seeking for power. And all the days of Seth

were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.

Gen. 6:15 And Enos lived ninety years and begat Cainan. And Enos and the

residue of the people of God came out from the land which was called

Shulon and dwelt in a land of promise, which he called after his own son,

whom he had named Cainan.

Gen. 6:16 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen

years, and begat many sons and daughters. And all the days of Enos were

nine hundred and five years; and he died.

Gen. 6:17 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel.

Gen. 6:18 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred and

forty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Cainan were

nine hundred and ten years; and he died.

Gen. 6:19 And Mahalaleel lived sixty-five years and begat Jared.

Gen. 6:20 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared, eight hundred and

thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Mahalaleel

were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

Gen. 6:21 And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years and begat

Enoch.

Gen. 6:22 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, and

begat sons and daughters. And Jared taught Enoch in all the ways of God.

Gen. 6:23 And this is the genealogy of the sons of Adam, who was the son

of God, with whom God himself conversed.

Gen. 6:24 And they were preachers of righteousness, and spake, and

prophesied, and called upon all men everywhere to repent. And faith was

taught unto the children of men.

Gen. 6:25 And it came to pass that all the days of Jared were nine hundred

and sixty-two years; and he died.

Gen. 6:26 And Enoch lived sixty-five years and begat Methuselah. And it

came to pass that Enoch journeyed in the land among the people; and as he

journeyed, the Spirit of God descended out of heaven and abode upon him;

Gen. 6:27 And he heard a voice from heaven, saying, Enoch, my son,

prophesy unto this people and say unto them, Repent, for thus saith the

Lord, I am angry with this people, and my fierce anger is kindled against

them; for their hearts have waxed hard, and their ears are dull of hearing,

and their eyes cannot see afar off.

Gen. 6:28 And for these many generations, even since the day that I created

them, have they gone astray, and have denied me, and have sought their

own counsels in the dark; and in their own abominations have they devised

murder and have not kept the commandments which I gave unto their father

Adam.

Gen. 6:29 Wherefore, they have forsworn themselves, and by their oaths

they have brought upon themselves death.

Gen. 6:30 And a hell I have prepared for them if they repent not.

Gen. 6:31 And this is a decree which I have sent forth in the beginning of

the world, from mine own mouth, from the foundation thereof; and by the

mouths of my servants, thy fathers, have I decreed it, even as it shall be sent

forth in the world unto the end thereof.

Gen. 6:32 And when Enoch had heard these words, he bowed himself to

the earth before the Lord and spake before the Lord, saying, Why is it that I

have found favor in thy sight, and am but a lad, and all the people hate me,

for I am slow of speech? Wherefore am I thy servant?

Gen. 6:33 And the Lord said unto Enoch, Go forth, and do as I have

commanded thee; and no man shall pierce thee.

Gen. 6:34 Open thy mouth, and it shall be filled, and I will give thee

utterance; for all flesh is in my hands, and I will do as seemeth me good.

Gen. 6:35 Say unto this people, Choose ye this day to serve the Lord God

who made you.

Gen. 6:36 Behold, my Spirit is upon you; wherefore, all thy words will I

justify; and the mountains shall flee before you, and the rivers shall turn

from their course; and thou shalt abide in me, and I in you; therefore walk

with me.

Gen. 6:37 And the Lord spake unto Enoch and said unto him, Anoint thine

eyes with clay and wash them, and thou shalt see; and he did so.

Gen. 6:38 And he beheld the spirits that God had created, and he beheld

also things which were not visible to the natural eye; and from thenceforth

came the saying abroad in the land: A seer hath the Lord raised up unto his

people.

Gen. 6:39 And it came to pass that Enoch went forth in the land among the

people, standing upon the hills, and the high places, and cried with a loud

voice, testifying against their works.

Gen. 6:40 And all men were offended because of him; and they came forth

to hear him upon the high places, saying unto the tent-keepers, Tarry ye

here and keep the tents while we go yonder to behold the seer, for he

prophesieth; and there is a strange thing in the land--a wild man hath come

among us.

Gen. 6:41 And it came to pass when they heard him, no man laid hands on

him; for fear came on all them that heard him, for he walked with God.

Gen. 6:42 And there came a man unto him, whose name was Mahijah, and

said unto him, Tell us plainly who thou art and from whence thou comest.

Gen. 6:43 And he said unto them, I came out from the land of Cainan, the

land of my fathers, a land of righteousness unto this day; and my father

taught me in all the ways of God.

Gen. 6:44 And it came to pass, as I journeyed from the land of Cainan by

the sea east, I beheld a vision; and lo, the heavens I saw, and the Lord spake

with me and gave me commandment; wherefore, for this cause, to keep the

commandment, I speak forth these words.

Gen. 6:45 And Enoch continued his speech, saying, The Lord which spake

with me, the same is the God of heaven; and he is my God and your God,

and ye are my brethren. And why counsel ye yourselves and deny the God

of heaven?

Gen. 6:46 The heavens he made; the earth is his footstool, and the

foundation thereof is his; behold, he laid it, and hosts of men hath he

brought in upon the face thereof.

Gen. 6:47 And death hath come upon our fathers; nevertheless, we know

them and cannot deny; and even the first of all we know, even Adam; for a

book of remembrance we have written among us, according to the pattern

given by the finger of God; and it is given in our own language.

Gen. 6:48 And as Enoch spake forth the words of God, the people trembled

and could not stand in his presence.

Gen. 6:49 And he said unto them, Because that Adam fell, we are; and by

his fall came death, and we are made partakers of misery and woe.

Gen. 6:50 Behold, Satan hath come among the children of men and

tempteth them to worship him; and men have become carnal, sensual, and

devilish, and are shut out from the presence of God.

Gen. 6:51 But God hath made known unto our fathers that all men must

repent.

Gen. 6:52 And he called upon our father Adam by his own voice, saying, I

am God; I made the world and men before they were in the flesh.

Gen. 6:53 And he also said unto him, If thou wilt, turn unto me, and

hearken unto my voice, and believe, and repent of all thy transgressions,

and be baptized, even in water, in the name of mine Only Begotten Son,

who is full of grace and truth, which is Jesus Christ, the only name which

shall be given under heaven whereby salvation shall come unto the children

of men; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, asking all things in

his name; and whatsoever ye shall ask, it shall be given you.

Gen. 6:54 And our father Adam spake unto the Lord and said, Why is it

that men must repent and be baptized in water?

Gen. 6:55 And the Lord said unto Adam, Behold, I have forgiven thee thy

transgression in the garden of Eden.

Gen. 6:56 Hence came the saying abroad among the people that the Son of

God hath atoned for original guilt, wherein the sins of the parents cannot be

answered upon the heads of the children, for they are whole from the

foundation of the world.

Gen. 6:57 And the Lord spake unto Adam, saying, Inasmuch as thy

children are conceived in sin, even so, when they begin to grow up, sin

conceiveth in their hearts; and they taste the bitter, that they may know to

prize the good.

Gen. 6:58 And it is given unto them to know good from evil; wherefore,

they are agents unto themselves.

Gen. 6:59 And I have given unto you another law and commandment;

wherefore, teach it unto your children that all men, everywhere, must

repent, or they can in no wise inherit the kingdom of God.

Gen. 6:60 For no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence;

for in the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is his name; and the name of

his Only Begotten is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous judge,

who shall come in the meridian of time.

Gen. 6:61 Therefore, I give unto you a commandment to teach these things

freely unto your children, saying that by reason of transgression cometh the

fall, which fall bringeth death; and inasmuch as ye were born into the world

by water, and blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so become of

dust a living soul,

Gen. 6:62 Even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of

water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine

Only Begotten, that ye may be sanctified from all sin and enjoy the words

of eternal life in this world and eternal life in the world to come--even

immortal glory.

Gen. 6:63 For by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are

justified; and by the blood ye are sanctified.

Gen. 6:64 Therefore, it is given to abide in you the record of heaven, the

Comforter, the peaceable things of immortal glory, the truth of all things,

that which quickeneth all things, which maketh alive all things, that which

knoweth all things, and hath all power according to wisdom, mercy, truth,

justice, and judgment.

Gen. 6:65 And now, behold, I say unto you, This is the plan of salvation

unto all men through the blood of mine Only Begotten, who shall come in

the meridian of time.

Gen. 6:66 And behold, all things have their likeness; and all things are

created and made to bear record of me: both things which are temporal and

things which are spiritual, things which are in the heavens above, and things

which are on the earth, and things which are in the earth, and things which

are under the earth, both above and beneath; all things bear record of me.

Gen. 6:67 And it came to pass when the Lord had spoken with Adam, our

father, that Adam cried unto the Lord; and he was caught away by the Spirit

of the Lord, and was carried down into the water, and was laid under the

water, and was brought forth out of the water; and thus he was baptized.

Gen. 6:68 And the Spirit of God descended upon him; and thus he was born

of the Spirit and became quickened in the inner man.

Gen. 6:69 And he heard a voice out of heaven, saying, Thou art baptized

with fire and with the Holy Ghost; this is the record of the Father and the

Son from henceforth and forever;

Gen. 6:70 And thou art after the order of him who was without beginning

of days or end of years, from all eternity to all eternity.

Gen. 6:71 Behold, thou art one in me, a son of God; and thus may all

become my sons. Amen.

Gen. Chapter 7

Prophecy of Enoch, his preaching--Zion established, taken to heaven--

Heavens weep--Earth is promised rest--Covenant continued through

Methuselah--Noah is born

Gen. 7:1 And it came to pass that Enoch continued his speech, saying,

Behold, our father Adam taught these things; and many have believed and

become the sons of God; and many have believed not, and have perished in

their sins, and are looking forth with fear, in torment, for the fiery

indignation of the wrath of God to be poured out upon them.

Gen. 7:2 And from that time forth, Enoch began to prophesy, saying unto

the people that, As I was journeying, and stood in the place Mahujah, and

cried unto the Lord, there came a voice out of heaven, saying, Turn ye and

get ye upon the mount Simeon.

Gen. 7:3 And it came to pass that I turned and went up on the mount; and

as I stood upon the mount, I beheld the heavens open, and I was clothed

upon with glory.

Gen. 7:4 And I saw the Lord, and he stood before my face; and he talked

with me, even as a man talketh one with another, face to face; and he said

unto me, Look, and I will show unto thee the world for the space of many

generations.

Gen. 7:5 And it came to pass that I beheld in the valley of Shum, and lo, a

great people which dwelt in tents, which were the people of Shum.

Gen. 7:6 And again the Lord said unto me, Look. And I looked towards the

north, and I beheld the people of Cainan, which dwelt in tents.

Gen. 7:7 And the Lord said unto me, Prophesy. And I prophesied, saying,

Gen. 7:8 Behold, the people of Cainan, which are numerous, shall go forth

in battle array against the people of Shum and shall slay them, that they

shall be utterly destroyed.

Gen. 7:9 And the people of Cainan shall divide themselves in the land; and

the land shall be barren and unfruitful, and none other people shall dwell

there but the people of Cainan; for behold, the Lord shall curse the land

with much heat, and the barrenness thereof shall go forth forever.

Gen. 7:10 And there was a blackness came upon all the children of Cainan,

that they were despised among all people.

Gen. 7:11 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me, Look. And I

looked, and I beheld the land of Sharon, and the land of Enoch, and the land

of Omner, and the land of Heni, and the land of Shem, and the land of

Haner, and the land of Hanannihah, and all the inhabitants thereof.

Gen. 7:12 And the Lord said unto me, Go forth to this people and say unto

them, Repent, lest I come out and smite them with a curse and they die.

Gen. 7:13 And he gave unto me a commandment that I should baptize in

the name of the Father, and of the Son, who is full of grace and truth, and

the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father and the Son.

Gen. 7:14 And it came to pass that Enoch continued to call upon all the

people, save it were the people of Cainan, to repent.

Gen. 7:15 And so great was the faith of Enoch that he led the people of

God, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he spake the word

of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even according

to his command.

Gen. 7:16 And the rivers of water were turned out of their course, and the

roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness.

Gen. 7:17 And all nations feared greatly, so powerful was the word of

Enoch, and so great was the power of the language which God had given

him.

Gen. 7:18 There also came up a land out of the depths of the sea; and so

great was the fear of the enemies of the people of God that they fled, and

stood afar off, and went upon the land which came up out of the depths of

the sea.

Gen. 7:19 And the giants of the land also stood afar off; and there went

forth a curse upon all the people which fought against God.

Gen. 7:20 And from that time forth, there were wars and bloodshed among

them; but the Lord came and dwelt with his people, and they dwelt in

righteousness.

Gen. 7:21 And the fear of the Lord was upon all nations, so great was the

glory of the Lord which was upon his people.

Gen. 7:22 And the Lord blessed the land, and they were blessed upon the

mountains and upon the high places and did flourish.

Gen. 7:23 And the Lord called his people Zion because they were of one

heart, and of one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there were no poor

among them.

Gen. 7:24 And Enoch continued his preaching in righteousness unto the

people of God.

Gen. 7:25 And it came to pass in his days that he built a city that was called

the city of holiness, even Zion.

Gen. 7:26 And it came to pass that Enoch talked with the Lord, and he said

unto the Lord, Surely Zion shall dwell in safety forever. But the Lord said

unto Enoch, Zion have I blessed, but the residue of the people have I

cursed.

Gen. 7:27 And it came to pass that the Lord showed unto Enoch all the

inhabitants of the earth; and he beheld, and lo! Zion in process of time was

taken up into heaven.

Gen. 7:28 And the Lord said unto Enoch, Behold mine abode forever.

Gen. 7:29 And Enoch also beheld the residue of the people which were the

sons of Adam, and they were a mixture of all the seed of Adam, save it

were the seed of Cain; for the seed of Cain were black and had not place

among them.

Gen. 7:30 And after that Zion was taken up into heaven, Enoch beheld, and

lo, all the nations of the earth were before him; and there came generation

upon generation.

Gen. 7:31 And Enoch was high and lifted up, even in the bosom of the

Father and the Son of Man; and behold, the powers of Satan were upon all

the face of the earth; and he saw angels descending out of heaven, and he

heard a loud voice, saying, Woe! woe! be unto the inhabitants of the earth!

Gen. 7:32 And he beheld Satan, and he had a great chain in his hand, and it

veiled the whole face of the earth with darkness; and he looked up and

laughed, and his angels rejoiced.

Gen. 7:33 And Enoch beheld angels descending out of heaven, bearing

testimony of the Father and of the Son.

Gen. 7:34 And the Holy Ghost fell on many, and they were caught up by

the powers of heaven into Zion.

Gen. 7:35 And it came to pass that the God of heaven looked upon the

residue of the people and wept; and Enoch bore record of it, saying, How is

it that the heavens weep and shed forth their tears as the rain upon the

mountains? And Enoch said unto the Lord, How is it that thou canst weep,

seeing thou art holy and from all eternity to all eternity?

Gen. 7:36 And were it possible that man could number the particles of the

earth, yea, and millions of earths like this, it would not be a beginning to the

number of thy creations;

Gen. 7:37 And thy curtains are stretched out still, and thou art there, and

thy bosom is there; and also, thou art just; thou art merciful and kind

forever;

Gen. 7:38 Thou hast taken Zion to thine own bosom from all thy creations,

from all eternity to all eternity; and naught but peace, justice, and truth is

the habitation of thy throne; and mercy shall go before thy face and have no

end. How is it that thou canst weep?

Gen. 7:39 The Lord said unto Enoch, Behold, these thy brethren, they are

the workmanship of mine own hands, and I gave unto them their

knowledge* in the day that I created them. *["Intelligence" is used in some

editions of the Inspired Version.]

Gen. 7:40 And in the garden of Eden gave I unto man his agency; and unto

thy brethren have I said, and also gave commandment, that they should love

one another and that they should choose me their Father.

Gen. 7:41 But behold, they are without affection, and they hate their own

blood; and the fire of mine indignation is kindled against them; and in my

hot displeasure will I send in the floods upon them; for my fierce anger is

kindled against them.

Gen. 7:42 Behold, I am God; Man of Holiness is my name; Man of

Counsel is my name; and Endless and Eternal is my name also. Wherefore,

I can stretch forth my hands and hold all the creations which I have made,

and mine eye can pierce them also.

Gen. 7:43 And among all the workmanship of my hands there has not been

so great wickedness as among thy brethren; but behold, their sins shall be

upon the heads of their fathers; Satan shall be their father, and misery shall

be their doom; and the whole heavens shall weep over them, even all the

workmanship of my hands.

Gen. 7:44 Wherefore should not the heavens weep, seeing these shall

suffer? But behold, these which thine eyes are upon shall perish in the

floods; and behold, I will shut them up; a prison have I prepared for them,

and he whom I have chosen hath pleaded before my face;

Gen. 7:45 Wherefore, he suffereth for their sins, inasmuch as they will

repent, in the day that my chosen shall return unto me; and until that day

they shall be in torment.

Gen. 7:46 Wherefore, for this shall the heavens weep, yea, and all the

workmanship of my hands.

Gen. 7:47 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Enoch and told

Enoch all the doings of the children of men.

Gen. 7:48 Wherefore, Enoch knew and looked upon their wickedness and

their misery, and wept, and stretched forth his arms; and his heart swelled

wide as eternity, and his bowels yearned; and all eternity shook.

Gen. 7:49 And Enoch saw Noah also and his family, that the posterity of all

the sons of Noah should be saved with a temporal salvation.

Gen. 7:50 Wherefore, Enoch saw that Noah built an ark; and the Lord

smiled upon it and held it in his own hand; but upon the residue of the

wicked came the floods and swallowed them up.

Gen. 7:51 And as Enoch saw thus, he had bitterness of soul, and wept over

his brethren, and said unto the heavens, I will refuse to be comforted.

Gen. 7:52 But the Lord said unto Enoch, Lift up your heart, and be glad,

and look. And it came to pass that Enoch looked, and from Noah he beheld

all the families of the earth; and he cried unto the Lord, saying, When shall

the day of the Lord come? When shall the blood of the righteous be shed,

that all they that mourn may be sanctified and have eternal life?

Gen. 7:53 And the Lord said, It shall be in the meridian of time, in the days

of wickedness and vengeance.

Gen. 7:54 And behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of

Man, even in the flesh; and his soul rejoiced, saying, The righteous is lifted

up; and the Lamb is slain from the foundation of the world; and through

faith I am in the bosom of the Father; and behold, Zion is with me!

Gen. 7:55 And it came to pass that Enoch looked upon the earth; and he

heard a voice from the bowels thereof, saying, Woe! woe! is me, the mother

of men! I am pained; I am weary because of the wickedness of my children!

When shall I rest and be cleansed from the filthiness which has gone forth

out of me? When will my Creator sanctify me, that I may rest and

righteousness for a season abide upon my face?

Gen. 7:56 And when Enoch heard the earth mourn, he wept, and cried unto

the Lord, saying, O Lord, wilt thou not have compassion upon the earth?

Wilt thou not bless the children of Noah?

Gen. 7:57 And it came to pass that Enoch continued his cry unto the Lord,

saying, I ask thee, O Lord, in the name of thine Only Begotten, even Jesus

Christ, that thou wilt have mercy upon Noah and his seed, that the earth

might never more be covered by the floods.

Gen. 7:58 And the Lord could not withhold; and he covenanted with Enoch

and sware unto him with an oath that he would stay the floods, that he

would call upon the children of Noah; and he sent forth an unalterable

decree that a remnant of his seed should always be found among all nations

while the earth should stand.

Gen. 7:59 And the Lord said, Blessed is he through whose seed Messiah

shall come; for he saith, I am Messiah, the King of Zion, the Rock of

Heaven, which is broad as eternity; and whoso cometh in at the gate and

climbeth up by me shall never fall.

Gen. 7:60 Wherefore, blessed are they of whom I have spoken, for they

shall come forth with songs of everlasting joy.

Gen. 7:61 And it came to pass that Enoch cried unto the Lord, saying,

When the Son of Man cometh in the flesh, shall the earth rest? I pray thee,

show me these things.

Gen. 7:62 And the Lord said unto Enoch, Look. And he looked and beheld

the Son of Man lifted up on the cross after the manner of men.

Gen. 7:63 And he heard a loud voice, and the heavens were veiled; and all

the creations of God mourned, and the earth groaned; and the rocks were

rent; and the saints arose and were crowned at the right hand of the Son of

Man with crowns of glory.

Gen. 7:64 And as many of the spirits as were in prison came forth and

stood on the right hand of God. And the remainder were reserved in chains

of darkness until the judgment of the great day.

Gen. 7:65 And again Enoch wept and cried unto the Lord, saying, When

shall the earth rest?

Gen. 7:66 And Enoch beheld the Son of Man ascend up unto the Father.

And he called unto the Lord, saying, Wilt thou not come again upon the

earth? For inasmuch as thou art God, and I know thee, and thou hast sworn

unto me and commanded me that I should ask in the name of thine Only

Begotten, thou hast made me and given unto me a right to thy throne, and

not of myself, but through thine own grace. Wherefore, I ask thee if thou

wilt not come again on the earth?

Gen. 7:67 And the Lord said unto Enoch, As I live, even so will I come in

the last days, in the days of wickedness and vengeance, to fulfill the oath

which I made unto you concerning the children of Noah.

Gen. 7:68 And the day shall come that the earth shall rest. But before that

day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the

earth; and the heavens shall shake, and also the earth.

Gen. 7:69 And great tribulations shall be among the children of men; but

my people will I preserve; and righteousness will I send down out of

heaven, and truth will I send forth out of the earth, to bear testimony of

mine Only Begotten, his resurrection from the dead, yea, and also the

resurrection of all men.

Gen. 7:70 And righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as

with a flood, to gather out mine own elect from the four quarters of the

earth unto a place which I shall prepare, a holy city, that my people may

gird up their loins and be looking forth for the time of my coming; for there

shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem.

Gen. 7:71 And the Lord said unto Enoch, Then shalt thou and all thy city

meet them there; and we will receive them into our bosom; and they shall

see us, and we will fall upon their necks, and they shall fall upon our necks,

and we will kiss each other;

Gen. 7:72 And there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall

come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a

thousand years shall the earth rest.

Gen. 7:73 And it came to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the

Son of Man in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the

space of a thousand years.

Gen. 7:74 But before that day, he saw great tribulation among the wicked;

and he also saw the sea, that it was troubled, and men's hearts failing them,

looking forth with fear for the judgment of the Almighty God, which should

come upon the wicked.

Gen. 7:75 And the Lord showed Enoch all things, even unto the end of the

world. And he saw the day of the righteous, the hour of their redemption,

and received a fullness of joy.

Gen. 7:76 And all the days of Zion in the days of Enoch were three

hundred and sixty-five years.

Gen. 7:77 And Enoch and all his people walked with God, and he dwelt in

the midst of Zion.

Gen. 7:78 And it came to pass that Zion was not, for God received it up

into his own bosom; and from thence went forth the saying, Zion is fled.

And all the days of Enoch were four hundred and thirty years.

Gen. 7:79 And it came to pass that Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was not

taken, that the covenants of the Lord might be fulfilled which he made to

Enoch; for he truly covenanted with Enoch that Noah should be of the fruit

of his loins.

Gen. 7:80 And it came to pass that Methuselah prophesied that from his

loins should spring all the kingdoms of the earth (through Noah), and he

took glory unto himself.

Gen. 7:81 And there came forth a great famine into the land, and the Lord

cursed the earth with a sore curse, and many of the inhabitants thereof died.

Gen. 7:82 And it came to pass that Methuselah lived one hundred and

eighty-seven years and begat Lamech; and Methuselah lived after he begat

Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and

daughters. And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-

nine years; and he died.

Gen. 7:83 And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and begat a

son, and he called his name Noah, saying, This son shall comfort us

concerning our work and toil of our hands because of the ground which the

Lord hath cursed.

Gen. 7:84 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah, five hundred and ninety-

five years, and begat sons and daughters. And all the days of Lamech were

seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

Gen. 7:85 And Noah was four hundred and fifty years old and begat

Japheth; and forty-two years afterwards, he begat Shem of her who was the

mother of Japheth; and when he was five hundred years old, he begat Ham.

Gen. Chapter 8

God calls Noah--He declares the gospel--Flood foretold--Ark built--Noah's

family and animals saved from the flood

Gen. 8:1 And Noah and his sons hearkened unto the Lord and gave heed;

and they were called the sons of God.

Gen. 8:2 And when these men began to multiply on the face of the earth

and daughters were born unto them, the sons of men saw that their

daughters were fair; and they took them wives even as they chose.

Gen. 8:3 And the Lord said unto Noah, The daughters of thy sons have sold

themselves; for behold, mine anger is kindled against the sons of men, for

they will not hearken to my voice.

Gen. 8:4 And it came to pass that Noah prophesied and taught the things of

God, even as it was in the beginning.

Gen. 8:5 And the Lord said unto Noah, My Spirit shall not always strive

with man, for he shall know that all flesh shall die, yet his days shall be a

hundred and twenty years; and if men do not repent, I will send in the

floods upon them.

Gen. 8:6 And in those days there were giants on the earth, and they sought

Noah to take away his life;

Gen. 8:7 But the Lord was with Noah, and the power of the Lord was upon

him; and the Lord ordained Noah after his own order and commanded him

that he should go forth and declare his gospel unto the children of men,

even as it was given unto Enoch.

Gen. 8:8 And it came to pass that Noah called upon the children of men,

that they should repent; but they hearkened not unto his words.

Gen. 8:9 And also, after that they had heard him, they came up before him,

saying, Behold, we are the sons of God. Have we not taken unto ourselves

the daughters of men? And are we not eating, and drinking, and marrying,

and given in marriage? And our wives bear unto us children; and the same

are mighty men, which are like unto them of old, men of great renown. And

they hearkened not unto the words of Noah.

Gen. 8:10 And God saw that the wickedness of man had become great in

the earth; and every man was lifted up in the imagination of the thoughts of

his heart, being only evil continually.

Gen. 8:11 And it came to pass that Noah continued his preaching unto the

people, saying, Hearken and give heed unto my words. Believe, and repent

of your sins, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,

even as our fathers did, and ye shall receive the Holy Ghost, that ye may

have all things made manifest;

Gen. 8:12 And if you do not this, the floods will come in upon you;

nevertheless, they hearkened not.

Gen. 8:13 And it repented Noah, and his heart was pained that the Lord had

made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Gen. 8:14 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 things, and the

fowls of the air,

Gen. 8:15 For it repenteth Noah that I have created them and that I have

made them; and he hath called upon me, for they have sought his life.

Gen. 8:16 And thus Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord; for Noah

was a just man and perfect in his generation; and he walked with God, and

also his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gen. 8:17 The earth was corrupt before God; and it was filled with

violence. And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all

flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

Gen. 8:18 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me;

for the earth is filled with violence; and behold, I will destroy all flesh from

off the earth.

Gen. 8:19 Make thee, therefore, an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou

make in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch;

Gen. 8:20 And the length of the ark thou shalt make three hundred cubits,

the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Gen. 8:21 And windows shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt

thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side

thereof; lower, second, and third chambers shalt thou make in it.

Gen. 8:22 And behold, I, even I will bring in a flood of water upon the

earth to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven;

everything that liveth on the earth shall die.

Gen. 8:23 But with thee will I establish my covenant, even as I have sworn

unto thy father, Enoch, that of thy posterity shall come all nations.

Gen. 8:24 And thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy

wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Gen. 8:25 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every kind shalt

thou bring into the ark to keep alive with thee; they shall be male and

female.

Gen. 8:26 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every

creeping thing of the earth after his kind--two of every kind shalt thou take

into the ark to keep alive.

Gen. 8:27 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten; and thou shalt

gather fruit of every kind unto thee in the ark, and it shall be for food for

thee and for them.

Gen. 8:28 Thus did Noah according to all that God commanded him.

Gen. 8:29 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into

the ark; for thee only have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Gen. 8:30 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male

and his female, and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his

female;

Gen. 8:31 Of fowls also of the air, by sevens, the male and his female, to

keep seed alive upon the face of the earth.

Gen. 8:32 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty

days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I

destroy from off the face of the earth.

Gen. 8:33 And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the

earth.

Gen. 8:34 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. 8:35 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that were not clean, and of fowls,

and of everything that creepeth upon the earth there went in two and two

unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded

Noah.

Gen. 8:36 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood

were upon the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second

month, and 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, and the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Gen. 8:37 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and

Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons

with them, into the ark--they, and every beast after his kind, and all the

cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth

after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, and every bird of every sort;

Gen. 8:38 And they went unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh

wherein is the breath of life; 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. 8:39 And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters

increased and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Gen. 8:40 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth,

and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Gen. 8:41 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the face of the earth;

and all the high hills under the whole heavens were covered. Fifteen cubits

and upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Gen. 8:42 And all flesh died that moved upon the face of the earth, both of

fowl, and of cattle, and of beasts, and of every creeping thing that creepeth

upon the earth, and every man.

Gen. 8:43 All in whose nostrils the Lord had breathed the breath of life, of

all that were on the dry land, died.

Gen. 8:44 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the

face of the ground: both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the

fowls of the air; and they were destroyed from the earth;

Gen. 8:45 And Noah only remained, and they that were with him in the ark.

Gen. 8:46 And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty

days.

Gen. 8:47 And God remembered Noah and all that were with him in the

ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged.

Gen. 8:48 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were

stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; and the waters returned

from off the earth.

Gen. 8:49 And after the end of the hundred and fifty days, the waters were

abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of

the month, upon the mountain of Ararat.

Gen. 8:50 And the waters decreased until the tenth month; and in the tenth

month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Gen. 8:51 And it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened

the window of the ark which he had made, and he sent forth a raven, which

went forth to and fro until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Gen. 8:52 He also sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were

abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the

sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters had

not receded from off 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. 8:53 And he stayed yet other seven days, and again he sent forth the

dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, in

her mouth an olive leaf plucked off; so Noah knew that the waters were

abated from off the earth.

Gen. 8:54 And he stayed yet other seven days and sent forth a dove, which

returned not again unto him any more.

Gen. 8:55 And it came to pass, in the six hundred and first year, in the first

month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the

earth.

Gen. 8:56 And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked; and

behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the

seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

Gen. Chapter 9

Noah builds an altar--Commandments concerning the shedding of blood--

The everlasting covenant--Bow set in the cloud

Gen. 9:1 And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth out of the ark, thou

and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Gen. 9:2 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all

flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth

upon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth and be fruitful

and multiply upon the earth.

Gen. 9:3 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'

wives with him. And every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl

upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

Gen. 9:4 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord, and took of every clean

beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar, and

gave thanks unto the Lord, and rejoiced in his heart.

Gen. 9:5 And the Lord spake unto Noah, and he blessed him. And Noah

smelled a sweet savor, and he said in his heart,

Gen. 9:6 I will call on the name of the Lord, that he will not again curse the

ground any more for man's sake--for the imagination of man's heart is evil

from his youth--and that he will not again smite any more everything living,

as he hath done, while the earth remaineth;

Gen. 9:7 And that seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer

and winter, and day and night may not cease with man.

Gen. 9:8 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said unto them, Be

fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the

dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of

the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the

sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Gen. 9:9 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the

green herb have I given you all things.

Gen. 9:10 But the blood of all flesh, which I have given you for meat, shall

be shed upon the ground, which taketh life thereof; and the blood ye shall

not eat.

Gen. 9:11 And surely, blood shall not be shed, only for meat, to save your

lives; and the blood of every beast will I require at your hands.

Gen. 9:12 And whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be

shed; for man shall not shed the blood of man.

Gen. 9:13 For a commandment I give: that every man's brother shall

preserve the life of man; for in mine own image have I made man.

Gen. 9:14 And a commandment I give unto you: Be ye fruitful and

multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply therein.

Gen. 9:15 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

And I, behold, I will establish my covenant with you, which I made unto

your father Enoch, concerning your seed after you.

Gen. 9:16 And it shall come to pass that every living creature that is with

you, of the fowl, and of the cattle, and of the beast of the earth that is with

you, which shall go out of the ark, shall not altogether perish; 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. 9:17 And I will establish my covenant with you, which I made unto

Enoch, concerning the remnants of your posterity.

Gen. 9:18 And God made a covenant with Noah and said, This shall be the

token of the covenant I make between me and you, and for every living

creature with you, for perpetual generations:

Gen. 9:19 I will set my bow in the cloud; and it shall be for a token of a

covenant between me and the earth.

Gen. 9:20 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth,

that the bow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember my covenant,

which I have made between me and you, for every living creature of all

flesh. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Gen. 9:21 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I

may remember the everlasting covenant, which I made unto thy father

Enoch, that, when men should keep all my commandments, Zion should

again come on the earth, the city of Enoch, which I have caught up unto

myself.

Gen. 9:22 And this is mine everlasting covenant: that when thy posterity

shall embrace the truth and look upward, then shall Zion look downward,

and all the heavens shall shake with gladness, and the earth shall tremble

with joy;

Gen. 9:23 And the general assembly of the church of the firstborn shall

come down out of heaven, and possess the earth, and shall have place until

the end come. And this is mine everlasting covenant, which I made with thy

father Enoch.

Gen. 9:24 And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will establish my

covenant unto thee, which I have made between me and thee, for every

living creature of all flesh that shall be upon the earth.

Gen. 9:25 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant

which I have established between me and thee, for all flesh that shall be

upon the earth.

Gen. 9:26 And the sons of Noah that went forth of the ark were Shem, and

Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan. These were the three

sons of Noah, and of them was the whole earth overspread.

Gen. 9:27 And Noah began to till the earth, and he was a husbandman; and

he planted a vineyard, and he drank of the wine and was drunken; and he

was uncovered within his tent;

Gen. 9:28 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father,

and told his brethren without; and Shem and Japheth took a garment, and

laid upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the

nakedness of their father, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

Gen. 9:29 And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son

had done unto him; and he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants

shall he be unto his brethren.

Gen. 9:30 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan

shall be his servant, and a veil of darkness shall cover him, that he shall be

known among all men.

Gen. 9:31 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of

Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Gen. 9:32 And Noah lived after the flood, three hundred and fifty years.

And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

Gen. Chapter 10

Genealogy of Noah's sons--Earth is divided

Gen. 10:1 Now these were 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, Madai, and Javan, and

Tubal, and Meschech, and Tiras.

Gen. 10:3 And these are the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and

Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and

Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands,

every one after the same tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Gen. 10:4 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and

Canaan. And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and

Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Gen. 10:5 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the

earth. He was a mighty hunter in the land. Wherefore, it is said, Even as

Nimrod, the mighty hunter in the land.

Gen. 10:6 And he began a kingdom, and the beginning of his kingdom was

Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

Gen. 10:7 Out of that land went forth Asshur and builded Nineveh, and the

city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; the same

was a great city.

Gen. 10:8 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and

Naphtuhim, and Pathrusim, and Casluhim, out of whom came Philistim and

Caphtorim.

Gen. 10:9 And Canaan begat Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth, and the

Jebusite, and the Amorite, and Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite,

and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and

afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Gen. 10:10 And the borders of the Canaanites were from Sidon, as thou

comest to Gerar unto Gaza; as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and

Admah, and Zeboiim even unto Lasha.

Gen. 10:11 These were the sons of Ham, after their families, after the same

tongue, in their countries, and in their nations.

Gen. 10:12 Unto Shem also, which was the elder, children were born; and

he was the father of Eber, and even to him were children born.

Gen. 10:13 And these are the children of Shem: Eber, and Elam, and

Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Gen. 10:14 And these were the children of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether,

and Mash.

Gen. 10:15 And Arphaxad begat Salah, and Salah begat Eber. And unto

Eber were born two sons: the name of one, Peleg--the other, Joktan.

Gen. 10:16 And Peleg was a mighty man, for in his days was the earth

divided.

Gen. 10:17 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth,

and Jerah, and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, and Obal, and Abimael, and

Sheba, and Ophar, and Havilah, and Jobab; and these were the sons of

Joktan.

Gen. 10:18 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar,

a mount of the east.

Gen. 10:19 These were the sons of Shem, after their families, after their

tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Gen. 10:20 These were the families of the sons of Noah, after their

generations, in their nations; and by these were the nations divided on the

earth after the flood.

Gen. Chapter 11

Babel built--Language confounded--Generations of Shem--Abram is born,

marries, and goes into Canaan

Gen. 11:1 And the whole earth was of the same language and of the same

speech. And it came to pass that many journeyed from the east; and as they

journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and dwelt

there in the plain of Shinar.

Gen. 11:2 And they said one to another, Come, go to; let us make brick and

burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had slime for

mortar.

Gen. 11:3 And they said, Come, go to; let us build us a city and a tower

whose top will be high, nigh unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest

we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Gen. 11:4 And the Lord came down, beholding the city and the tower

which the children of men were building;

Gen. 11:5 And the Lord said, Behold, the people are the same, and they all

have the same language; and this tower they begin to build; and now,

nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined, except I,

the Lord, confound their language, that they may not understand one

another's speech. So I, the Lord, will scatter them abroad from thence, upon

all the face of the land and unto every quarter of the earth.

Gen. 11:6 And they were confounded and left off to build the city; and they

hearkened not unto the Lord; therefore, is the name of it called Babel

because the Lord was displeased with their works and did there confound

the language of all the earth; and from thence did the Lord scatter them

abroad upon the face thereof.

Gen. 11:7 And these were the generations of Shem. And Shem, being a

hundred years old, begat Arphaxad two years after the flood; and Shem

lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and

daughters.

Gen. 11:8 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years and begat Salah; and

Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah, four hundred and three years, and

begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:9 And Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber; and Salah lived

after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, and begat sons and

daughters.

Gen. 11:10 And Eber lived four and thirty years and begat Peleg; and Eber

lived after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and

daughters.

Gen. 11:11 And Peleg lived thirty years and begat Reu; and Peleg lived

after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and

daughters.

Gen. 11:12 And Reu lived two and thirty years and begat Serug; and Reu

lived after he begat Serug, two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and

daughters.

Gen. 11:13 And Serug lived thirty years and begat Nahor; and Serug lived

after he begat Nahor, two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:14 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years and begat Terah; and

Nahor lived after he begat Terah, a hundred and nineteen years, and begat

sons and daughters.

Gen. 11:15 And Terah lived seventy years and begat Abram, Nahor, and

Haran.

Gen. 11:16 Now these were the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,

Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

Gen. 11:17 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his

nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Gen. 11:18 And Abram and Nahor took them wives; and 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; but Sarai

was barren, and she bare no child.

Gen. 11:19 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 went

forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees to go into the land of Canaan; and

they came unto Haran and dwelt there.

Gen. 11:20 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and

Terah died in Haran.

Gen. Chapter 12

God's commandment and covenant with Abram--Abram and Sarai go to

Egypt

Gen. 12:1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country,

and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house unto a land that I will

show thee;

Gen. 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and

make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing; and I will bless them that

bless thee and curse them that curse thee; and in thee shall the families of

the earth be blessed.

Gen. 12:3 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot

went with him. And Abram was seventy and five years old when he

departed out of Haran.

Gen. 12:4 And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and

all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten

in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the

land of Canaan they came.

Gen. 12:5 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem

and the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.

Gen. 12:6 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will

I give this land. And there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared

unto him.

Gen. 12:7 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of

Bethel, and pitched his tent, leaving Bethel on the west; and Hai was on the

east. And there he builded an altar unto the Lord and called upon the name

of the Lord. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Gen. 12:8 And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into

Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine became grievous in the land.

Gen. 12:9 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt,

that he said unto Sarai, his wife, Behold, now I know thee to be a fair

woman to look upon; therefore, it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians

shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but

they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, unto them, I am his sister, that it

may be well with me for thy sake, and my soul shall live because of thee.

Gen. 12:10 And it came to pass that when Abram was come into Egypt, the

Egyptians beheld the woman, that she was very fair.

Gen. 12:11 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her and commanded her to be

brought before Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Gen. 12:12 And he entreated Abram well for her sake; and he had sheep,

and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses,

and camels.

Gen. 12:13 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues

because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Gen. 12:14 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What hast thou done unto

me in this thing? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Why

saidst thou, She is my sister? So I might have taken her unto me to wife.

Now therefore, behold, I say unto thee, Take thy wife and go thy way.

Gen. 12:15 And Pharaoh commanded men concerning him; and they sent

him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Gen. Chapter 13

Abram settles in Canaan--Abram and Lot separate--Abram promised many

descendants, much land

Gen. 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that

he had, and Lot with him, unto the south. And Abram was very rich in

cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Gen. 13:2 And he went on his journey from the south, even to Bethel, unto

the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai,

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. 13:3 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds,

and tents.

Gen. 13:4 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell

together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell

together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and

the herdmen of Lot's cattle, that they could not dwell together.

Gen. 13:5 And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

Gen. 13:6 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee,

between me and thee and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are

brethren.

Gen. 13:7 Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee,

from me; if thou go to the left hand, then I will go to the right; if thou go to

the right hand, then I will go to the left.

Gen. 13:8 And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that

it was well watered everywhere before the Lord destroyed Sodom and

Gomorrah, like as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt.

Gen. 13:9 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed

east; and they separated themselves the one from the other.

Gen. 13:10 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the

cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Gen. 13:11 But the men of Sodom, becoming sinners and exceedingly

wicked before the Lord, the Lord was angry with them.

Gen. 13:12 And the Lord said unto Abram after that Lot was separated

from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art,

northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

Gen. 13:13 And remember the covenant which I make with thee; for it shall

be an everlasting covenant; and thou shalt remember the days of Enoch, thy

father;

Gen. 13:14 For all the land which thou seest will I give thee and to thy seed

forever; and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if a man

can number the dust of the earth, thy seed shall also be numbered.

Gen. 13:15 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the

breadth of it, for I will give it unto thee. Then Abram removed his tent and

came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which was in Hebron, and built

there an altar unto the Lord.

Gen. Chapter 14

War between kings--Abram rescues Lot--Melchizedek, the high priest,

blesses Abram, serves him bread and wine, and receives Abram's tithes

Gen. 14:1 And it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar,

and Arioch, king of Ellasar, and Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal,

king of nations,

Gen. 14:2 That these kings 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 vale 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 Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the

Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, and the Horites in

their Mount Seir, unto Elparan, which was by the wilderness.

Gen. 14:6 And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and

smote all the country of the Amalekites and also the Amorites in

Hazezontamar.

Gen. 14:7 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of

Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of

Bela, which is Zoar;

Gen. 14:8 And they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim--with

Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and with Tidal, king of nations, and

Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Ellasar--four kings with five.

Gen. 14:9 And the vale of Siddim was filled with slime pits; and the kings

of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there; and they that remained fled to

the mountain which was called Hanabal.

Gen. 14:10 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all

their victuals and went their way.

Gen. 14:11 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom,

and his goods and departed.

Gen. 14:12 And there came one that had escaped and told Abram, the

Hebrew, the man of God, for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre, the Amorite,

brother of Eschol and brother of Aner; and these were confederate with

Abram.

Gen. 14:13 And when Abram heard that Lot, his brother's son, was taken

captive, he armed his trained men and they which were born in his own

house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued unto Dan.

Gen. 14:14 And he divided himself against them, he and his men, by night,

and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which was on the left hand

of Damascus.

Gen. 14:15 And he brought back Lot, his brother's son, and all his goods,

and the women also, and the people.

Gen. 14:16 And the king of Sodom also 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 was the king's dale.

Gen. 14:17 And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and

wine; and he brake bread and blessed it; and he blessed the wine, he being

the priest of the most high God.

Gen. 14:18 And he gave to Abram, and he blessed him, and said, Blessed

Abram, thou art a man of the most high God, possessor of heaven and of

earth;

Gen. 14:19 And blessed is the name of the most high God, which hath

delivered thine enemies into thine hand.

Gen. 14:20 And Abram gave him tithes of all he had taken.

Gen. 14:21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons,

and take the goods to thyself.

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 And have sworn that I will not take of thee from a thread even

to a shoe latchet and that I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou

shouldest say, I have made Abram rich,

Gen. 14:24 Save only that which the young men have eaten and the portion

of the men which went with me, Aner, Eschol, and Mamre; let them take

their portion.

Gen. 14:25 And Melchizedek lifted up his voice and blessed Abram.

Gen. 14:26 Now Melchizedek was a man of faith, who wrought

righteousness; and when a child, he feared God, and stopped the mouths of

lions, and quenched the violence of fire.

Gen. 14:27 And thus, having been approved of God, he was ordained a

high priest after the order of the covenant which God made with Enoch,

Gen. 14:28 It being after the order of the Son of God, which order came not

by man, nor the will of man, neither by father nor mother, neither by

beginning of days nor end of years, but of God.

Gen. 14:29 And it was delivered unto men by the calling of his own voice,

according to his own will, unto as many as believed on his name--

Gen. 14:30 For God, having sworn unto Enoch and unto his seed with an

oath by himself that everyone being ordained after this order and calling

should have power, by faith, to break mountains, to divide the seas, to dry

up waters, to turn them out of their course,

Gen. 14:31 To put at defiance the armies of nations, to divide the earth, to

break every band, to stand in the presence of God, to do all things according

to his will, according to his command, subdue principalities and powers;

and this by the will of the Son of God which was from before the

foundation of the world.

Gen. 14:32 And men having this faith, coming up unto this order of God,

were translated and taken up into heaven.

Gen. 14:33 And now, Melchizedek was a priest of this order; therefore, he

obtained peace in Salem and was called the prince of peace.

Gen. 14:34 And his people wrought righteousness, and obtained heaven,

and sought for the city of Enoch which God had before taken, separating it

from the earth, having reserved it unto the latter days, or the end of the

world,

Gen. 14:35 And hath said, and sworn with an oath, that the heavens and the

earth should come together and the sons of God should be tried so as by

fire.

Gen. 14:36 And this Melchizedek, having thus established righteousness,

was called the king of heaven by his people, or, in other words, the king of

peace.

Gen. 14:37 And he lifted up his voice, and he blessed Abram, being the

high priest and the keeper of the storehouse of God,

Gen. 14:38 Him whom God had appointed to receive tithes for the poor.

Gen. 14:39 Wherefore, Abram paid unto him tithes of all that he had, of all

the riches which he possessed, which God had given him more than that

which he had need.

Gen. 14:40 And it came to pass that God blessed Abram and gave unto him

riches, and honor, and lands for an everlasting possession, according to the

covenant which he had made and according to the blessing wherewith

Melchizedek had blessed him.

Gen. Chapter 15

God covenants with Abram--Abram's vision--Captivity in Egypt foretold

Gen. 15:1 And it came to pass that after these things, the word of the Lord

came unto Abram in a vision, saying,

Gen. 15:2 Fear not, Abram; I will be thy shield; I will be thy exceeding

great reward. And according to the blessings of my servant, I will give unto

thee.

Gen. 15:3 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go

childless and Eliezer of Damascus was made the steward of my house?

Gen. 15:4 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed; and lo,

one born in my house is mine heir.

Gen. 15:5 And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him again, saying,

Gen. 15:6 This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of

thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Gen. 15:7 And he brought him forth abroad, and he said, Look now toward

heaven and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them.

Gen. 15:8 And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Gen. 15:9 And Abram said, Lord God, how wilt thou give me this land for

an everlasting inheritance?

Gen. 15:10 And the Lord said, Though thou wast dead, yet am I not able to

give it thee?

Gen. 15:11 And if thou shalt die, yet thou shalt possess it, for the day

cometh that the Son of Man shall live. But how can he live if he be not

dead? He must first be quickened.

Gen. 15:12 And it came to pass that Abram looked forth, and saw the days

of the Son of Man, and was glad; and his soul found rest, and he believed in

the Lord; and the Lord counted it unto him for righteousness.

Gen. 15:13 And the Lord said unto him, I, the Lord, brought thee out of Ur

of the Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit it.

Gen. 15:14 And Abram said, Lord, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit

it? Yet he believed God. And the Lord said unto him, Take me a heifer of

three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years

old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

Gen. 15:15 And he took unto him all these, and he divided them in the

midst, and he laid each piece one against the other; but the birds divided he

not.

Gen. 15:16 And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram

drove them away. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell

upon Abram; and lo, a great horror of darkness fell upon him.

Gen. 15:17 And the Lord spake, and he said unto Abram, Know of a surety

that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which shall not be theirs and shall

serve strangers; and they shall be afflicted and serve them four hundred

years; and also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge; and

afterwards shall they come out with great substance.

Gen. 15:18 And thou shalt die and go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be

buried in a good old age.

Gen. 15:19 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again; for

the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

Gen. 15:20 And it came to pass that when the sun went down and it was

dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp, which passed between

those pieces which Abram had divided.

Gen. 15:21 And in that same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram,

saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto

the great river Euphrates--

Gen. 15:22 The Kenites, and the Kenazites, and the Kadmonites, and

Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, and the Amorites, and the

Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Gen. Chapter 16

Sarai gives Hagar to Abram--Hagar flees and is sent back by an angel--

Ishmael is born

Gen. 16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare 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 hath

restrained me from bearing; I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that

I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened unto 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, My wrong is upon thee; I have

given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I

was despised in her eyes; the Lord judge between me and thee.

Gen. 16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hands; do

to her as it pleaseth thee.

Gen. 16:7 And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

Gen. 16:8 And an angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the

wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Gen. 16:9 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence comest thou, and

whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress

Sarai.

Gen. 16:10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress

and submit thyself under her hands.

Gen. 16:11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, The Lord will multiply

thy seed exceedingly so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Gen. 16:12 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with

child, and shalt bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael because the Lord

hath heard thy afflictions.

Gen. 16:13 And he will be a wild man; and his hand will be against every

man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence

of all his brethren.

Gen. 16:14 And she called the name of the angel of the Lord.

Gen. 16:15 And he spake unto her, saying, Knowest thou that God seest

thee?

Gen. 16:16 And she said, I know that God seest me, for I have also here

looked after him.

Gen. 16:17 And there was a well between Kadesh and Bered near where

Hagar saw the angel.

Gen. 16:18 And the name of the angel was Beer-la-hai-roi; wherefore, the

well was called Beer-la-hai-roi for a memorial.

Gen. 16:19 And Hagar bare Abram a son; and Abram called his son's name,

which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

Gen. 16:20 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare

Ishmael to Abram.

Gen. Chapter 17

Baptism corrupted--Age of accountability--Circumcision instituted--Abram

and Sarai renamed--Sarah promised a son

Gen. 17:1 And when Abram was ninety and nine years old, the Lord

appeared to Abram and said unto him, I, the Almighty God, give unto thee a

commandment that thou shalt walk uprightly before me and be perfect.

Gen. 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and I will

multiply thee exceedingly.

Gen. 17:3 And it came to pass that Abram fell on his face and called upon

the name of the Lord.

Gen. 17:4 And God talked with him, saying, My people have gone astray

from my precepts and have not kept mine ordinances, which I gave unto

their fathers;

Gen. 17:5 And they have not observed mine anointing, and the burial, or

baptism wherewith I commanded them,

Gen. 17:6 But have turned from the commandment, and taken unto

themselves the washing of children, and the blood of sprinkling,

Gen. 17:7 And have said that the blood of the righteous Abel was shed for

sins, and have not known wherein they are accountable before me.

Gen. 17:8 But as for thee, behold, I will make my covenant with thee, and

thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Gen. 17:9 And this covenant I make that thy children may be known

among all nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but

thy name shall be called Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made

thee.

Gen. 17:10 And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make

nations of thee, and kings shall come of thee and of thy seed.

Gen. 17:11 And I will establish a covenant of circumcision with thee, and it

shall be my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their

generations, that thou mayest know forever that children are not

accountable before me until they are eight years old.

Gen. 17:12 And thou shalt observe to keep all my covenants wherein I

covenanted with thy fathers; and thou shalt keep the commandments which

I have given thee with mine own mouth, and I will be a God unto thee and

thy seed after thee.

Gen. 17:13 And I will give unto thee and thy seed after thee a land wherein

thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and

I will be their God.

Gen. 17:14 And God said unto Abraham, Therefore, thou shalt keep my

covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Gen. 17:15 And this shall be my covenant which ye shall keep between me

and thee and thy seed after thee: Every man-child among you shall be

circumcised.

Gen. 17:16 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall

be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Gen. 17:17 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,

every man-child in your generations--

Gen. 17:18 He that is born in the house or bought with money of any

stranger, which is not of thy seed.

Gen. 17:19 He that is born in thy house and he that is bought with thy

money must needs be circumcised, and my covenant shall be in your flesh

for an everlasting covenant.

Gen. 17:20 And the uncircumcised man-child, whose flesh of his foreskin

is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken

my covenant.

Gen. 17:21 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai, thy wife, thou shalt

not call her name Sarai, but Sarah thou shalt call her name.

Gen. 17:22 And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son of her; yea, I will

bless her, and she shall be blessed, the mother of nations; kings and people

shall be of her.

Gen. 17:23 Then Abraham fell on his face, and rejoiced, and said in his

heart, There shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old, and

Sarah that is ninety years old shall bear.

Gen. 17:24 And Abraham said unto God, Oh, that Ishmael might live

uprightly before thee!

Gen. 17:25 And God said, Sarah, thy wife, shall bear thee a son, and thou

shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him also,

for an everlasting covenant with his seed after him.

Gen. 17:26 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed

him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;

Gen. 17:27 Twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great

nation.

Gen. 17:28 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall

bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

Gen. 17:29 And he left off talking with him; and God went up from

Abraham.

Gen. 17:30 And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all that were born in

his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the

men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the

selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Gen. 17:31 And Abraham was ninety and nine years old when he was

circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Gen. 17:32 And Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in

the flesh of his foreskin.

Gen. 17:33 In the selfsame day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his

son; and all the men of his house, which were born in his house, and bought

with money of strangers, were also circumcised with him.

Gen. Chapter 18

The Lord appears to Abraham--Angels visit--Abraham blessed--Isaac's

birth prophesied--Abraham to witness destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah-

-He attempts to save Sodom

Gen. 18:1 And the Lord appeared unto Abraham in the plains of Mamre.

And he sat in his 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, he ran to meet them from his tent door, and bowed

himself toward the ground, and said,

Gen. 18:3 My brethren, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass not

away, I pray you, from thy servant.

Gen. 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and

rest yourselves under the tree; and I will fetch a morsel of bread and

comfort ye your hearts; after that you shall pass on; for therefore are ye

come to your servant. And they said, So do as thou hast said.

Gen. 18:5 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah and said, Make

ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead, and make cakes upon the

hearth.

Gen. 18:6 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf, tender and

good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

Gen. 18:7 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf, which he had dressed,

and set them before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did

eat.

Gen. 18:8 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah, thy wife? And he said,

Behold, in the tent.

Gen. 18:9 And one of them blessed Abraham, and he said, I will certainly

return unto thee from my journey; and lo, according to the time of life,

Sarah, thy wife, shall have a son.

Gen. 18:10 And Sarah heard him in the tent door.

Gen. 18:11 And now Abraham and Sarah being old and stricken in age,

therefore, it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women;

Gen. 18:12 Therefore, Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I have

waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Gen. 18:13 And the angel of the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did

Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Is

anything too hard for the Lord?

Gen. 18:14 At the time appointed, behold, I will return unto thee from my

journey, which the Lord hath sent me; and according to the time of life thou

mayest know that Sarah shall have a son.

Gen. 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.

And he said, Nay, but thou didst laugh.

Gen. 18:16 And the angels rose up from thence and looked toward Sodom;

and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

Gen. 18:17 And the angel of the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that

thing which the Lord will do for him--seeing that Abraham shall surely

become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be

blessed in him?

Gen. 18:18 For I know him, that he will command his children and his

household after him; and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice

and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he has

spoken of him.

Gen. 18:19 And the angel of the Lord said unto Abraham, The Lord said

unto us, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their

sin is very grievous, I will destroy them.

Gen. 18:20 And I will send you, and ye shall go down now and see that

their iniquities are rewarded unto them.

Gen. 18:21 And ye shall have all things done altogether according to the

cry of it, which is come unto me.

Gen. 18:22 And if ye do it not, it shall be upon your heads; for I will

destroy them, and you shall know that I will do it, for it shall be before your

eyes.

Gen. 18:23 And the angels, which were holy men and were sent forth after

the order of God, turned their faces from thence and went toward Sodom.

Gen. 18:24 But Abraham stood yet before the Lord, remembering the

things which had been told him.

Gen. 18:25 And Abraham drew near to Sodom and said unto the Lord,

calling upon his name, saying, Wilt thou destroy the righteous with the

wicked? Wilt thou not spare them?

Gen. 18:26 Peradventure there may be fifty righteous within the city, wilt

thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that may be

therein?

Gen. 18:27 Oh, may that be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay

the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the

wicked.

Gen. 18:28 O God, may that be far from thee. For shall not the Judge of all

the earth do right?

Gen. 18:29 And the Lord said unto Abraham, If thou findest in Sodom fifty

righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

Gen. 18:30 And Abraham answered and said, Behold, now I have taken

upon me to speak unto the Lord, which is able to destroy the city and lay all

the people in dust and ashes.

Gen. 18:31 Will the Lord spare them peradventure there lack five of the

fifty righteous? Wilt thou destroy all the city for their wickedness if I find

there forty and five righteous?

Gen. 18:32 And he said, I will not destroy, but spare them.

Gen. 18:33 And he spake unto him again and said, Peradventure there

should be forty found there?

Gen. 18:34 And he said, I will not destroy it for forty's sake.

Gen. 18:35 And he said again unto the Lord, Oh, let not the Lord be angry,

and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there?

Gen. 18:36 And he said, I will not destroy them if thou shalt find thirty

there.

Gen. 18:37 And he said, Behold, now I have taken upon me to speak unto

the Lord. Wilt thou destroy them if peradventure there shall twenty be

found there?

Gen. 18:38 And he said, I will not destroy them for twenty's sake.

Gen. 18:39 And Abraham said unto the Lord, Oh, let not the Lord be angry,

and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there?

Gen. 18:40 And the Lord said, I will not destroy them for ten's sake. And

the Lord ceased speaking with Abraham.

Gen. 18:41 And as soon as he had left communing with the Lord, Abraham

went his way.

Gen. 18:42 And it came to pass that Abraham returned unto his tent.

Gen. Chapter 19

Angels remove Lot from Sodom--Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed--Lot's

wife perishes--Iniquity of Lot's daughters

Gen. 19:1 And it came to pass that there came three angels to Sodom in the

evening; and Lot sat in the door of his house in the city of Sodom.

Gen. 19:2 And Lot, seeing the angels, rose up to meet them; and he bowed

himself with his face toward the ground.

Gen. 19:3 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your

servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up

early and go on your ways.

Gen. 19:4 And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Gen. 19:5 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. 19:6 But before they lay down to rest, the men of the city of Sodom

compassed the house round, even men which were both old and young,

even the people from every quarter.

Gen. 19:7 And they called unto Lot and said unto him, Where are the men

which came in unto thee this night? Bring them out unto us that we may

know them.

Gen. 19:8 And Lot went out of the door unto them, and shut the door after

him, and said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

Gen. 19:9 And they said unto him, Stand back. And they were angry with

him.

Gen. 19:10 And they said among themselves, This one man came in to

sojourn among us, and he will needs now make himself to be a judge; now

we will deal worse with him than with them.

Gen. 19:11 Wherefore, they said unto the man, We will have the men and

thy daughters also; and we will do with them as seemeth us good.

Gen. 19:12 Now this was after the wickedness of Sodom.

Gen. 19:13 And Lot said, Behold now, I have two daughters which have

not known man; let me, I pray you, plead with my brethren that I may not

bring them out unto you, and ye shall not do unto them as seemeth good in

your eyes.

Gen. 19:14 For God will not justify his servant in this thing; wherefore, let

me plead with my brethren this once only, that unto these men ye do

nothing, that they may have peace in my house; for therefore came they

under the shadow of my roof.

Gen. 19:15 And they were angry with Lot and came near to break the door;

but the angels of God, which were holy men, put forth their hand, and

pulled Lot into the house unto them, and shut the door.

Gen. 19:16 And they smote the men with blindness, both small and great,

that they could not come at the door.

Gen. 19:17 And they were angry, so that they wearied themselves to find

the door, and could not find it.

Gen. 19:18 And these holy men said unto Lot, Hast thou any here besides

thy sons-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters?

Gen. 19:19 And they commanded Lot, saying, Whatsoever thou hast in the

city, thou shalt bring out of this place, for we will destroy this place,

Gen. 19:20 Because the cry of them is waxen great, and their abominations

have come up before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to

destroy it.

Gen. 19:21 And Lot went out and spake unto his sons-in-law, which

married his daughters, and said, Up, get ye out of this place, for the Lord

will destroy this city.

Gen. 19:22 But he seemed as one that mocked, unto his sons-in-law.

Gen. 19:23 And when the morning came, the angels hastened Lot, saying,

Arise. Take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here, lest thou be

consumed in the iniquity of the city.

Gen. 19:24 And while he lingered, the angels 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 them--and they brought them forth and set them down

without the city.

Gen. 19:25 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,

that they said unto them, Escape for your lives; look not behind you, neither

stay you in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed.

Gen. 19:26 And Lot said unto one of them, Oh, not so, my Lord! Behold

now, thy servant has found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy

mercy which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot

escape to the mountain, lest some evil overtake me, and I die.

Gen. 19:27 Behold now, here is another city, and this is near to flee unto,

and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape thither, and may the Lord not destroy

it, and my soul shall live.

Gen. 19:28 And the angel said unto him, See, I have accepted thee

concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which

thou hast spoken; haste thee, escape thither, for I cannot do anything until

thou be come thither.

Gen. 19:29 And the name of the city was called Zoar. Therefore, the sun

was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

Gen. 19:30 And the Lord did not destroy Sodom until Lot had entered into

Zoar.

Gen. 19:31 And then, when Lot had entered into Zoar, the Lord rained

upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah; for the angels called upon the name of

the Lord for brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Gen. 19:32 And thus they overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all

the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

Gen. 19:33 But it came to pass, when Lot fled, his wife looked back from

behind him and became a pillar of salt.

Gen. 19:34 And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he

stood before the Lord; and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and

toward all the land of the plain; and behold, lo, the smoke of the country

went up as the smoke of a furnace.

Gen. 19:35 And it came to pass, when God had destroyed the cities of the

plain, that God spake unto Abraham, saying, I have remembered Lot and

sent him out of the midst of the overthrow, that thy brother might not be

destroyed when I overthrew the city in the which thy brother Lot dwelt.

Gen. 19:36 And Abraham was comforted. 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. 19:37 And the firstborn dealt wickedly and said unto the younger, Our

father has become old, and we have not a man on the earth to come in unto

us, to live with us after the manner of all that live on the earth.

Gen. 19:38 Therefore, come, let us make our father drink wine; and we will

lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Gen. 19:39 And they did wickedly and made their father drink wine that

night; and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he perceived

not when she lay down nor when she arose.

Gen. 19:40 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto

the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father; let us make him drink

wine this night also, and go thou in and lie with him, that we may preserve

seed of our father.

Gen. 19:41 And they made their father drink wine that night also; and the

younger arose and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down

nor when she arose.

Gen. 19:42 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

Gen. 19:43 And the firstborn bare a son and called his name Moab, the

father of the Moabites, the same which are unto this day.

Gen. 19:44 And the younger, she also bare a son and called his name Ben-

ammi, the father of the children which are Ammonites, the same which are

unto this day.

Gen. Chapter 20

Abraham and Sarah go to Gerar--Abimelech reproves them for their

deception

Gen. 20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country,

and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Gen. 20:2 And Abraham said again of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister.

Gen. 20:3 And Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah. But God

came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said unto him, Behold, thou

hast taken a woman which is not thine own; for she is Abraham's wife.

Gen. 20:4 And the Lord said unto him, Thou shalt return her unto

Abraham; for if thou do it not, thou shalt die.

Gen. 20:5 And Abimelech had not come near her, for the Lord had not

suffered him.

Gen. 20:6 And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay me and also a righteous nation?

Behold, said he not unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself,

said, He is my brother. And in the integrity of my heart and innocency of

my hands have I done this.

Gen. 20:7 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst

do this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning

against me; therefore suffered I not thee to touch her.

Gen. 20:8 Now, therefore, restore the man's wife to him, for he is a prophet;

and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not to

him, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.

Gen. 20:9 Therefore, Abimelech arose early in the morning, and called his

servants, and told all these things in their ears; and the men were sore

afraid.

Gen. 20:10 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said unto him, What hast

thou done unto us? And in what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought

on me and on my kingdom a great sin?

Gen. 20:11 Thou hast done things unto me that ought not to be done. And

Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this

thing?

Gen. 20:12 And Abraham said, Because I thought assuredly the fear of God

was not in this place and they would slay me for my wife's sake;

Gen. 20:13 And yet, indeed, she was my sister; she was the daughter of my

father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

Gen. 20:14 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my

father's house, that I said unto her, This shall be thy kindness which thou

shalt show unto me: At every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is

my brother.

Gen. 20:15 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and menservants and

women servants, and gave unto Abraham, and restored unto him Sarah his

wife.

Gen. 20:16 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land lieth before thee; dwell

where it pleaseth thee.

Gen. 20:17 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a

thousand pieces of silver; behold, he shall give unto thee a covering of the

eyes, and it shall be a token unto all that thou mayest not be taken again

from Abraham, thy husband. And thus she was reproved.

Gen. 20:18 So Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and

his wife, and his maidservants, and they bare unto him children.

Gen. 20:19 For because of Sarah, Abraham's wife, the Lord had fast closed

up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech.

Gen. Chapter 21

Isaac born to Abraham and Sarah--Hagar and Ishmael cast out--Covenant

with Abimelech at Beer-sheba

Gen. 21:1 And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto

Sarah as he had spoken by the mouth of his angels; for Sarah conceived and

bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which the angels of

God had spoken to him.

Gen. 21:2 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him,

whom Sarah bare unto him, Isaac.

Gen. 21:3 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, he being eight days old,

as God had commanded him.

Gen. 21:4 And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was

born unto him.

Gen. 21:5 And Sarah said, God has made me to rejoice; and also all that

know me will rejoice with me.

Gen. 21:6 And she said unto Abraham, Who would have said that Sarah

should have given children suck? For I was barren, but the Lord promised,

and I have borne unto Abraham a son in his old age.

Gen. 21:7 And the child grew and was weaned. And the day that Isaac was

weaned, Abraham made a great feast; and Sarah saw the son of Hagar, the

Egyptian, which Hagar had borne unto Abraham, mocking; and she was

troubled.

Gen. 21:8 Wherefore, she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman

and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son,

Isaac.

Gen. 21:9 And this thing was very grievous unto Abraham because of his

son.

Gen. 21:10 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight

because of the lad and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah has said

unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Gen. 21:11 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation

because he is thy seed.

Gen. 21:12 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and

a bottle of water, and gave unto Hagar; and she took the child, and he sent

her away; and she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Gen. 21:13 And it came to pass that the water was spent in the bottle; and

she cast the child under one of the shrubs, and she went and sat her down

over against the child, a good way off, as it were a bowshot; for she said,

Let me not see the death of the child.

Gen. 21:14 And she sat over against the child, and lifted up her voice, and

wept.

Gen. 21:15 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of the Lord

called to Hagar out of heaven and said unto her,

Gen. 21:16 What aileth thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God hath heard the voice

of the lad where he lieth. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand,

for I will make of him a great nation.

Gen. 21:17 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she

went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

Gen. 21:18 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the

wilderness, and became an archer; and he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran,

he and his mother.

Gen. 21:19 And he took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Gen. 21:20 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol, the

chief captain of his host, spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in

all that thou doest.

Gen. 21:21 Now, therefore, swear unto me here that, by the help of God,

thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son;

but that, according to the kindness that I have shown unto thee, thou shalt

do unto me and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

Gen. 21:22 And Abraham said, I will swear.

Gen. 21:23 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water

which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Gen. 21:24 And Abimelech said, Thou didst not tell me; and I know not

who hath done this thing; neither yet have I heard that it was done until this

day.

Gen. 21:25 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them unto

Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.

Gen. 21:26 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

Gen. 21:27 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What wilt thou do with

these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Gen. 21:28 And he said, Seven ewe lambs shalt thou take at my hand, that

they may be a witness unto me that I have digged this well.

Gen. 21:29 And because they sware, both of them, wherefore he called that

place Beer-sheba;

Gen. 21:30 And thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba.

Gen. 21:31 Then Abimelech and Phicol, the chief captain of his hosts, rose

up, and they planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of

the Lord; and they returned unto the land of the Philistines.

Gen. 21:32 And Abraham worshiped the everlasting God and sojourned in

the land of the Philistines many days.

Gen. Chapter 22

Abraham commanded to sacrifice Isaac--God provides the sacrifice, and

Abraham is blessed--Nahor's children

Gen. 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did try Abraham

and said unto him, Abraham. And Abraham said, Behold, here am I.

Gen. 22:2 And the Lord said, Take now thy son, thine only Isaac, whom

thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a

burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I will tell thee.

Gen. 22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass,

and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son,

Gen. 22:4 And clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went

unto the place of which God had told him.

Gen. 22:5 Then on the third day, Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the

place afar off.

Gen. 22:6 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide you here with the

ass, and I and the lad will go yonder, and worship, and come to you again.

Gen. 22:7 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it

upon his back; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and Isaac his

son; and they went both of them together.

Gen. 22:8 And Isaac spake unto Abraham, his father, and said, My father!

And he said, Here am I, my son.

Gen. 22:9 And he said, Behold the fire and the wood. But where is the

lamb for a burnt offering?

Gen. 22:10 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb

for a burnt offering. So they went both of them together, and they came to

the place of which God had told him.

Gen. 22:11 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. 22:12 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to

slay his son.

Gen. 22:13 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven and

said, Abraham! Abraham! And Abraham said, Here am I.

Gen. 22:14 And the angel said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do

thou anything unto him;

Gen. 22:15 For now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not

withheld thy son, thine only Isaac, from me.

Gen. 22:16 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked; and behold, behind

a thicket, there was a ram caught in it by his horns.

Gen. 22:17 And Abraham went, and took the ram, and offered him up for a

burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Gen. 22:18 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh, as it

is said unto this day: In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

Gen. 22:19 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven

the second time and said,

Gen. 22:20 Thus saith the Lord, I have sworn by myself that because thou

hast done this thing and hast not withheld thy son, thine only Isaac, from

me,

Gen. 22:21 That in blessing I will bless thee; and in multiplying I will

multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is upon the

seashore.

Gen. 22:22 And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy

seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed

my voice.

Gen. 22:23 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and

went to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

Gen. 22:24 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,

saying,

Gen. 22:25 Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children unto thy brother

Nahor; Huz is his firstborn, and Buz is his brother.

Gen. 22:26 And Kemuel is the father of Aram, and Chesed, and Haza, and

Bildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel;

Gen. 22:27 And Bethuel begat Rebekah.

Gen. 22:28 These eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother; and

his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham,

Thahash, and Maachah.

Gen. Chapter 23

Sarah's death and burial

Gen. 23:1 And Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years old, and she

died; and thus ended the years of the life of Sarah.

Gen. 23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is now called Hebron

in the land of Canaan.

Gen. 23:3 And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her, his

wife which was dead.

Gen. 23:4 And Abraham stood up from before his dead and spake unto the

sons of Heth, saying, 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,

Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choicest of our

sepulchers bury thou thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his

sepulcher, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Gen. 23:6 And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the

land, and to the children of Heth; and he communed with them, saying,

Gen. 23:7 If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight,

hear me and entreat Ephron, the son of Zohar, for me, that he may give me

the cave of Machpelah, which he hath in the end of his field;

Gen. 23:8 For as much money as it is worth, he shall have if he will give it

me for a possession of a burying place among you.

Gen. 23:9 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth.

Gen. 23:10 And Ephron, the Hittite, answered Abraham in the audience of

the children of Heth, among all of them that went in at the gates of the city,

saying,

Gen. 23:11 Hearken, my lord, and hear me; the field I give thee and the

cave that is therein; I give it thee in the presence of the sons of my people;

and I give it thee; therefore, bury thy dead.

Gen. 23:12 And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the

land, and he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,

saying, I pray thee, hear me;

Gen. 23:13 If thou wilt take it of me, I will give thee money for the field,

and I will bury my dead there; but I will give thee money for it.

Gen. 23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, My lord,

hearken unto me; the land thou shalt have for four hundred shekels of silver.

What shall that be betwixt me and thee? Bury, therefore, thy dead.

Gen. 23:15 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed

unto Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of

Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, which was current with the merchant.

Gen. 23:16 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was

before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees

that were in the field and that were in all the borders round about were

made sure unto Abraham for a possession, in the presence of the children of

Heth, before all that went in at the gate of the city.

Gen. 23:17 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah, his wife, in the cave of

the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre; the same is called Hebron

in the land of Canaan.

Gen. 23:18 And the field and the cave that was therein were made sure unto

Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth.

Gen. Chapter 24

Abraham's servant selects a wife for Isaac--Betrothal and marriage of Isaac

and Rebekah

Gen. 24:1 And now Abraham was old, being 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 forth, I pray thee, thy hand under my hand, and I

will make thee swear before the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the

earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the

Canaanites among whom I dwell; but thou shalt go unto my country and to

my kindred and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

Gen. 24:3 And the servant said unto him, Perhaps the woman will not be

willing to follow me unto this land; then I must needs bring thy son again

unto the land from whence thou camest.

Gen. 24:4 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my

son thither again.

Gen. 24:5 The Lord God of heaven--which took me from my father's house

and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware

unto me, saying, Unto thee will I give this land--

Gen. 24:6 He shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife

unto my son from thence.

Gen. 24:7 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou

shalt be clear from this thine oath; only bring not my son thither again.

Gen. 24:8 And the servant put his hand under the hand of Abraham, his

master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Gen. 24:9 And the servant took ten camels of his master and departed; for

all the goods of his master were in his hand.

Gen. 24:10 And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Gen. 24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a

well of water at evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

Gen. 24:12 And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee

this day, that thou wouldest show kindness unto my master Abraham and

send me good speed.

Gen. 24:13 Behold, I stand 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 thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink, and

I will give thy camels drink also, let her be the one whom thou hast

appointed for thy servant Isaac. And thereby shall I know that thou hast

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, being a virgin, very fair to look upon, such as

the servant of Abraham had not seen, neither had any man known the like

unto 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 thee,

drink a little water of thy pitcher.

Gen. 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord; and she hasted, and let down her

pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

Gen. 24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw

for thy camels also until they have done drinking.

Gen. 24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and

ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

Gen. 24:21 And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, pondering in his

heart whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

Gen. 24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the

man took a gold earring of half a shekel weight and two bracelets for her

hands of ten shekels weight of gold, and said, Whose daughter art thou?

Tell me, I pray thee. And is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge

in?

Gen. 24:23 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of

Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

Gen. 24:24 She said, moreover, unto him, We have both straw, and

provender enough, and room to lodge in.

Gen. 24:25 And the man bowed down his head and worshiped the Lord.

Gen. 24:26 And he said, Blessed is the Lord God of my master Abraham,

who hath not left my master destitute of his mercy and his truth; and when I

was in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Gen. 24:27 And the damsel ran to the house and told her mother these

things.

Gen. 24:28 And Rebekah had a brother, whose name was Laban; and

Laban ran out to the man, unto the well.

Gen. 24:29 And it came to pass when he saw the earrings, and bracelets

upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah, his sister,

saying, Thus spake the man unto me, and I came unto the man, and behold,

he stood by the camels at the well,

Gen. 24:30 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord. Wherefore

standest thou without? For I have prepared the house and room for the

camels.

Gen. 24:31 And the man came into the house.

Gen. 24:32 And he unburdened his camels and gave straw, and provender

for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the men's feet that came with

him.

Gen. 24:33 And there was set before him food to eat; but he said, I will not

eat until I have told mine errand.

Gen. 24:34 And Laban said, Speak on. And he said, I am Abraham's

servant;

Gen. 24:35 And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become

great; and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and

menservants and maidservants, and camels and asses.

Gen. 24:36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bare a son to my master when she

was old; and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

Gen. 24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a

wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

Gen. 24:38 But thou shalt 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 thee; and he will prosper thy way;

Gen. 24:41 And thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred and of my

father's house; then shalt thou be clear of my oath.

Gen. 24:42 When thou comest to my kindred, and if they give thee not a

wife for my son, thou shalt be clear from my oath.

Gen. 24:43 And I came this day unto the well and said, O Lord God of my

master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper my way which I go,

Gen. 24:44 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass

that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I

pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink,

Gen. 24:45 And if she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for

thy camels, the same is the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for

my master's son.

Gen. 24:46 And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah

came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the

well and drew water.

Gen. 24:47 And I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Gen. 24:48 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her

shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. So I drank,

and she made the camels drink also.

Gen. 24:49 And I asked her and said, Whose daughter art thou?

Gen. 24:50 And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom

Milcah bare unto him.

Gen. 24:51 And I gave the earrings unto her to put into her ears and the

bracelets upon her hands.

Gen. 24:52 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. 24:53 And now, if thou wilt 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. 24:54 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing

proceedeth from the Lord; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

Gen. 24:55 Behold, Rebekah is before thee. Take her and go; and let her be

thy master's son's wife, as the Lord hath spoken.

Gen. 24:56 And it came to pass that, when Abraham's servant heard these

words, he worshiped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth.

Gen. 24:57 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of

gold, and raiment, and gave to Rebekah. He gave also to her brother and to

her mother precious things.

Gen. 24:58 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him,

and tarried all night.

Gen. 24:59 And they arose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away

unto my master.

Gen. 24:60 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with

us at the least ten days; after that she shall go.

Gen. 24:61 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath

prospered my way; send me away, that I may go unto my master.

Gen. 24:62 And they said, We will call the damsel and inquire at her

mouth.

Gen. 24:63 And they called Rebekah and said unto her, Wilt thou go with

this man?

Gen. 24:64 And she said, I will go. And they sent away Rebekah, their

sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Gen. 24:65 And they blessed Rebekah and said unto her, O thou, our sister,

be thou blessed of thousands--of millions; and let thy seed possess the gate

of those who hate them.

Gen. 24:66 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. 24:67 And Isaac came from the way of the well La-hai-roi; for he

dwelt in the south country.

Gen. 24:68 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at eventide; and he

lifted up his eyes, and saw, and beheld the camels coming.

Gen. 24:69 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes; and when she saw Isaac, she

lighted off the camel; for she said unto the servant, What man is this that

walketh in the field to meet us?

Gen. 24:70 And the servant said, It is my master; therefore, she took a veil

and covered herself.

Gen. 24:71 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

Gen. 24:72 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent and took

Rebekah; and she became his wife, and he loved her.

Gen. 24:73 And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Gen. Chapter 25

Abraham marries Keturah--Abraham dies--Generations of Ishmael and

Isaac--Birth of Esau and Jacob--Esau sells his birthright

Gen. 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

Gen. 25:2 And she bare 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 which 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 number of the years of Abraham's life which

he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.

Gen. 25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an

old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

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 of 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 La-hai-roi.

Gen. 25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son,

whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare 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, Nebajoth, and

Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

Gen. 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

Gen. 25:15 Hadar, 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 castles--twelve princes according to their nations.

Gen. 25:17 And these are the number of the years of the life of Ishmael, a

hundred and thirty and seven years; and he gave up the ghost, and died, and

was gathered unto his people.

Gen. 25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as

thou goest toward Assyria; and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

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 Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban, the

Syrian.

Gen. 25:21 And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, that she might bear

children, 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 womb; and she

said, If I am with child, why is it thus with me? And she went to inquire of

the Lord.

Gen. 25:23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and

two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one

people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the

younger.

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 threescore years

old when she bare them.

Gen. 25:27 And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of

the field; and Jacob was a plain 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 sod pottage; and Esau came from the field, and he

was faint;

Gen. 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same

red pottage; for I am faint; therefore was his name called Edom.

Gen. 25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

Gen. 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point of dying. And what

shall this birthright profit 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.

Gen. Chapter 26

Isaac goes to Gerar and prospers--Conflicts with herdmen resolved--Esau

takes two wives

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 thee of.

Gen. 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee;

for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these countries, and I will

perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham, thy father;

Gen. 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven and

will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the

nations of the earth be blessed,

Gen. 26:5 Because that 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 concerning his wife. And he

said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest the men of

the place should kill him for to get 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 at a window and saw--and

behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah, his wife.

Gen. 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac and said, Behold, of a surety

Rebekah is thy wife. And how saidst thou she is thy sister? And Isaac said

unto him, I said it because I feared lest I die for her.

Gen. 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One

of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou shouldest have

brought guiltiness upon us.

Gen. 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth

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 waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he

became very great;

Gen. 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and

great store of servants; and the Philistines envied him.

Gen. 26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the

days of Abraham, his father, the Philistines had stopped them and filled

them with earth.

Gen. 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much

mightier than we.

Gen. 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of

Gerar, and dwelt there.

Gen. 26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had

digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped

them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names

by which his father had called them.

Gen. 26:19 And Isaac's servants digged 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 digged another well and strove for that also; and he

called the name of it Sitnah.

Gen. 26:22 And he removed from thence and digged another well; and for

that they strove not; and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For

now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Gen. 26:23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

Gen. 26:24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night and said, I am

the God of Abraham, thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless

thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

Gen. 26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the

Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

Gen. 26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath, one of

his friends, and Phichol, the chief captain of his army.

Gen. 26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye

hate me and have sent me away from you?

Gen. 26:28 And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee;

and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee,

and let us make a covenant with thee,

Gen. 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and

as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in

peace; thou art now the blessed of the Lord.

Gen. 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

Gen. 26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to

another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

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 digged, and said unto him,

We have found water.

Gen. 26:33 And he called it Sheba; therefore, the name of the city is Beer-

sheba 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 Bashemath, the daughter of Elon, the

Hittite,

Gen. 26:35 Which was a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Gen. Chapter 27

Jacob by stratagem obtains his brother's blessing

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 thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and

thy bow, and go out to the field and take me some venison,

Gen. 27:4 And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me,

that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee before I die.

Gen. 27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau, his son. And Esau

went to the field to hunt for venison and to bring it.

Gen. 27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob, her son, saying, Behold, I heard

thy father speak unto Esau, thy brother, saying,

Gen. 27:7 Bring me venison and make me savory meat, that I may eat and

bless thee before the Lord before my death.

Gen. 27:8 Now, therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I

command thee.

Gen. 27:9 Go now to the flock and fetch me from thence two good kids of

the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he

loveth;

Gen. 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat and that he

may bless thee 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 peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as

a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me and not a blessing.

Gen. 27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son;

only obey my voice and go fetch me them.

Gen. 27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and

his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved.

Gen. 27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau,

which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob, her younger

son;

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 meat 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 art thou, my son?

Gen. 27:19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn; I have

done according as thou badest me; arise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my

venison, that thy soul may bless me.

Gen. 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so

quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord, thy God, brought it to me.

Gen. 27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may

feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

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 discerned him not because his hands were hairy as his

brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.

Gen. 27:24 And he said, Art thou 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 thee. 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 raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the

smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed;

Gen. 27:28 Therefore, God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness

of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine;

Gen. 27:29 Let people serve thee and nations bow down to thee; be lord

over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee; cursed be

everyone that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

Gen. 27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of

blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of

Isaac, his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Gen. 27:31 And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his

father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's

venison, that thy soul may bless me.

Gen. 27:32 And Isaac, his father, said unto him, Who art thou? And he

said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.

Gen. 27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly and said, Who? Where is

he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before

thou camest, and have blessed him? Yea, and he shall be blessed.

Gen. 27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a

great and exceeding bitter cry and said unto his father, Bless me, even me

also, O my father.

Gen. 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety and hath taken

away thy blessing.

Gen. 27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? For he hath

supplanted me these two times: He took away my birthright; and behold,

now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a

blessing for me?

Gen. 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made

him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with

corn and wine have I sustained him. And what shall I do now unto thee, my

son?

Gen. 27:38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my

father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice

and wept.

Gen. 27:39 And Isaac, his father, answered and said unto him, Behold, thy

dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth and of the dew of heaven from

above;

Gen. 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live and shalt serve thy brother;

and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt

break his yoke from off thy neck.

Gen. 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his

father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my

father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

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,

thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill

thee.

Gen. 27:43 Now, therefore, my son, obey my voice and arise; flee thou to

Laban, my brother, to Haran,

Gen. 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn

away,

Gen. 27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee and he forget that

which thou hast done to him; then I will send and fetch thee from thence.

Why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Gen. 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of

the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as

these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do

me?

Gen. Chapter 28

Isaac blesses Jacob--Vision of Jacob's ladder--Stone of Bethel--Jacob's vow

Gen. 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and

said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Gen. 28:2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's

father, and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban, thy

mother's brother.

Gen. 28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and

multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people,

Gen. 28:4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed

with thee, that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger,

which God gave unto Abraham.

Gen. 28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-aram unto

Laban, son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau's

mother.

Gen. 28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away

to Padan-aram to take him a wife from thence, and that, as he blessed him,

he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of

Canaan,

Gen. 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and was gone to

Padan-aram,

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 unto the wives which he

had Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of

Nebajoth, to be his wife.

Gen. 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba and went toward Haran.

Gen. 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place and tarried there all night

because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put

them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

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 upon it.

Gen. 28:13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, I am the Lord

God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac; the land whereon thou

liest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed;

Gen. 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt

spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south;

and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Gen. 28:15 And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places

whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not

leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

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 the 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 raiment

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 the place of this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall

be the place of God's house; and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely

give the tenth unto thee.

Gen. Chapter 29

Jacob goes to Laban--Jacob serves seven years for Rachel--He is deceived

by Laban--Jacob marries Leah and Rachel--Leah bears Reuben, Simeon,

Levi, and Judah

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 beheld 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 thither were all the flocks gathered; and they rolled the

stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again

upon the well's mouth in his place.

Gen. 29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, from whence are ye?

And they said, From Haran.

Gen. 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye 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, cometh with the sheep.

Gen. 29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day; neither is it time that the

cattle should be gathered together; water ye the sheep, and go, and feed

them.

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 spake 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 thou art my bone and my flesh.

And he abode with him the space of a month.

Gen. 29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother,

shouldest thou therefore serve me for naught? Tell me, what shall thy 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 thee seven years

for Rachel, thy younger daughter.

Gen. 29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee 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 to her.

Gen. 29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give unto me my wife, that I may

go and take her, for my days of serving thee are fulfilled.

Gen. 29:22 And Laban gave her to Jacob, and 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 Jacob; and she went in and slept with him.

Gen. 29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah, his handmaid,

to be a handmaid for her.

Gen. 29:25 And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah.

And he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? Did not I serve

with thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

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 thee this also for the service

which thou shalt 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 and slept with Rachel; and he loved Rachel

also, more than Leah, and served with Laban 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 bare a son; and she called his name

Reuben; for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now,

therefore, my husband will love me.

Gen. 29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Because the

Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath, therefore, given me this son also;

and she called his name Simeon.

Gen. 29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Now this

time will my husband be joined unto me because I have borne him three

sons; therefore was his name called Levi.

Gen. 29:35 And she conceived again and bare a son; and she said, Now

will I praise the Lord; therefore, she called his name Judah and left bearing.

Gen. Chapter 30

Rachel and Leah give their maids to Jacob--Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher,

Zebulon, and Issachar are born--Rachel bears Joseph--Jacob's herds

prosper

Gen. 30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel

envied her sister and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Gen. 30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I

in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

Gen. 30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah; go in and lie with 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, to wife; and Jacob went

and lay with her.

Gen. 30:5 And Bilhah conceived and bare Jacob a son.

Gen. 30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my

voice, and hath given me a son; therefore called she his name Dan.

Gen. 30:7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again and bare 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 left bearing, she took Zilpah, her

maid, and gave her unto Jacob to wife.

Gen. 30:10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a son.

Gen. 30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh; and she called his name Gad.

Gen. 30:12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare 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 thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Gen. 30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken

my husband? And wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And

Rachel said, Therefore, he shall lie with thee tonight for thy 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, Thou must come in and lie with me; for surely I

have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

Gen. 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare

Jacob the fifth son.

Gen. 30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire because I have

given my maiden to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

Gen. 30:19 And Leah conceived again and bare Jacob the sixth son.

Gen. 30:20 And Leah said, God hath 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 bare 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 bare a son, and said, God hath 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 mine own place and to

my country.

Gen. 30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served

thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

Gen. 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in

thine eyes, tarry; for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed

me for thy sake.

Gen. 30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

Gen. 30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee

and how thy cattle was with me.

Gen. 30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now

increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my

coming. And now, when shall I provide for mine own house also?

Gen. 30:31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt

not give me anything; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and

keep thy flock.

Gen. 30:32 I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from thence all

the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep,

and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and of such shall be my hire.

Gen. 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come when

it shall come for my hire before thy face; every one that is not speckled and

spotted among the goats and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted

stolen with me.

Gen. 30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy

word.

Gen. 30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked

and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every

one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave

them into the hand of his sons.

Gen. 30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob; and

Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

Gen. 30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar and of the hazel and

chestnut tree, and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear

which was in the rods.

Gen. 30:38 And he set the rods, which he had pilled, before the flocks in

the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they

should conceive when they came to drink.

Gen. 30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods and brought forth

cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Gen. 30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs and set the faces of the flocks

toward the ring-streaked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put

his own flocks by themselves and put them not unto Laban's cattle.

Gen. 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did

conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters,

that they might conceive among the rods.

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 much cattle, and

maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

Gen. Chapter 31

Jacob departs secretly; Laban pursues--God speaks to Laban--Jacob and

Laban covenant

Gen. 31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath

taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath

he gotten all this glory.

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 thy fathers

and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

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 hath been with me.

Gen. 31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

Gen. 31:7 And your father hath deceived me and changed my wages ten

times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Gen. 31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages, then all the

cattle bare speckled; and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire,

then bare all the cattle ring-streaked.

Gen. 31:9 Thus God hath 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 cattle conceived, that I

lifted up mine eyes and saw in a dream; and behold, the rams which leaped

upon the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled.

Gen. 31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob.

And I said, Here am I.

Gen. 31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes and see--all the rams which

leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have

seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

Gen. 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar and

where thou vowedst a vow unto me; now arise, get thee out from this land,

and return unto the land of thy kindred.

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 hath sold us and

hath quite devoured also our money.

Gen. 31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is

ours and our children's; now then whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

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 Padan-aram, for

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 Syrian, 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 had 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 Syrian, in a dream by night and

said unto him, Take heed that thou 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 pitched in the mount of Gilead.

Gen. 31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast

stolen away unawares to me and carried away my daughters as captives

taken with the sword?

Gen. 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from

me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and

with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

Gen. 31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?

Thou hast 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 spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou

speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Gen. 31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone because thou

sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my

gods?

Gen. 31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid;

for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

Gen. 31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live; before

our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For

Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

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

furniture, 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 thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he

searched but found not the images.

Gen. 31:36 And Jacob was wroth and chided with Laban. And Jacob

answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? What is my sin, that thou

hast so hotly pursued after me?

Gen. 31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found

of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren,

that they may judge betwixt us both.

Gen. 31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she

goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.

Gen. 31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare

the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or

stolen by night.

Gen. 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost

by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Gen. 31:41 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.

Gen. 31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear

of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty.

God hath seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee

yesternight.

Gen. 31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are

my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my

cattle, and all that thou seest is mine. And what can I do this day unto these

my daughters or unto their children which they have borne?

Gen. 31:44 Now, therefore, come thou. Let us make a covenant, I and thou;

and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

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 Jegar-sahadutha; but Jacob called it

Galeed.

Gen. 31:48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee

this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,

Gen. 31:49 And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee

when we are absent one from another.

Gen. 31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other

wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt

me and thee.

Gen. 31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap and behold this

pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

Gen. 31:52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness that I will not

pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and

this pillar unto me for harm.

Gen. 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their

father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

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.

Gen. Chapter 32

Angels meet Jacob--Jacob sends gifts to Esau--An angel wrestles with

Jacob--He is called Israel

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 ye speak unto my

lord Esau: Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban and

stayed there until now;

Gen. 32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and women

servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

Gen. 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy

brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with

him.

Gen. 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the

people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into

two bands,

Gen. 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company and smite 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 which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country and to

thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee,

Gen. 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the

truth which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed

over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

Gen. 32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the

hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me and the

mothers with the children.

Gen. 32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good and make thy seed

as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

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 she goats and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes

and twenty rams,

Gen. 32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine and ten bulls,

twenty she asses and ten foals.

Gen. 32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every

drove by themselves, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me and

put a space betwixt drove and drove.

Gen. 32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau, my

brother, meeteth thee and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? And whither

goest thou? And whose are these before thee?

Gen. 32:18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present

sent unto my lord Esau; and behold, also he is behind us.

Gen. 32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that

followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau when

ye find him.

Gen. 32:20 And say ye, moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.

For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and

afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

Gen. 32:21 So went the present over before him; and himself lodged that

night in the company.

Gen. 32:22 And he rose up that night and took his two wives, and his two

women servants, 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

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 breaketh. And he said, I

will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Gen. 32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

Gen. 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but

Israel; for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men and hast

prevailed.

Gen. 32:29 And Jacob asked him and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.

And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he

blessed him there.

Gen. 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Penuel, 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

halted 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.

Gen. Chapter 33

Jacob and Esau meet and reconcile

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 hindermost.

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 thee? And he said, The children which God

hath graciously given thy 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 after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed

themselves.

Gen. 33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met?

And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

Gen. 33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast

unto thyself.

Gen. 33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in

thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; for, therefore, I have seen thy

face as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

Gen. 33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee because

God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he

urged him, and he took it.

Gen. 33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go; and I will

go before thee.

Gen. 33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are

tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should

overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

Gen. 33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant; and I will

lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children

be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

Gen. 33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk

that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? Let me find grace in the

sight of my lord.

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 Padan-aram, 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 El-Elohe-Israel.

Gen. Chapter 34

Dinah is ravished by Shechem--Shechemites circumcised and slain--Jacob

reproves Simeon and Levi

Gen. 34:1 And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare 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 clave unto Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he

loved the damsel and spake kindly unto the damsel.

Gen. 34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this

damsel to 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

commune 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 wroth 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 communed with them, saying, The soul of my son

Shechem longeth for your daughter; I pray you, give her him to wife.

Gen. 34:9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto

us, and take our daughters unto you.

Gen. 34:10 And ye shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you;

dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

Gen. 34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let

me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

Gen. 34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give

according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.

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 were a reproach unto us;

Gen. 34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye 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 ye 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 communed 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 herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us,

to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised as they are

circumcised.

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 brethren, 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 asses, 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, Ye have troubled me, to

make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites

and the Perizzites; and I, being few in number, they shall gather themselves

together against me and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Gen. 34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?

Gen. Chapter 35

God sends Jacob to Bethel--He purges his house of idols and builds an

altar--God blesses Jacob and names him Israel--Rachel bears Benjamin,

then dies--Isaac dies

Gen. 35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell

there; and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou

fleddest from the face of Esau, thy brother.

Gen. 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household and to all that were with

him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and

change your garments;

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 strange gods which were in

their hand and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid

them under the oak which was by Shechem.

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-beth-el

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 Allon-bachuth.

Gen. 35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again when he came out of Padan-

aram and blessed him.

Gen. 35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob; thy name shall not

be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his

name Israel.

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 thee, and kings shall

come out of thy loins;

Gen. 35:12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will

give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

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 spake 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; thou shalt have this son also.

Gen. 35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died),

that she called his name Ben-oni; 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

Edar.

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, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

Gen. 35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac, his father, unto Mamre, unto the

city of Arba, 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 gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto

his people, being old and full of days; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried

him.

Gen. Chapter 36

Esau's three wives--His sons become Edomites

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 Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the

daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite,

Gen. 36:3 And Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

Gen. 36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

Gen. 36:5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah; these are

the sons of Esau, which 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 wherein 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 Bashemath, 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 bare

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 Bashemath, Esau's wife.

Gen. 36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah,

the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: And she bare to Esau Jeush, and

Jaalam, and Korah.

Gen. 36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau, the sons of Eliphaz, the

firstborn son of Esau: duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

Gen. 36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek; these are the

dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of

Adah.

Gen. 36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: duke Nahath, duke

Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah; these are the dukes that came of

Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife.

Gen. 36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife: duke Jeush,

duke Jaalam, duke Korah; these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah,

the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

Gen. 36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their

dukes.

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 dukes 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 Ajah and Anah; this

was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness as he fed the asses of

Zibeon, his father.

Gen. 36:25 And the children of Anah were these: Dishon and Aholibamah,

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 dukes that came of the Horites: duke Lotan, duke

Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

Gen. 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan; these are the dukes that

came of Hori, among their dukes 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 Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in

his stead.

Gen. 36:38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in

his stead.

Gen. 36:39 And Baal-hanan, 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 dukes that came of Esau,

according to their families, after their places, by their names: duke Timnah,

duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

Gen. 36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

Gen. 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

Gen. 36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram; these be the dukes of Edom,

according to their habitations in the land of their possession; he is Esau, the

father of the Edomites.

Gen. Chapter 37

Joseph hated by his brothers--His two dreams--He is sold to the

Ishmaelites, then to the Egyptians

Gen. 37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in

the land of Canaan.

Gen. 37:2 And this is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being

seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad

was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives;

and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

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 brethren saw that their father loved him more than

all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Gen. 37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren; 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 made obeisance to my sheaf.

Gen. 37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? Or

shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more

for his dreams and for his words.

Gen. 37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and

said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and behold, the sun, and the

moon, and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Gen. 37:10 And he told it to his father and to his brethren; and his father

rebuked him and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?

Shall I, and thy mother, and thy brethren, indeed, come to bow down

ourselves to thee to the earth?

Gen. 37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Gen. 37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Gen. 37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock

in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him,

Here am I.

Gen. 37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with

thy brethren and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent

him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Gen. 37:15 And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in

the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Gen. 37:16 And he said, I seek my brethren; tell me, I pray thee, where

they feed their flocks.

Gen. 37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them

say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren and found

them in Dothan.

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 cometh.

Gen. 37:20 Come now, therefore, and let us slay him and cast him into

some pit. And we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him. And we

shall see what will become of his dreams.

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 was come unto his brethren,

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 spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to

Egypt.

Gen. 37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, 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 brethren 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 rent his clothes,

Gen. 37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not;

and I, whither 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; know now whether it be thy son's

coat or no.

Gen. 37:33 And he knew it and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath

devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

Gen. 37:34 And Jacob rent 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, For 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 and captain of the guard.

Gen. Chapter 38

Judah's children--Tamar deceives Judah and bears twin sons

Gen. 38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his

brethren and turned into a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

Gen. 38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose

name was Shuah; and he took her and went in and lay with her.

Gen. 38:3 And she conceived and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

Gen. 38:4 And she conceived again and bare a son; and she called his name

Onan.

Gen. 38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son, and called his name

Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bare 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 and marry thy brother's wife, and

raise up seed unto thy brother.

Gen. 38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to

pass, when he married his brother's wife, that he would not lie with her, lest

he should raise up seed unto his brother.

Gen. 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; wherefore, he

slew him also.

Gen. 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Remain a

widow at thy father's house till Shelah, my son, be grown; for he said, Lest

peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in

her father's house.

Gen. 38:12 And in process of time, the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife,

died; and Judah was comforted and went up unto his sheepshearers to

Timnath, he and his friend, Hirah, the Adullamite.

Gen. 38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth

up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

Gen. 38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered

her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by

the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not

given unto him to 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 thee;

let me come in and lie with thee (for he knew not that she was his daughter-

in-law). And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in

and lie with me?

Gen. 38:17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said,

Wilt thou give me a pledge till thou send it?

Gen. 38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy

signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it

her and came in and slept with 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 that there was no harlot in this place.

Gen. 38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed;

behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

Gen. 38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told

Judah, saying, Tamar, thy daughter-in-law, hath played the harlot; and also,

behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth,

and let her be burnt.

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 thee, whose are these--the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

Gen. 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them and said, She hath been more

righteous than I because that I gave her not to Shelah, my son. And he knew

her again no more.

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 hast thou broken forth? This breach be

upon thee; therefore, his name was called Pharez.

Gen. 38:30 And afterward came out his brother that had the scarlet thread

upon his hand; and his name was called Zarah.

Gen. Chapter 39

Joseph prospers in Egypt--He is betrayed by Potiphar's wife and imprisoned

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, which had brought him down thither.

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

aught he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly

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 knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all

that he hath to my hand;

Gen. 39:9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept

back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; how then can I

do this great wickedness and sin against God?

Gen. 39:10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he

hearkened not unto her, to lie by her or to be with her.

Gen. 39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the

house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there

within.

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 him 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 spake unto them,

saying, See, he hath 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 him out.

Gen. 39:16 And she laid up his garment by her until his lord came home.

Gen. 39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The

Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock

me;

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 spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy 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

overseer 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.

Gen. Chapter 40

Joseph interprets dreams of Pharaoh's butler and baker

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 wroth 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 ward 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 a season in ward.

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, which 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 the ward

of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly 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 her 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 thine head and

restore thee unto thy place; and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his

hand after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Gen. 40:14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee and show

kindness, I pray thee, unto me; and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and

bring me out of this house;

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 of all manner of

bakemeats 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 thy head from off

thee and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off

thee.

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.

Gen. Chapter 41

Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams--He is made chief steward--Manasseh

and Ephraim born--Joseph's preparations save Egypt from famine

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

kine and fat-fleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

Gen. 41:3 And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river,

ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of

the river.

Gen. 41:4 And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven

well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

Gen. 41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven

ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

Gen. 41:6 And behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind

sprung up after them.

Gen. 41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank 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 dream; but there was none that could

interpret them unto Pharaoh.

Gen. 41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember

my faults this day;

Gen. 41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants and put me in ward in the

captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker;

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 mine 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 raiment,

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 thee that thou

canst 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 kine, fat-

fleshed and well-favored; and they fed in a meadow;

Gen. 41:19 And behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and

very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of

Egypt for badness;

Gen. 41:20 And the lean and the ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven

fat kine;

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 in one

stalk, full and good;

Gen. 41:23 And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the

east wind, sprang 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 hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Gen. 41:26 The seven good kine 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 kine that came up after them

are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall

be seven years of famine.

Gen. 41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God

is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.

Gen. 41:29 Behold, there come 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 look 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 corn 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, Forasmuch as God hath showed

thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art.

Gen. 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word

shall all my people be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

Gen. 41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee 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 vestures 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 thee

shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

Gen. 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he

gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, 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 corn as the sand of the sea, very much,

until he left 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 Poti-pherah, priest of On,

bare unto him.

Gen. 41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh; For

God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.

Gen. 41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim; For God hath

caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

Gen. 41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of

Egypt were ended.

Gen. 41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come according as

Joseph had said; and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt

there was bread.

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 saith 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

waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

Gen. 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn

because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

Gen. Chapter 42

Jacob sends ten sons to buy corn in Egypt--They are imprisoned by Joseph-

-He keeps Simeon and sends brothers home with their money and corn

Gen. 42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said

unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Gen. 42:2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; get

you down thither and buy for us from thence, that we may live and not die.

Gen. 42:3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

Gen. 42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren;

for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

Gen. 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn 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 brethren came and bowed

down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

Gen. 42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made

himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto

them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy

food.

Gen. 42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

Gen. 42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them

and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are

come.

Gen. 42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy

servants come.

Gen. 42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men; thy servants are no

spies.

Gen. 42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the

land ye are come.

Gen. 42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of

one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with

our father, and one is not.

Gen. 42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,

saying, Ye are spies;

Gen. 42:15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not

go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

Gen. 42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother; and ye shall be

kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in

you; or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Gen. 42:17 And he put them all together into ward 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 ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the

house of your prison; go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses;

Gen. 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words

be verified, and ye 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, Spake I not unto you,

saying, Do not sin against the child? And ye would not hear? Therefore,

behold, also his blood is required.

Gen. 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them, for he spake

unto them by an interpreter.

Gen. 42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept, and returned

to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and

bound him before their eyes.

Gen. 42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to

restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the

way; and thus did he unto them.

Gen. 42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn and departed thence.

Gen. 42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in

the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.

Gen. 42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and lo, it

is even in my sack; and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying

one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

Gen. 42:29 And they came unto Jacob, their father, unto the land of

Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them, saying,

Gen. 42:30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us and

took us for spies of the country.

Gen. 42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies;

Gen. 42:32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the

youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

Gen. 42:33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall

I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and

take food for the famine of your households, and be gone;

Gen. 42:34 And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know

that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men; so will I deliver you your

brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.

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 ye bereaved of

my children; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin

away; all these things are against me.

Gen. 42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons if

I bring him not to thee; deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to

thee again.

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 the

which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the

grave.

Gen. Chapter 43

Israel sends his sons for more food--Joseph rejoices and makes a feast for

his brothers

Gen. 43:1 And the famine was sore in the land.

Gen. 43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they

had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again; buy us a

little food.

Gen. 43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly

protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be

with you.

Gen. 43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy

thee food;

Gen. 43:5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the man

said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

Gen. 43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the

man whether ye had yet a brother?

Gen. 43:7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state and of our

kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have ye another brother? And we

told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we certainly know

that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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 thou, and

also our little ones.

Gen. 43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him; if I

bring him not unto thee and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame

forever.

Gen. 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had 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;

peradventure 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, and make ready; for these

men shall dine with me at noon.

Gen. 43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; 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 bondmen, and our asses.

Gen. 43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they

communed 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, hath 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 asses provender.

Gen. 43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came 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 ye spake? Is he yet alive?

Gen. 43:28 And they answered, Thy servant, our father, is in good health;

he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads and made obeisance.

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 ye spake unto

me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

Gen. 43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his

brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber and

wept there.

Gen. 43:31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself,

and said, Set on bread.

Gen. 43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by

themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves

because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an

abomination unto the Egyptians.

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 messes unto them from before him; but

Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank

and were merry with him.

Gen. Chapter 44

Joseph's tactic incriminates Benjamin--Judah pleads for Benjamin

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 corn 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 asses.

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 thou dost

overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Gen. 44:5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh and whereby indeed he

divineth? Ye have done evil in so doing.

Gen. 44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same

words.

Gen. 44:7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words?

God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing.

Gen. 44:8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we

brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan. How then should we

steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

Gen. 44:9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die,

and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

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 ye 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 left at the

youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Gen. 44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and

returned to the city.

Gen. 44:14 And Judah and his brethren 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 ye have

done? Knew ye 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 hath found out the iniquity

of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's servants, both we and he also with

whom the cup is found.

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, O my lord, let thy

servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger

burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.

Gen. 44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye 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 loveth him.

Gen. 44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me,

that I may set mine 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 thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest

brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Gen. 44:24 And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy 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 thy servant, my father, said unto us, Ye know that my wife

bare 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 ye take this also from me and mischief befall him, ye

shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Gen. 44:30 Now, therefore, when I come to thy servant, my father, and the

lad be not with us, seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life,

Gen. 44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us,

that he will die; and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy

servant, our father, with sorrow to the grave.

Gen. 44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,

saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father

forever.

Gen. 44:33 Now, therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the

lad, a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren.

Gen. 44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me,

lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father?

Gen. Chapter 45

Joseph reveals himself to his brothers--Pharaoh and Joseph invite Israel's

household to Egypt

Gen. 45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before them all that stood

by him, and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood

no man with him while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

Gen. 45:2 And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh

heard.

Gen. 45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph. Doth my father

yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled at

his presence.

Gen. 45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you.

And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold

into Egypt.

Gen. 45:5 Now, therefore, be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye

sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Gen. 45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and yet

there are five years in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

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 hither, but God; and he hath

made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler

throughout all the land of Egypt.

Gen. 45:9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith

thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me;

tarry not;

Gen. 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be

near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy

flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast;

Gen. 45:11 And there will I nourish thee--for yet there are five years of

famine--lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast come to poverty.

Gen. 45:12 And behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother

Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

Gen. 45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and of all

that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

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 brethren and wept upon them; and

after that, his brethren talked with him.

Gen. 45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,

Joseph's brethren are come; and it pleased Pharaoh well and his servants.

Gen. 45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do

ye: Lade 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 ye shall eat the fat of

the land.

Gen. 45:19 Now thou art commanded; this do ye: Take you wagons out of

the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your

father, and come.

Gen. 45:20 Also regard not your stuff; 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 raiment; but to

Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of

raiment.

Gen. 45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with

the good things of Egypt and ten she asses laden with corn, and bread, and

meat for his father by the way.

Gen. 45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed; and he said

unto them, See that ye 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.

Gen. Chapter 46

God assures Israel--Israel's household moves to Egypt--Joseph welcomes

his father and family

Gen. 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to

Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

Gen. 46:2 And God spake 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 thy father; fear not to go

down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.

Gen. 46:4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring

thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

Gen. 46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba; 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 seed with

him:

Gen. 46:7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his

sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

Gen. 46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came

into Egypt: Jacob and his sons, Reuben, Jacob's firstborn,

Gen. 46:9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, 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 Pharez,

and Zarah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of

Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Gen. 46:13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and

Shimron;

Gen. 46:14 And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

Gen. 46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-

aram, 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: Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, 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 bare 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, which Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, priest of On, bare

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 which were born to Jacob; all the

souls were fourteen.

Gen. 46:23 And the son 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, which Laban gave unto Rachel,

his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob; all the souls were seven.

Gen. 46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out

of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and

six;

Gen. 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were borne him in Egypt, were

two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were

threescore 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

thy face, because thou art yet alive.

Gen. 46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto his father's house, I

will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren and my

father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

Gen. 46:32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed

cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they

have.

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 ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle

from our youth even until now, both we and also our fathers; that ye may

dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the

Egyptians.

Gen. Chapter 47

Israel settles in Goshen--Due to famine, Pharaoh becomes owner of all the

land and people in Egypt

Gen. 47:1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh and said, My father and my

brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have are come

out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

Gen. 47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented

them unto Pharaoh.

Gen. 47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation?

And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and also

our fathers.

Gen. 47:4 They said, moreover, unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are

we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is

sore in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants

dwell in the land of Goshen.

Gen. 47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy

brethren are come unto thee;

Gen. 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy

father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell; and if

thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over

my cattle.

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 art thou?

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 brethren and gave them a

possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of

Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

Gen. 47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his

father's household with bread, according to their families.

Gen. 47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very

sore so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason

of the famine.

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 corn 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 bread;. For

why should we die in thy presence? For the money faileth.

Gen. 47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your

cattle, if money fail.

Gen. 47:17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave

them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of

the herds, and for the asses; and he fed them with bread for all their cattle

for that year.

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 hath our herds of cattle; there is not aught left in the

sight of my lord, but our bodies and our lands.

Gen. 47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our

land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants

unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land

be not desolate.

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; wherefore, 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 ye shall

sow the land.

Gen. 47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the

fifth part unto Pharaoh; and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the

field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for

your little ones.

Gen. 47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives; let us find grace in

the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

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 nigh that Israel must die; and he called his

son Joseph and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I

pray thee, thy hand under my thigh and deal kindly and truly with me; bury

me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

Gen. 47:30 But I will lie with my fathers; and thou shalt carry me out of

Egypt, and bury me in their burying place. And he said, I will do as thou

hast said.

Gen. 47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And

Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Gen. Chapter 48

Joseph visits his sick father--Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh--Jacob

prophesies return to Canaan

Gen. 48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Joseph,

saying, Behold, thy father is sick. And he took with him his two sons,

Manasseh and Ephraim.

Gen. 48:2 And it was told Jacob, saying, Look, and behold, thy son Joseph

cometh unto thee; 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 thee fruitful and multiply

thee, saith the Lord; and I will make of thee a multitude of people, and will

give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

Gen. 48:5 And now, of thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were

born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt,

behold, they are mine, and the God of my fathers shall bless them; even as

Reuben and Simeon, they shall be blessed, for they are mine; wherefore,

they shall be called after my name. Therefore, they were called Israel.

Gen. 48:6 And thy issue which thou begettest after them shall be thine and

shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance in the

tribes; therefore, they were called the tribes of Manasseh and of Ephraim.

Gen. 48:7 And Jacob said unto Joseph, When the God of my fathers

appeared unto me in Luz in the land of Canaan, he sware unto me that he

would give unto me and unto my seed the land for an everlasting

possession.

Gen. 48:8 Therefore, O my son, he hath blessed me in raising thee up to be

a servant unto me, in saving my house from death,

Gen. 48:9 In delivering my people, thy brethren, from famine which was

sore in the land; wherefore, the God of thy fathers shall bless thee and the

fruit of thy loins, that they shall be blessed above thy brethren and above

thy father's house;

Gen. 48:10 For thou hast prevailed, and thy father's house hath bowed

down unto thee, even as it was shown unto thee before thou wast sold into

Egypt by the hands of thy brethren; wherefore, thy brethren shall bow down

unto thee, from generation to generation, unto the fruit of thy loins forever;

Gen. 48:11 For thou shalt be a light unto my people, to deliver them in the

days of their captivity from bondage and to bring salvation unto them when

they are altogether bowed down under sin.

Gen. 48:12 And, therefore, as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel

died by me in the land of Canaan, in the way when we were yet but a little

way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the

same is called Bethlehem.

Gen. 48:13 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons and said, Who are these?

Gen. 48:14 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God

hath given me in this land.

Gen. 48:15 And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me; and I will bless

them.

Gen. 48:16 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not

see well. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and

embraced them.

Gen. 48:17 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face;

and lo, God hath showed me also thy seed.

Gen. 48:18 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he

bowed himself with his face to the earth.

Gen. 48:19 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. 48:20 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon

Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's

head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Gen. 48:21 And he blessed Joseph and said, God, before whom my fathers

Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto

this day,

Gen. 48:22 The Angel, which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads;

and let my name be named on them and the name of my fathers Abraham

and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

Gen. 48:23 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. 48:24 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is

the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

Gen. 48:25 And his father refused and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he

also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly his younger

brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of

nations.

Gen. 48:26 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless,

saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh; and he set Ephraim

before Manasseh.

Gen. 48:27 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. 48:28 Moreover, I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren,

which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my

bow.

Gen. Chapter 49

Israel blesses his sons--He dies

Gen. 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons and said, Gather yourselves

together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days.

Gen. 49:2 Gather yourselves together and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and

hearken unto Israel, your father.

Gen. 49:3 Reuben, thou art 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, thou shalt not excel because thou wentest up

to thy father's bed, then defiledst thou it; he went up to my couch.

Gen. 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their

habitations.

Gen. 49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly,

mine honor, be not thou united; for in their anger they slew a man, and in

their self-will they digged down a wall.

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, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall

be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before

thee.

Gen. 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up;

he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse

him up?

Gen. 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from

between his feet until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the

people be.

Gen. 49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine and his ass's colt unto the choice

vine, he washed his garments in wine and his clothes in the blood of grapes;

Gen. 49:12 His eyes shall be red with wine and his teeth white with milk.

Gen. 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea and shall be for a

haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

Gen. 49:14 Issachar is a strong ass, couching 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 tribute.

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

biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Gen. 49:18 I have waited for thy 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 bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal

dainties.

Gen. 49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose; he giveth goodly 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 sorely grieved 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 thence is the

shepherd, the stone of Israel--

Gen. 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the

Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of

the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;

Gen. 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings

of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall

be on the head of Joseph and on the crown of the head of him that was

separate from his brethren.

Gen. 49:27 Benjamin shall raven 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 spake unto them and blessed them; everyone 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 of 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 therein 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 yielded up the ghost, and was

gathered unto his people.

Gen. Chapter 50

Israel is buried in Canaan--Joseph prophesies of a righteous branch, the

Messiah, and a choice seer--Joseph dies

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 which are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him

threescore and ten days.

Gen. 50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto

the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes,

speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

Gen. 50:5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die; in my grave which I

have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now,

therefore, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father; and I will come

again.

Gen. 50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he

made thee 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 brethren, 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 sore 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 floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the

Egyptians; wherefore, the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, 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 of Ephron, the Hittite, before Mamre.

Gen. 50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all

that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

Gen. 50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they

said, Joseph will peradventure hate us and will certainly requite us all the

evil which we did unto him.

Gen. 50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did

command before he died, saying,

Gen. 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the

trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil; and now,

we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father.

And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

Gen. 50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and

they said, Behold, we be thy 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, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it

unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Gen. 50:21 Now, therefore, fear ye not; I will nourish you and your little

ones. And he comforted them and spake 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 brethren, I die and go unto my fathers;

and I go down to my grave with joy. The God of my father Jacob be with

you, to deliver you out of affliction in the days of your bondage; for the

Lord hath visited me, and I have obtained a promise of the Lord that out of

the fruit of my loins the Lord God will raise up a righteous branch out of

my loins; and unto thee, whom my father Jacob hath named Israel, a

prophet (not the Messiah who is called Shilo); and this prophet shall deliver

my people out of Egypt in the days of thy bondage.

Gen. 50:25 And it shall come to pass that they shall be scattered again; and

a branch shall be broken off and shall be carried into a far country;

nevertheless, they shall be remembered in the covenants of the Lord when

the Messiah cometh; for he shall be made manifest unto them in the latter

days, in the Spirit of power, and shall bring them out of darkness into light--

out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.

Gen. 50:26 A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice

seer unto the fruit of my loins.

Gen. 50:27 Thus saith the Lord God of my fathers unto me, A choice seer

will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins, and he shall be esteemed highly

among the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give commandment that he

shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren.

Gen. 50:28 And he shall bring them to the knowledge of the covenants

which I have made with thy fathers; and he shall do whatsoever work I shall

command him.

Gen. 50:29 And I will make him great in mine eyes, for he shall do my

work; and he shall be great like unto him whom I have said I would raise up

unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel, out of the land of Egypt;

for a seer will I raise up to deliver my people out of the land of Egypt; and

he shall be called Moses. And by this name he shall know that he is of thy

house; for he shall be nursed by the king's daughter and shall be called her

son.

Gen. 50:30 And again, a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins, and

unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy

loins--and not to the bringing forth of my word only, saith the Lord, but to

the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth

among them in the last days;

Gen. 50:31 Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write, and the fruit of the

loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy

loins and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah

shall grow together unto the confounding of false doctrines, and laying

down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins,

and bringing them to a knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also

to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.

Gen. 50:32 And out of weakness shall he be made strong in that day when

my work shall go forth among all my people, which shall restore them who

are of the house of Israel in the last days.

Gen. 50:33 And that seer will I bless, and they that seek to destroy him

shall be confounded; for this promise I give unto you; for I will remember

you from generation to generation; and his name shall be called Joseph, and

it shall be after the name of his father; and he shall be like unto you; for the

thing which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand shall bring my people

unto salvation.

Gen. 50:34 And the Lord sware unto Joseph that he would preserve his

seed forever, saying, I will raise up Moses, and a rod shall be in his hand;

and he shall gather together my people, and he shall lead them as a flock;

and he shall smite the waters of the Red Sea with his rod.

Gen. 50:35 And he shall have judgment and shall write the word of the

Lord. And he shall not speak many words, for I will write unto him my law

by the finger of mine own hand. And I will make a spokesman for him, and

his name shall be called Aaron.

Gen. 50:36 And it shall be done unto thee in the last days also, even as I

have sworn. Therefore, Joseph said unto his brethren, God will surely visit

you and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware unto

Abraham, and unto Isaac, and to Jacob.

Gen. 50:37 And Joseph confirmed many other things unto his brethren and

took an oath of the children of Israel, saying unto them, God will surely

visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

Gen. 50:38 So Joseph died when he was a hundred and ten years old; and

they embalmed him, and they put him in a coffin in Egypt; and he was kept

from burial by the children of Israel, that he might be carried up and laid in

the sepulcher with his father. And thus they remembered the oath which

they sware unto him.

Exodus

Ex. Chapter 1

Sons of Jacob who entered Egypt—Children of Israel, though oppressed,

multiply

Ex. 1:1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel which came into

Egypt, every man according to his household who came with Jacob:

Ex. 1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

Ex. 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

Ex. 1:4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Ex. 1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy

souls; for Joseph was in Egypt already.

Ex. 1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

Ex. 1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly,

and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with

them.

Ex. 1:8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt which knew not Joseph.

Ex. 1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of

Israel are more and mightier than we;

Ex. 1:10 Come on; let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it

come to pass that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our

enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and

grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

Ex. 1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor;

Ex. 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, wherein

they made them serve, was with rigor.

Ex. 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which

the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah;

Ex. 1:16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew

women and see them upon the stools, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him;

but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Ex. 1:17 But the midwives feared God and did not as the king of Egypt

commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Ex. 1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said unto them,

Why have ye done this thing and have saved the men children alive?

Ex. 1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women

are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively and are delivered ere the

midwives come in unto them.

Ex. 1:20 Therefore, God dealt well with the midwives; and the people

multiplied and waxed very mighty.

Ex. 1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he

made them houses.

Ex. 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is

born, ye shall cast into the river; and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Ex. Chapter 2

Moses' birth—Adoption by Pharaoh's daughter—Moses slays Egyptian and

flees—Moses marries and has a son

Ex. 2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi and took to wife a

daughter of Levi.

Ex. 2:2 And the woman conceived and bare a son; and when she saw him,

that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

Ex. 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of

bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child

therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

Ex. 2:4 And his sister stood afar off to know what would be done to him.

Ex. 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 flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee

a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

Ex. 2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and

called the child's mother.

Ex. 2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away and

nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the

child and nursed it.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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, Wherefore

smitest thou thy fellow?

Ex. 2:14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?

Intendest thou to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared

and said, Surely this thing is known.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood

up, and helped them, and watered their flock.

Ex. 2:18 And when they came to Reuel, their father, he said, How is it that

ye are come so soon today?

Ex. 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.

Ex. 2:20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? Why is it that ye

have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.

Ex. 2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses

Zipporah, his daughter.

Ex. 2:22 And she bare him a son; and he called his name Gershom, for he

said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Ex. 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died;

and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage; and they cried,

and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

Ex. 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant

with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Ex. 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect

unto them.

Ex. Chapter 3

Moses keeps Jethro's flock—God speaks to Moses from a burning bush—

Moses sent to deliver Israel

Ex. 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of

Midian; and he led the flock to the back side of the desert and came to the

mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Ex. 3:2 And again, the presence of the Lord appeared unto him, in a flame

of fire in the midst of a bush; and he looked; and behold, the bush burned

with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

Ex. 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight—

why the bush is not consumed.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy

feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Ex. 3:6 Moreover, he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham,

the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was

afraid to look upon God.

Ex. 3:7 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people

which are in Egypt and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters;

for I know their sorrows;

Ex. 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the

Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a

large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the

Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the

Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Ex. 3:9 Now, therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come

unto me; and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians

oppress them.

Ex. 3:10 Come now, therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou

mayest bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.

Ex. 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?

Ex. 3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token

unto thee that I have sent thee. When thou hast brought forth the people out

of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

Ex. 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 hath sent me unto

you, and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto

them?

Ex. 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM; and he said, Thus

shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Ex. 3:15 And God said, moreover, unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the

children of Israel: The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the

God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is my name

forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

Ex. 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;

Ex. 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.

Ex. 3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice; and thou shalt come, thou and

the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt; and ye shall say unto him, The

Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us; and now let us go, we beseech

thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the

Lord, our God.

Ex. 3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go—no, not

by a mighty hand.

Ex. 3:20 And I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all my

wonders which I will do in the midst thereof; and after that he will let you

go.

Ex. 3:21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and

it shall come to pass that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty;

Ex. 3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor and of her that

sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment;

and ye shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters; and ye shall

spoil the Egyptians.

Ex. Chapter 4

Moses given a rod of power—He is reluctant to go to Egypt—Aaron called

to be spokesman for Moses—Zipporah circumcises her son—Miracles

performed before Israel

Ex. 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 hath not

appeared unto thee.

Ex. 4:2 And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he

said, A rod.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 4:4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand and take it by

the tail. And he put forth his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his

hand—

Ex. 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, hath appeared unto thee.

Ex. 4:6 And the Lord said, furthermore, unto him, Put now thine hand into

thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out,

behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

Ex. 4:7 And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. And he put his

hand into his bosom again and plucked it out of his bosom; and behold, it

was turned again as his other flesh.

Ex. 4:8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither

hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the

latter sign.

Ex. 4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two

signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the

river and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou takest out of

the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

Ex. 4:10 And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent,

neither heretofore nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; but I am

slow of speech and of a slow tongue.

Ex. 4:11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or

who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the

Lord?

Ex. 4:12 Now, therefore, go; and I will be with thy mouth and teach thee

what thou shalt say.

Ex. 4:13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him

whom thou wilt send.

Ex. 4:14 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said,

Is not Aaron, the Levite, thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And

also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will

be glad in his heart.

Ex. 4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him and put words in his mouth; and I

will be with thy mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what ye shall

do.

Ex. 4:16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and he shall be,

even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth; and thou shalt be to him instead

of God.

Ex. 4:17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do

signs.

Ex. 4:18 And Moses went, and returned to Jethro, his father-in-law, and

said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which

are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses,

Go in peace.

Ex. 4:19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go; return into Egypt;

for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

Ex. 4:20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and set them upon an ass,

and he returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God in his

hand.

Ex. 4:21 And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into

Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put

in thine hand; and I will prosper thee; but Pharaoh will harden his heart, and

he will not let the people go.

Ex. 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my

son, even my firstborn;

Ex. 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go that he may serve me. And if

thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

Ex. 4:24 And it came to pass that the Lord appeared unto him as he was in

the way, by the inn. The Lord was angry with Moses, and his hand was

about to fall upon him to kill him; for he had not circumcised his son.

Ex. 4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and circumcised her son, and

cast the stone at his feet, and said, Surely thou art a bloody husband unto

me.

Ex. 4:26 And the Lord spared Moses and let him go because Zipporah, his

wife, circumcised the child. And she said, Thou art a bloody husband. And

Moses was ashamed, and hid his face from the Lord, and said, I have sinned

before the Lord.

Ex. 4:27 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet

Moses. And he went and met him in the mount of God, in the mount where

God appeared unto him; and Aaron kissed him.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of

the children of Israel;

Ex. 4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto

Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.

Ex. 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.

Ex. Chapter 5

Moses and Aaron tell Pharaoh to let the people go—Pharaoh increases the

Israelites' work—Moses cries to God for Israel

Ex. 5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, Thus

saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast

unto me in the wilderness.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us; let us go,

we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice unto the Lord,

our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.

Ex. 5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and

Aaron, lead the people from their works? Get you unto your burdens.

Ex. 5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many,

and ye make them rest from their burdens.

Ex. 5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the

people and their officers, saying,

Ex. 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore;

let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Ex. 5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall

lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof, for they be idle;

therefore, they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Ex. 5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor

therein; and let them not regard vain words.

Ex. 5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and

they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you

straw.

Ex. 5:11 Go ye, get your straw where ye can find it; yet not aught of your

work shall be diminished.

Ex. 5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of

Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

Ex. 5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfill your works, your

daily tasks, as when there was straw.

Ex. 5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's

taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and demanded, Wherefore have

ye not fulfilled your task in making brick, both yesterday and today, as

heretofore?

Ex. 5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto

Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Ex. 5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us,

Make brick; and behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine

own people.

Ex. 5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore, ye say, Let us go

and do sacrifice to the Lord.

Ex. 5:18 Go, therefore, now and work; for there shall no straw be given

you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

Ex. 5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in

evil case after it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks of

your daily task.

Ex. 5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they

came forth from Pharaoh;

Ex. 5:21 And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you and judge

because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh and

in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

Ex. 5:22 And Moses returned unto the Lord and said, Lord, wherefore hast

thou so evil entreated this people? Why is it that thou hast sent me?

Ex. 5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done

evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

Ex. Chapter 6

God reaffirms his promise to Israel—Genealogy of Reuben, Simeon, and

Levi

Ex. 6:1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do

to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong

hand shall he drive them out of his land.

Ex. 6:2 And God spake unto Moses and said unto him, I am the Lord;

Ex. 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob. I am the

Lord God Almighty, the Lord JEHOVAH. And was not my name known

unto them?

Ex. 6:4 Yea, and I have also established my covenant with them, which I

made with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their

pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord; and I will

bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you

out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm and

with great judgments;

Ex. 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God;

and ye shall know that I am the Lord, your God, which bringeth you out

from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

Ex. 6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did

swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for

a heritage; I, the Lord, will do it.

Ex. 6:9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened

not unto Moses for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.

Ex. 6:10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 6:11 Go in; speak unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he let the children

of Israel go out of his land.

Ex. 6:12 And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of

Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who is

of uncircumcised lips?

Ex. 6:13 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron and gave them a

charge unto the children of Israel and unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring

the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 6:17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimi, according to their families.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 6:19 And the sons of Merari: Mahali and Mushi; these are the families

of Levi according to their generations.

Ex. 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed, his father's sister, to wife; and

she bare him Aaron and Moses; and the years of the life of Amram were a

hundred and thirty and seven years.

Ex. 6:21 And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

Ex. 6:22 And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

Ex. 6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of

Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Ex. 6:24 And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these

are families of the Korhites.

Ex. 6:25 And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of Putiel

to wife; and she bare him Phinehas; these are the heads of the fathers of the

Levites according to their families.

Ex. 6:26 These are the sons of Aaron according to their families. And all

these are the names of the children of Israel according to the heads of their

families, that the Lord said unto Aaron and Moses, they should bring up out

of the land of Egypt, according to their armies.

Ex. 6:27 These are they concerning whom the Lord spake to Pharaoh, king

of Egypt, that he should let them go. And he sent Moses and Aaron to bring

out the children of Israel from Egypt.

Ex. 6:28 And it came to pass, on the day the Lord spake unto Moses in the

land of Egypt, that the Lord commanded Moses that he should speak unto

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, saying, I, the Lord, will do unto Pharaoh, king of

Egypt, all that I say unto thee.

Ex. 6:29 And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of stammering lips

and slow of speech. How shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?

Ex. Chapter 7

God encourages Moses—Aaron's rod becomes a serpent—Waters turn to

blood

Ex. 7:1 And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a prophet to

Pharaoh; and Aaron, thy brother, shall be thy spokesman.

Ex. 7:2 Thou shalt speak unto thy brother all that I command thee; and

Aaron, thy brother, shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of

Israel out of his land.

Ex. 7:3 And Pharaoh will harden his heart, as I said unto thee; and thou

shalt multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.

Ex. 7:4 But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you: therefore, I will lay my

hand upon Egypt and bring forth mine armies, my people, the children of

Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

Ex. 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch

forth mine hand upon Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from

among them.

Ex. 7:6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them; so did

they.

Ex. 7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old and Aaron fourscore and three

years old when they spake unto Pharaoh.

Ex. 7:8 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Ex. 7:9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle that I

may know you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it

before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents;

but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

Ex. 7:13 And Pharaoh hardened his heart, that he hearkened not unto them,

as the Lord had said.

Ex. 7:14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he

refuseth to let the people go.

Ex. 7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the

water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod

which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

Ex. 7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath

sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the

wilderness; and behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

Ex. 7:17 Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord;

behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which

are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

Ex. 7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink;

and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river.

Ex. 7:19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod

and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt—upon their streams,

upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water—

that they may become blood, and that there may be blood throughout all the

land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 7:21 And the fish that was in the river died, and the river stank; and the

Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood

throughout all the land of Egypt.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house; neither did he set his

heart to this also.

Ex. 7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to

drink, for they could not drink of the water of the river.

Ex. 7:25 And seven days were fulfilled after that the Lord had smitten the

river.

Ex. Chapter 8

Plagues of frogs, lice, and flies—Pharaoh hardens his heart

Ex. 8:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses: Go unto Pharaoh and say unto

him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Ex. 8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy

borders with frogs;

Ex. 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up

and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and

into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens,

and into thy kneading troughs;

Ex. 8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and

upon all thy servants.

Ex. 8:5 And the Lord spake unto Moses: Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth

thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the

ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

Ex. 8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the

frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

Ex. 8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up

frogs upon the land of Egypt.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me. When shall I entreat

for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people to destroy the frogs from

thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

Ex. 8:10 And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word,

that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord, our God.

Ex. 8:11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and

from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps; and the land stank.

Ex. 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his

heart and hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had said.

Ex. 8:16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy

rod and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all

the land of Egypt.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 8:20 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning and

stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him,

Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Ex. 8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms

of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy

houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and

also the ground whereon they are.

Ex. 8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my

people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there—to the end thou mayest

know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.

Ex. 8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people;

tomorrow shall this sign be.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, Go ye;

sacrifice to your God in the land.

Ex. 8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the

abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord, our God. Lo, shall we sacrifice

the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone

us?

Ex. 8:27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to

the Lord our God, as he shall command us.

Ex. 8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the

Lord, your God, in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away;

entreat for me.

Ex. 8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee; and I will entreat the

Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants,

and from his people tomorrow; but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any

more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.

Ex. 8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also; neither would he

let the people go.

Ex. Chapter 9

Plagues of murrain, boils, and hail—Pharaoh pleads for relief, promises to

free the people, and breaks his promise

Ex. 9:1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh and tell him,

Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may

serve me.

Ex. 9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go and wilt hold them still,

Ex. 9:3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field,

upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon

the sheep; there shall be a very grievous murrain.

Ex. 9:4 And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle

of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.

Ex. 9:5 And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow the Lord shall

do this thing in the land.

Ex. 9:6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of

Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 9:9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be

a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast throughout all

the land of Egypt.

Ex. 9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace and stood before Pharaoh; and

Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil, breaking forth

with blains upon man and upon beast.

Ex. 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the

boils; for the boil was upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.

Ex. 9:12 And Pharaoh hardened his heart, and he hearkened not unto them,

as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.

Ex. 9:13 And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and

stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the

Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Ex. 9:14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and

upon thy servants, and upon thy people, that thou mayest know that there is

none like me in all the earth.

Ex. 9:15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy

people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

Ex. 9:16 And in very deed, for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show

in thee my power and that my name may be declared throughout all the

earth.

Ex. 9:17 Therefore, speak unto Pharaoh the thing which I command thee,

who as yet exalteth himself that he will not let them go.

Ex. 9:18 Behold, tomorrow about this time, I will cause it to rain a very

grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof,

even until now.

Ex. 9:19 Send, therefore, now and gather thy cattle and all that thou hast in

the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field

and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them; and

they shall die.

Ex. 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;

Ex. 9:21 And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and

his cattle in the field.

Ex. 9:22 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward

heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon

beast, and upon every herb of the field throughout the land of Egypt.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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

brake every tree of the field.

Ex. 9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was

there no hail.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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 ye shall stay no longer.

Ex. 9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I

will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease;

neither shall there be any more hail, that thou mayest know how that the

earth is the Lord's.

Ex. 9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear

the Lord God.

Ex. 9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten; for the barley was in the

ear, and the flax was bolled.

Ex. 9:32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten; for they were not

grown up.

Ex. 9:33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread abroad

his hands unto the Lord; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was

not poured upon the earth.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. Chapter 10

Plagues of locusts and darkness—Pharaoh threatens Moses with death

Ex. 10:1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for he hath

hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants; therefore, I will show

these my signs before him—

Ex. 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's

son, what things I have wrought in Egypt and my signs which I have done

among them, that ye may know how that I am the Lord.

Ex. 10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh and said unto him,

Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to

humble thyself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Ex. 10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow will I

bring the locusts into thy coast;

Ex. 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 remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which

groweth for you out of the field;

Ex. 10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants,

and the houses of all the Egyptians, which neither thy fathers nor thy

fathers' fathers have seen since the day that they were upon the earth unto

this day. And he turned himself and went out from Pharaoh.

Ex. 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.

Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Ex. 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?

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 10:11 Not so; go now, ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye

did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

Ex. 10:12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the

land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt

and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 10:14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in

all the coasts of Egypt; very grievous were they. Before them there were no

such locusts as they; neither after them shall be such.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 10:17 Now, therefore, forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and

entreat the Lord, your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

Ex. 10:18 And he went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord.

Ex. 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 coasts of Egypt.

Ex. 10:20 But Pharaoh hardened his heart so that he would not let the

children of Israel go.

Ex. 10:21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward

heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness

which may be felt.

Ex. 10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there

was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 10:24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses and said, Go ye; serve the Lord;

only let your flocks and your herds be stayed; let your little ones also go

with you.

Ex. 10:25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt

offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord, our God.

Ex. 10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left

behind, for thereof must we take to serve the Lord, our God; and we know

not with what we must serve the Lord until we come thither.

Ex. 10:27 But Pharaoh hardened his heart, and he would not let them go.

Ex. 10:28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me; take heed to

thyself; see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt

die.

Ex. 10:29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well. I will see thy face again

no more.

Ex. Chapter 11

Moses prophesies the death of all firstborn—Pharaoh hardens his heart

Ex. 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 hence; when

he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

Ex. 11:2 Speak now in the ears of the people; and let every man borrow of

his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and jewels

of gold.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 11:4 And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out

into the midst of Egypt;

Ex. 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the

firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of

the maidservant that is behind the mill, and all the firstborn of beasts.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his

tongue against man or beast, that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a

difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

Ex. 11:8 And all these, the servants of Pharaoh, shall come down unto me

and bow themselves down unto me, saying, Get thee out and all the people

that follow thee. And after that I will go out.

Ex. 11:9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you;

therefore, my wonders shall be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

Ex. 11:10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and

they went out from Pharaoh; and he was in great anger. And Pharaoh

hardened his heart so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of

his land.

Ex. Chapter 12

Beginning of the year changed—The passover—Firstborn slain—Children

of Israel borrow jewels and spoil Egypt—Pharaoh commands children of

Israel to leave Egypt

Ex. 12:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

saying,

Ex. 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be

the first month of the year to you.

Ex. 12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth

day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to

the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house;

Ex. 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 the souls;

every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

Ex. 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; ye

shall take it out from the sheep or from the goats;

Ex. 12:6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same

month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in

the evening.

Ex. 12:7 And they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two side posts

and on the upper doorpost of the houses wherein they shall eat it.

Ex. 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and

unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Ex. 12:9 Eat not of it raw nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire—

his head with his legs and with the purtenance thereof.

Ex. 12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that

which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

Ex. 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on

your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste; it is the

Lord's passover.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where

ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall

not be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt.

Ex. 12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep

it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by

an ordinance forever.

Ex. 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye

shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whosoever eateth leavened

bread, from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from

Israel.

Ex. 12:16 And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the

seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work

shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat—that only may

be done of you.

Ex. 12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this

selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt; therefore

shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever.

Ex. 12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye

shall eat unleavened bread until the one and twentieth day of the month at

even.

Ex. 12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses; for

whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off

from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger or born in the

land.

Ex. 12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat

unleavened bread.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that

is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood

that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house

until the morning.

Ex. 12:23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when

he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will

pass over the door and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your

houses to smite you.

Ex. 12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to

thy sons forever.

Ex. 12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the

Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this

service.

Ex. 12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you,

What mean ye by this service?

Ex. 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who

passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when he smote the

Egyptians and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and

worshiped.

Ex. 12:28 And the children of Israel went away and did as the Lord had

commanded Moses and Aaron; so did they.

Ex. 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, unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon, and all the

firstborn of cattle.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 12:31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said, Rise up

and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel;

and go; serve the Lord as ye have said.

Ex. 12:32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be

gone; and bless me also.

Ex. 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 have found our

firstborn all dead; therefore, get ye out of the land, lest we die also.

Ex. 12:34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their

kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

Ex. 12:35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses;

and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and

raiment;

Ex. 12:36 And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians

so that they lent unto them such things as they required; and they spoiled

the Egyptians.

Ex. 12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,

about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

Ex. 12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them, and flocks, and

herds, even very much cattle.

Ex. 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 victuals.

Ex. 12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt,

was four hundred and thirty years.

Ex. 12:41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty

years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord

went out from the land of Egypt.

Ex. 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 of

all the children of Israel in their generations.

Ex. 12:43 And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance

of the passover; there shall no stranger eat thereof;

Ex. 12:44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast

circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

Ex. 12:45 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.

Ex. 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of

the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

Ex. 12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

Ex. 12:48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee and will keep the

passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised; and then let him

come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land; for no

uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

Ex. 12:49 One law shall be to him that is home-born and unto the stranger

that sojourneth among you.

Ex. 12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded

Moses and Aaron, so did they.

Ex. 12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day that the Lord did bring the

children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Ex. Chapter 13

Firstborn sanctified—Feast of unleavened bread—Israelites flee Egypt—

Cloud and pillar of fire

Ex. 13:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 13:2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb

among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast; it is mine.

Ex. 13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day in which ye

came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand

the Lord brought you out from this place; there shall no leavened bread be

eaten.

Ex. 13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.

Ex. 13:5 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the

Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the

Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with

milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Ex. 13:6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh

day shall be a feast to the Lord.

Ex. 13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no

leavened bread be seen with thee; neither shall there be leaven seen with

thee in all thy quarters.

Ex. 13:8 And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done

because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

Ex. 13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand and for a

memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth; for

with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

Ex. 13:10 Thou shalt, therefore, keep this ordinance in his season from year

to year.

Ex. 13:11 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the

Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

Ex. 13:12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix

and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the male shall be

the Lord's.

Ex. 13:13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and

if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck; and all the

firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

Ex. 13:14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying,

What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord

brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Ex. 13:15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that

the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of

man and the firstborn of beast; therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord all that

openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I

redeem.

Ex. 13:16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand and for frontlets

between thine eyes; for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of

Egypt.

Ex. 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 peradventure the people repent when they

see war and they return to Egypt;

Ex. 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 harnessed out of the land

of Egypt.

Ex. 13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had straitly

sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall

carry up my bones away hence with you.

Ex. 13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth and encamped in

Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

Ex. 13:21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to

lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light—to go

by day and night.

Ex. 13:22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day nor the pillar of

fire by night from before the people.

Ex. Chapter 14

God instructs the Israelites—Pharaoh pursues them—Israelites pass

through Red Sea—Egyptians drown

Ex. 14:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 14:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before

Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon; before

it shall ye encamp by the sea.

Ex. 14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled

in the land; the wilderness hath shut them in.

Ex. 14:4 And Pharaoh will harden his heart, that he shall follow after them;

and I will be honored upon Pharaoh and upon all his host, that the

Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

Ex. 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?

Ex. 14:6 And he made ready his chariot and took his people with him;

Ex. 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of

Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

Ex. 14:8 And Pharaoh hardened his heart, and he pursued after the children

of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with a high hand.

Ex. 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them—all the horses and chariots

of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army—and overtook them

encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

Ex. 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up

their eyes; and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were

sore afraid; and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.

Ex. 14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in

Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast

thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

Ex. 14:12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us

alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to

serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.

Ex. 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not. Stand still and see

the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you today; for the

Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more

forever.

Ex. 14:14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Ex. 14:15 And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me?

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward;

Ex. 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea,

and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the

midst of the sea.

Ex. 14:17 And I say unto thee, The hearts of the Egyptians shall be

hardened, and they shall follow them; and I will get me honor upon

Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

Ex. 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I have

gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

Ex. 14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel,

removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from

before their face and stood behind them;

Ex. 14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of

Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to the Egyptians; but it gave light by

night to the Israelites so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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,

Ex. 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

fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

Ex. 14:26 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the

sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their

chariots, and upon their horsemen.

Ex. 14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea

returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled

against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 14:30 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the

Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore.

Ex. 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.

Ex. Chapter 15

Israelites sing praises to God—Bitter waters made sweet

Ex. 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord

and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord for he hath triumphed

gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 15:3 The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.

Ex. 15:4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; his chosen

captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.

Ex. 15:5 The depths have covered them; they sank into the bottom as a

stone.

Ex. 15:6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power; thy right

hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.

Ex. 15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown

them that rose up against thee; thou sentest forth thy wrath, which

consumed them as stubble.

Ex. 15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered

together, the floods stood upright as a heap, and the depths were congealed

in the heart of the sea.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind; the sea covered them; they sank

as lead in the mighty waters.

Ex. 15:11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like thee,

glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Ex. 15:12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand; the earth swallowed them.

Ex. 15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast

redeemed; thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.

Ex. 15:14 The people shall hear and be afraid; sorrow shall take hold on the

inhabitants of Palestina.

Ex. 15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of

Moab, trembling, shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan

shall melt away.

Ex. 15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm

they shall be as still as a stone—till the people pass over, O Lord, till the

people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

Ex. 15:17 Thou shalt bring them in and plant them in the mountain of thine

inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in

—in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

Ex. 15:18 The Lord shall reign forever and ever.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath

triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we

drink?

Ex. 15:25 And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord showed him a tree,

which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet; there

he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

Ex. 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord,

thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his

commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases

upon thee which I have brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord that

healeth thee.

Ex. 15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water and

threescore and ten palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

Ex. Chapter 16

Israelites complain—Quails and manna sent

Ex. 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.

Ex. 16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured

against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness;

Ex. 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

fleshpots and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth

into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Ex. 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 rate every

day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law or no.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even,

then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of

Egypt;

Ex. 16:7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord, for

that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord. And what are we, that ye

murmur against us?

Ex. 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 that the Lord

heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him. And what are we?

Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.

Ex. 16:9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the

children of Israel, Come near before the Lord; for he hath heard your

murmurings.

Ex. 16:10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation

of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness; and

behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.

Ex. 16:11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 16:12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel; speak unto

them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be

filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, your God.

Ex. 16:13 And it came to pass that at even the quails came up and covered

the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

Ex. 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 hoarfrost on the

ground.

Ex. 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another,

It is manna; for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This

is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.

Ex. 16:16 This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded: Gather of it

every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the

number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

Ex. 16:17 And the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some

less.

Ex. 16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much

had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered

every man according to his eating.

Ex. 16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

Ex. 16:20 Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto Moses, but some of

them left of it until the morning; and it bred worms and stank; and Moses

was wroth with them.

Ex. 16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his

eating; and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said:

Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord; bake that which ye

will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth

over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

Ex. 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade; and it did not

stink; neither was there any worm therein.

Ex. 16:25 And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a sabbath unto the

Lord; today ye shall not find it in the field.

Ex. 16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the

sabbath, in it there shall be none.

Ex. 16:27 And it came to pass that there went out some of the people on the

seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

Ex. 16:28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my

commandments and my laws?

Ex. 16:29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath; therefore, he

giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his

place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

Ex. 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

Ex. 16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof manna; and it

was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with

honey.

Ex. 16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth:

Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations, that they may see the

bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness when I brought you forth

from the land of Egypt.

Ex. 16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of

manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your

generations.

Ex. 16:34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the

Testimony, to be kept.

Ex. 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

borders of the land of Canaan.

Ex. 16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

Ex. Chapter 17

Water from the rock in Horeb—Amalek fights Israel—Moses holds up rod,

and Israel prevails—Moses builds an altar in remembrance

Ex. 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 pitched in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to

drink.

Ex. 17:2 Wherefore, the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us

water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with

me? Wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?

Ex. 17:3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured

against Moses and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out

of Egypt—to kill us, and our children, and our cattle with thirst?

Ex. 17:4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this

people? They be almost ready to stone me.

Ex. 17:5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people and take

with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the

river, take in thine hand and go.

Ex. 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and

thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the

people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Ex. 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah because

of the chiding of the children of Israel and because they tempted the Lord,

saying, Is the Lord among us or not?

Ex. 17:8 Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Ex. 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 mine hand.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 17:12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone and put it

under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the

one on the one side and the other on the other side; and his hands were

steady until the going down of the sun.

Ex. 17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of

the sword.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 17:15 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;

Ex. 17:16 For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have

war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Ex. Chapter 18

Moses reunited with Jethro and his family—Moses accepts Jethro's counsel

Ex. 18:1 When Jethro, the high 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,

Ex. 18:2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife,

after he had sent her back,

Ex. 18:3 And her two sons—of which the name of the one was Gershom,

for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land;

Ex. 18:4 And the name of the other was Eliezer, For the God of my father,

said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

Ex. 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;

Ex. 18:6 And he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto

thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

Ex. 18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance,

and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare, and they came

into the tent.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out

of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath

delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

Ex. 18:11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods; for in the thing

wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the

people; and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.

Ex. 18:14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people,

he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou

thyself alone and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?

Ex. 18:15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come

unto me to inquire of God;

Ex. 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.

Ex. 18:17 And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou

doest is not good.

Ex. 18:18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is

with thee; for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it

thyself alone.

Ex. 18:19 Hearken now unto my voice; I will give thee counsel, and God

shall be with thee. Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest

bring the causes unto God;

Ex. 18:20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws and shalt show

them the way wherein they must walk and the work that they must do.

Ex. 18:21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men such

as fear God—men of truth, hating covetousness—and place such over them

to be rulers of thousands and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties and rulers

of tens;

Ex. 18:22 And let them judge the people at all seasons; and it shall be that

every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they

shall judge; so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden

with thee.

Ex. 18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou

shalt be able to endure; and all this people shall also go to their place in

peace.

Ex. 18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all

that he had said.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons; the hard causes they

brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Ex. 18:27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into

his own land.

Ex. Chapter 19

At Sinai God calls Israel to be a chosen people—The people pledge

obedience

Ex. 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.

Ex. 19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the

desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped

before the mount.

Ex. 19:3 And Moses went up unto God; and the Lord called unto him out of

the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the

children of Israel:

Ex. 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians and how I bare you on

eagles' wings and brought you unto myself.

Ex. 19:5 Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed and keep my

covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people; for

all the earth is mine;

Ex. 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 19:8 And all the people answered together and said, All that the Lord

hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto

the Lord.

Ex. 19:9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick

cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee and believe thee

forever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

Ex. 19:10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify

them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes,

Ex. 19:11 And be ready against the third day; for the third day the Lord will

come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

Ex. 19:12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying,

Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount or touch the

border of it; whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death;

Ex. 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

soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

Ex. 19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people and

sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

Ex. 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day;

come not at your wives.

Ex. 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 exceeding loud, so that all the people that was in the

camp trembled.

Ex. 19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with

God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

Ex. 19:18 And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke because the Lord

descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a

furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Ex. 19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long and waxed

louder and louder, Moses spake; and God answered him by a voice.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify

themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

Ex. 19:23 And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to

Mount Sinai; for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount and

sanctify it.

Ex. 19:24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down; and thou shalt

come up, thou and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people

break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.

Ex. 19:25 So Moses went down unto the people and spake unto them.

Ex. Chapter 20

Ten commandments received—Instructions for altars and offerings

Ex. 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,

Ex. 20:2 I am the Lord, thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of

Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Ex. 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Ex. 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee 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 water under the earth;

Ex. 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I,

the Lord, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers

upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

Ex. 20:6 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep

my commandments.

Ex. 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain; for the

Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Ex. 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Ex. 20:9 Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work;

Ex. 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord, thy God. In it thou

shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant,

nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;

Ex. 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all

that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore, the Lord blessed the

sabbath day and hallowed it.

Ex. 20:12 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon

the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee.

Ex. 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.

Ex. 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Ex. 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.

Ex. 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Ex. 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house; thou shalt not covet

thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor

his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Ex. 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 removed and stood afar off.

Ex. 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear;

but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Ex. 20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not; for God is come to

prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

Ex. 20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the

thick darkness where God was.

Ex. 20:22 And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the

children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

Ex. 20:23 Ye shall not make unto you gods of silver; neither shall ye make

unto you gods of gold.

Ex. 20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and shalt sacrifice

thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine

oxen; in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will

bless thee.

Ex. 20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it

of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Ex. 20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy

nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Ex. Chapter 21

Detailed laws given

Ex. 21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them:

Ex. 21:2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the

seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Ex. 21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he were

married, then his wife shall go out with him.

Ex. 21:4 If his master have given him a wife and she have borne him sons

or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's; and he shall go

out by himself.

Ex. 21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife,

and my children—I will not go out free,

Ex. 21:6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also

bring him to his door or unto the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear

through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

Ex. 21:7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not

go out as the menservants do.

Ex. 21:8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself,

then shall he let her be redeemed—not to sell her unto a strange nation; he

shall have no power to do this, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Ex. 21:9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her

after the manner of daughters.

Ex. 21:10 If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty

of marriage shall he not diminish.

Ex. 21:11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free

without money.

Ex. 21:12 He that smiteth a man so that he die shall be surely put to death.

Ex. 21:13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand,

then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

Ex. 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor to slay him

with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

Ex. 21:15 And he that smiteth his father or his mother shall be surely put to

death.

Ex. 21:16 And he that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in

his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Ex. 21:17 And he that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to

death.

Ex. 21:18 And if men strive together and one smite another with a stone or

with his fist and he die not, but keepeth his bed,

Ex. 21:19 If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that

smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time and shall cause

him to be thoroughly healed.

Ex. 21:20 And if a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod and he die

under his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Ex. 21:21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two and recover, he

shall not be put to death, for he is his servant.

Ex. 21:22 If men strive and hurt a woman with child so that her fruit depart

from her, and yet no mischief follow, he shall be surely punished, according

as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges

determine.

Ex. 21:23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Ex. 21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Ex. 21:25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Ex. 21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid,

that it perish, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

Ex. 21:27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth or his maidservant's

tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

Ex. 21:28 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.

Ex. 21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it

hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he

hath killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also

shall be put to death.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 21:31 Whether he have gored a son or have gored a daughter, according

to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

Ex. 21:32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant, he shall give

unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

Ex. 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 an ass fall therein,

Ex. 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.

Ex. 21:35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die, then they shall

sell the live ox and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall

divide.

Ex. 21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and

his owner hath not kept him in, he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead

shall be his own.

Ex. Chapter 22

Civil, criminal, and moral laws given

Ex. 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.

Ex. 22:2 If a thief be found breaking up and be smitten that he die, there

shall no blood be shed for him.

Ex. 22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for

he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for

his theft.

Ex. 22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox,

or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.

Ex. 22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in

his beast, and shall feed in another man's field, of the best of his own field

and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make restitution.

Ex. 22:6 If fire break out and catch in thorns so that the stacks of corn, or

the standing corn, or the field be consumed therewith, he that kindled the

fire shall surely make restitution.

Ex. 22:7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep,

and it be stolen out of the man's house, if the thief be found, let him pay

double.

Ex. 22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be

brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his

neighbor's goods.

Ex. 22:9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep,

for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be

his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the

judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbor.

Ex. 22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or

any beast to keep, and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it,

Ex. 22:11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath

not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept

thereof, and he shall not make it good.

Ex. 22:12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the

owner thereof.

Ex. 22:13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness; and he

shall not make good that which was torn.

Ex. 22:14 And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt or die,

the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

Ex. 22:15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it

be a hired thing, it came for his hire.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 22:17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay

money according to the dowry of virgins.

Ex. 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a murderer to live.

Ex. 22:19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Ex. 22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he

shall be utterly destroyed.

Ex. 22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger nor oppress him; for ye were

strangers in the land of Egypt.

Ex. 22:22 Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

Ex. 22:23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will

surely hear their cry;

Ex. 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword;

and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

Ex. 22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou

shalt not be to him as a usurer; neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

Ex. 22:26 If thou at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt

deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down;

Ex. 22:27 For that is his covering only; it is his raiment for his skin.

Wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me,

that I will hear; for I am gracious.

Ex. 22:28 Thou shalt not revile against God nor curse the ruler of thy

people.

Ex. 22:29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits and of thy

liquors; the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

Ex. 22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen and with thy sheep; seven

days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

Ex. 22:31 And ye shall be holy men unto me; neither shall ye eat any flesh

that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

Ex. Chapter 23

Additional laws—God provides an angel for guidance—Promises rewards

for obedience

Ex. 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report; put not thine hand with the

wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Ex. 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou

speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment;

Ex. 23:3 Neither shalt thou countenance a wicked man in his cause.

Ex. 23:4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt

surely bring it back to him again.

Ex. 23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden

and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

Ex. 23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Ex. 23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous

slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.

Ex. 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift; for the gift blindeth the wise and

perverteth the words of the righteous.

Ex. 23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger; for ye know the heart of a

stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Ex. 23:10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land and shalt gather in the

fruits thereof;

Ex. 23:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still, that the

poor of thy people may eat; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall

eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard and with thy olive

yard.

Ex. 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou

shalt rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid

and the stranger may be refreshed.

Ex. 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

thy mouth.

Ex. 23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year:

Ex. 23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread—thou shalt eat

unleavened bread seven days as I commanded thee in the time appointed of

the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear

before me empty;

Ex. 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labors which thou

hast sown in the field; and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of

the year when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field.

Ex. 23:17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord

God.

Ex. 23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened

bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

Ex. 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the

house of the Lord, thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Ex. 23:20 Behold, I send an angel before thee to keep thee in the way and

to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice and do all that I speak,

then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies and an adversary unto thine

adversaries.

Ex. 23:23 For mine angel shall go before thee and bring thee in unto the

Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the

Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

Ex. 23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do

after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them and quite break

down their images.

Ex. 23:25 And ye shall serve the Lord, your God, and he shall bless thy

bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

Ex. 23:26 There shall nothing cast their young nor be barren in thy land; the

number of thy days I will fulfill.

Ex. 23:27 I will send my fear before thee, and I will destroy all the people

to whom thou shalt come; and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs

unto thee.

Ex. 23:28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the

Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before thee.

Ex. 23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the

land become desolate and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

Ex. 23:30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee until

thou be increased and inherit the land.

Ex. 23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of

the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river; for I will deliver the

inhabitants of the land into your hand, and thou shalt drive them out before

thee.

Ex. 23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them nor with their gods.

Ex. 23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against

me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

Ex. Chapter 24

Moses shares God's words with the people—They pledge obedience—Moses

communes with God in the mountain forty days and forty nights

Ex. 24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou and Aaron,

Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar

off.

Ex. 24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the Lord; but they shall not

come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

Ex. 24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and

all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice and said, All

the words which the Lord hath said will we do.

Ex. 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in

the morning, and builded an altar under the hill and twelve pillars,

according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Ex. 24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered

burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.

Ex. 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins; and half of

the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Ex. 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant and read in the audience of

the people; and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do and be

obedient.

Ex. 24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and

said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you

concerning all these words.

Ex. 24:9 Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of

the elders of Israel;

Ex. 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 body of

heaven in his clearness.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 24:12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount

and be there; and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and

commandments which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.

Ex. 24:13 And Moses rose up and his minister Joshua; and Moses went up

into the mount of God.

Ex. 24:14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us until we come

again unto you; and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; if any man have

any matters to do, let him come unto them.

Ex. 24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the

mount.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud and gat him up into

the mount; and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Ex. Chapter 25

Tabernacle—Mercy seat—Ark of the testimony

Ex. 25:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 25:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering;

of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart, ye shall take my

offering.

Ex. 25:3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold, and

silver, and brass,

Ex. 25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

Ex. 25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

Ex. 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense,

Ex. 25:7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the

breastplate.

Ex. 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

Ex. 25:9 According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the

tabernacle and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye

make it.

Ex. 25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a

half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof,

and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

Ex. 25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold; within and without shalt

thou overlay it and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

Ex. 25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it and put them in the

four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two

rings in the other side of it.

Ex. 25:13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood and overlay them

with gold.

Ex. 25:14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the

ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

Ex. 25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken

from it.

Ex. 25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give

thee.

Ex. 25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a

half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Ex. 25:18 And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold—of beaten work

shalt thou make them—in the two ends of the mercy seat.

Ex. 25:19 And make one cherub on the one end and the other cherub on the

other end; even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two

ends thereof.

Ex. 25:20 And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high,

covering the mercy seat with their wings; and their faces shall look one to

another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

Ex. 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the

ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

Ex. 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee

from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon

the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in

commandment unto the children of Israel.

Ex. 25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood; two cubits shall be

the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the

height thereof.

Ex. 25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold and make thereto a

crown of gold round about.

Ex. 25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round

about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round

about.

Ex. 25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold and put the rings in

the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

Ex. 25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves

to bear the table.

Ex. 25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood and overlay them

with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Ex. 25:29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and

covers thereof, and bowls thereof to cover withal; of pure gold shalt thou

make them.

Ex. 25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.

Ex. 25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work

shall the candlestick be made; his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his

knops, and his flowers shall be of the same.

Ex. 25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it—three

branches of the candlestick out of the one side and three branches of the

candlestick out of the other side;

Ex. 25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower

in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with

a knop and a flower—so in the six branches that come out of the

candlestick.

Ex. 25:34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto

almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

Ex. 25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a

knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the

same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

Ex. 25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same; all of it shall

be one beaten work of pure gold.

Ex. 25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof; and they shall light

the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

Ex. 25:38 And the tongs thereof and the snuff dishes thereof shall be of

pure gold.

Ex. 25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

Ex. 25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was

showed thee in the mount.

Ex. Chapter 26

Tabernacle furnishings

Ex. 26:1 Moreover, thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine

twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; with cherubim of cunning

work shalt thou make them.

Ex. 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

one measure.

Ex. 26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and

other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Ex. 26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one

curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in

the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

Ex. 26:5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt

thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second,

that the loops may take hold one of another.

Ex. 26:6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold and couple the curtains

together with the taches; and it shall be one tabernacle.

Ex. 26:7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon

the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make.

Ex. 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 one measure.

Ex. 26:9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains

by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the

tabernacle.

Ex. 26:10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain

that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain

which coupleth the second.

Ex. 26:11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into

the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

Ex. 26:12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the

half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back side of the tabernacle.

Ex. 26:13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that

which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over

the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and on that side, to cover it.

Ex. 26:14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed

red and a covering above of badgers' skins.

Ex. 26:15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood

standing up.

Ex. 26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half

shall be the breadth of one board.

Ex. 26:17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against

another; thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Ex. 26:18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards

on the south side southward.

Ex. 26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty

boards, two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets

under another board for his two tenons.

Ex. 26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there

shall be twenty boards.

Ex. 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under one board

and two sockets under another board.

Ex. 26:22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six

boards.

Ex. 26:23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle

in the two sides.

Ex. 26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be

coupled together above the head of it unto one ring; thus shall it be for them

both; they shall be for the two corners.

Ex. 26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen

sockets; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.

Ex. 26:26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood, five for the boards of

the one side of the tabernacle,

Ex. 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, for the two sides

westward.

Ex. 26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from

end to end.

Ex. 26:29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold and make their rings

of gold for places for the bars; and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

Ex. 26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion

thereof which was showed thee in the mount.

Ex. 26:31 And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and

fine twined linen of cunning work; with cherubim shall it be made.

Ex. 26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid

with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

Ex. 26:33 And thou shalt hang up the veil under the taches, that thou

mayest bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil

shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

Ex. 26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony

in the most holy place.

Ex. 26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick

over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and

thou shalt put the table on the north side.

Ex. 26:36 And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue,

and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

Ex. 26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood

and overlay them with gold; and their hooks shall be of gold; and thou shalt

cast five sockets of brass for them.

Ex. Chapter 27

The altar, its vessels, and utensils—Dimensions and furnishings of the

tabernacle court

Ex. 27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long and

five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare; and the height thereof shall

be three cubits.

Ex. 27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof;

his horns shall be of the same; and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

Ex. 27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels,

and his basins, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans; and all the vessels

thereof thou shalt make of brass.

Ex. 27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon

the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

Ex. 27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that

the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

Ex. 27:6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood,

and overlay them with brass.

Ex. 27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be

upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

Ex. 27:8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it; as it was showed thee in

the mount, so shalt thou make it.

Ex. 27:9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle; for the south side

southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of a

hundred cubits long for one side;

Ex. 27:10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be

of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

Ex. 27:11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings

of a hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of

brass, the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Ex. 27:12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be

hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

Ex. 27:13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be

fifty cubits.

Ex. 27:14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, their

pillars three and their sockets three.

Ex. 27:15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits, their

pillars three and their sockets three.

Ex. 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 wrought with

needlework; and their pillars shall be four and their sockets four.

Ex. 27:17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver;

their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of brass.

Ex. 27:18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth

fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their

sockets of brass.

Ex. 27:19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all

the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court shall be of brass.

Ex. 27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring

thee pure oil olive, beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

Ex. 27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, which is

before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to

morning before the Lord; it shall be a statute forever unto their generations

on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Ex. Chapter 28

Aaron and his sons set apart to be priests—Their garments—Breastplate—

Urim and Thummim

Ex. 28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron, thy brother, and his sons with him,

from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the

priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's

sons.

Ex. 28:2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron, thy brother, for

glory and for beauty.

Ex. 28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have

filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to

consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Ex. 28:4 And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate,

and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a miter, and a girdle; and

they shall make holy garments for Aaron, thy brother, and his sons, that he

may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Ex. 28:5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and

fine linen.

Ex. 28:6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of

scarlet, and fine twined linen with cunning work.

Ex. 28:7 It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof joined at the two

edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

Ex. 28:8 And the curious girdle of the ephod which is upon it shall be of the

same, according to the work thereof, even of gold, of blue, and purple, and

scarlet, and fine twined linen.

Ex. 28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones and grave on them the names

of the children of Israel,

Ex. 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.

Ex. 28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a

signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of

Israel; thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

Ex. 28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the

ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel; and Aaron shall

bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

Ex. 28:13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold,

Ex. 28:14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt

thou make them and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

Ex. 28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning

work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and

of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen shalt thou make it.

Ex. 28:16 Foursquare it shall be, being doubled; a span shall be the length

thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

Ex. 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of

stones; the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle; this shall be

the first row.

Ex. 28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a

diamond.

Ex. 28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

Ex. 28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall

be set in gold in their enclosings.

Ex. 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 his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

Ex. 28:22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of

wreathen work of pure gold.

Ex. 28:23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold and

shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

Ex. 28:24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two

rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

Ex. 28:25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt

fasten in the two ouches and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod

before it.

Ex. 28:26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them

upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the

side of the ephod inward.

Ex. 28:27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make and shalt put them

on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over

against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

Ex. 28:28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the

rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious

girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

Ex. 28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the

breastplate of judgment upon his heart when he goeth in unto the holy place

for a memorial before the Lord continually.

Ex. 28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and

the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in

before the Lord; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel

upon his heart before the Lord continually.

Ex. 28:31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

Ex. 28:32 And there shall be a hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof; it

shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the

hole of a habergeon, that it be not rent.

Ex. 28:33 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,

Ex. 28:34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a

pomegranate upon the hem of the robe round about.

Ex. 28:35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister; and his sound shall be

heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord and when he

cometh out, that he die not.

Ex. 28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold and grave upon it, like

the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

Ex. 28:37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the

miter; upon the forefront of the miter it shall be.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 28:39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen; and thou shalt

make the miter of fine linen; and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.

Ex. 28:40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats; and thou shalt make

for them girdles; and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for

beauty.

Ex. 28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron, thy brother, and his sons

with him, and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them,

that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Ex. 28:42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their

nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach;

Ex. 28:43 And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons when they come

in unto the tabernacle of the congregation or when they come near unto the

altar to minister in the holy place, that they bear not iniquity and die; it shall

be a statute forever unto him and his seed after him.

Ex. Chapter 29

Ceremony to consecrate the priests—God's covenant

Ex. 29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them,

to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two

rams without blemish,

Ex. 29:2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened, tempered with oil,

and wafers unleavened, anointed with oil; of wheaten flour shalt thou make

them.

Ex. 29:3 And thou shalt put them into one basket and bring them in the

basket with the bullock and the two rams.

Ex. 29:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation and shalt wash them with water.

Ex. 29:5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat,

and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him

with the curious girdle of the ephod;

Ex. 29:6 And thou shalt put the miter upon his head and put the holy crown

upon the miter.

Ex. 29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head,

and anoint him.

Ex. 29:8 And thou shalt bring his sons and put coats upon them.

Ex. 29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put

the bonnets on them; and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual

statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Ex. 29:10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the

tabernacle of the congregation; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands

upon the head of the bullock.

Ex. 29:11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord by the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation.

Ex. 29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon

the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the

bottom of the altar.

Ex. 29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the

caul that is above the liver and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon

them and burn them upon the altar.

Ex. 29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung shalt thou

burn with fire without the camp; it is a sin offering.

Ex. 29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put

their hands upon the head of the ram.

Ex. 29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood and

sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

Ex. 29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of

him and his legs, and put them unto his pieces and unto his head.

Ex. 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar; it is a burnt

offering unto the Lord; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the

Lord.

Ex. 29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall

put their hands upon the head of the ram.

Ex. 29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it

upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his

sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their

right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

Ex. 29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar and of the

anointing oil and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon

his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him; and he shall be

hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

Ex. 29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the rump, and the fat

that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver and the two kidneys,

and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of

consecration;

Ex. 29:23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one

wafer, out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord;

Ex. 29:24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of

his sons and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

Ex. 29:25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands and burn them upon

the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor before the Lord; it is an

offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Ex. 29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration

and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be thy part.

Ex. 29:27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the

shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved and which is heaved up of

the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron and of that

which is for his sons;

Ex. 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.

Ex. 29:29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to

be anointed therein and to be consecrated in them.

Ex. 29:30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven

days when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in

the holy place.

Ex. 29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration and seethe his

flesh in the holy place.

Ex. 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 the congregation.

Ex. 29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was

made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat thereof

because they are holy.

Ex. 29:34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecrations or of the bread

remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire; it

shall not be eaten because it is holy.

Ex. 29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron and to his sons, according to

all things which I have commanded thee; seven days shalt thou consecrate

them.

Ex. 29:36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for

atonement; and thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou hast made an

atonement for it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

Ex. 29:37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar and

sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar

shall be holy.

Ex. 29:38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs

of the first year day by day continually.

Ex. 29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb

thou shalt offer at even;

Ex. 29:40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the

fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a

drink offering.

Ex. 29:41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even and shalt do thereto

according to the meat offering of the morning and according to the drink

offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Ex. 29:42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your

generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the

Lord, where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

Ex. 29:43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the

tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

Ex. 29:44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation and the

altar; I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the

priest's office.

Ex. 29:45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their

God.

Ex. 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.

Ex. Chapter 30

Altar of incense—Certain offerings commanded

Ex. 30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon; of shittim

wood shalt thou make it.

Ex. 30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof;

foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof; the horns

thereof shall be of the same.

Ex. 30:3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the

sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it

a crown of gold round about.

Ex. 30:4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it,

by the two corners thereof; upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and

they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

Ex. 30:5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood and overlay them

with gold.

Ex. 30:6 And thou shalt 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 thee.

Ex. 30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning; when

he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

Ex. 30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense

upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

Ex. 30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor

meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

Ex. 30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in

a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements; once in the year

shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations; it is most

holy unto the Lord.

Ex. 30:11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 30:12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their

number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord

when thou numberest them, that there be no plague among them when thou

numberest them.

Ex. 30:13 This they shall give: everyone that passeth 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.

Ex. 30:14 Everyone that passeth among them that are numbered, from

twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of

Israel and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the

congregation, that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before

the Lord to make an atonement for your souls.

Ex. 30:17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 30:18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass and his foot also of brass to

wash withal; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the

congregation and the altar; and thou shalt put water therein.

Ex. 30:19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet

thereat;

Ex. 30:20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall

wash with water—that they die not—or when they come near to the altar to

minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord;

Ex. 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 seed

throughout their generations.

Ex. 30:22 Moreover, the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 30:23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five

hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred

and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

Ex. 30:24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the

sanctuary, and of oil olive a hin;

Ex. 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment

compound after the art of the apothecary; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Ex. 30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation

therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

Ex. 30:27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his

vessels, and the altar of incense,

Ex. 30:28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver

and his foot.

Ex. 30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy;

whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

Ex. 30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them,

that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Ex. 30:31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This

shall be a holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

Ex. 30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured; neither shall ye make

any other like it, after the composition of it; it is holy, and it shall be holy

unto you.

Ex. 30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it or whosoever putteth any of

it upon a stranger shall even be cut off from his people.

Ex. 30:34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices:

stacte, and onycha, and galbanum—these sweet spices with pure

frankincense, of each shall there be a like weight;

Ex. 30:35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the

apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy;

Ex. 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small and put of it before the

testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with

thee; it shall be unto you most holy.

Ex. 30:37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make

to yourselves according to the composition thereof; it shall be unto thee

holy for the Lord.

Ex. 30:38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even

be cut off from his people.

Ex. Chapter 31

Bezaleel and Aholiab called—The sabbath—Moses given tables of stone

Ex. 31:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 31:2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of

Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

Ex. 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,

Ex. 31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in

brass,

Ex. 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to

work in all manner of workmanship.

Ex. 31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of

Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted

I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee:

Ex. 31:7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony,

and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,

Ex. 31:8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all

his furniture, and the altar of incense,

Ex. 31:9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver

and his foot,

Ex. 31:10 And the clothes of service, and the holy garments of Aaron, the

priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,

Ex. 31:11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place;

according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

Ex. 31:12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily, my

sabbaths ye shall keep; for it is a sign between me and you throughout your

generations, that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.

Ex. 31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath, therefore; for it is holy unto you.

Everyone that defileth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth

any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Ex. 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of

rest, holy to the Lord; whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he

shall surely be put to death.

Ex. 31:16 Wherefore, the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to

observe the sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of

communing with him upon Mount Sinai, two tables of testimony—tables of

stone, written with the finger of God.

Ex. Chapter 32

Aaron makes a golden calf—Moses breaks the tables and destroys the calf—

Moses prays for the people

Ex. 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, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses,

the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is

become of him.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in

their ears and brought them unto Aaron.

Ex. 32:4 And he received them at their hand and fashioned it with a graving

tool after he had made it a molten calf; and they said, These be thy gods, O

Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings,

and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink

and rose up to play.

Ex. 32:7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go; get thee down; for thy people,

which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves;

Ex. 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 thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel,

which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Ex. 32:9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and

behold, it is a stiff-necked people;

Ex. 32:10 Now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against

them and that I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.

Ex. 32:11 And Moses besought the Lord, his God, and said, Lord, why doth

thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of

the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Ex. 32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say, For mischief did

he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from

the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath. Thy people will repent of

this evil; therefore, come thou not out against them.

Ex. 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom

thou swarest by thine own self and saidst unto them, I will multiply your

seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give

unto your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.

Ex. 32:14 And the Lord said unto Moses, If they will repent of the evil

which they have done, I will spare them and turn away my fierce wrath; but

behold, thou shalt execute judgment upon all that will not repent of this evil

this day. Therefore, see thou do this thing that I have commanded thee, or I

will execute all that which I had thought to do unto my people.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the

writing of God, graven upon the tables.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that

he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast

the tables out of his hands and brake them beneath the mount.

Ex. 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the

fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the

children of Israel drink of it.

Ex. 32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that

thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?

Ex. 32:22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot; thou

knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.

Ex. 32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us;

for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt,

we know not what is become of him.

Ex. 32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it

off. So they gave it me; then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this

calf.

Ex. 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked (for Aaron had

made them naked unto their shame among their enemies),

Ex. 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.

Ex. 32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put

every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate

throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his

companion, and every man his neighbor.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord,

even every man upon his son and upon his brother, that he may bestow

upon you a blessing this day.

Ex. 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the

people, Ye have sinned a great sin; and now I will go up unto the Lord;

peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray

thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

Ex. 32:33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against

me, him will I blot out of my book.

Ex. 32:34 Therefore, now go; lead the people unto the place of which I

have spoken unto thee; behold, mine angel shall go before thee;

nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.

Ex. 32:35 And the Lord plagued the people because they worshiped the calf

which Aaron made.

Ex. Chapter 33

The people mourn—God talks to Moses face to face—God's anger with the

people continues

Ex. 33:1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and

the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto a land

flowing with milk and honey, the land which I sware unto Abraham, to

Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it;

Ex. 33:2 And I will send an angel before thee—and I will drive out the

Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and

the Jebusite—

Ex. 33:3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in

the midst of thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people, lest I consume thee in

the way.

Ex. 33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and

no man did put on him his ornaments.

Ex. 33:5 For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel,

Ye are a stiff-necked people; I will come up into the midst of thee in a

moment and consume thee; therefore, now put off thy ornaments from thee,

that I may know what to do unto thee.

Ex. 33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments

by the Mount Horeb.

Ex. 33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp,

afar off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the congregation. And

it came to pass that everyone which sought the Lord went out unto the

tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the

cloudy pillar descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle; and the

Lord talked with Moses.

Ex. 33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle

door; and all the people rose up and worshiped, every man in his tent door.

Ex. 33:11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh

unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp; but his servant Joshua,

the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Ex. 33:12 And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring

up this people; and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with

me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace

in my sight.

Ex. 33:13 Now, therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight,

show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy

sight; and consider that this nation is thy people.

Ex. 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee

rest.

Ex. 33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us

not up hence.

Ex. 33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have

found grace in thy sight? Is it not in that thou goest with us? So shall we be

separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the

earth.

Ex. 33:17 And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou

hast spoken; for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by

name.

Ex. 33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.

Ex. 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I

will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee, and will be gracious to

whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Ex. 33:20 And he said unto Moses, Thou canst not see my face at this time,

lest mine anger be kindled against thee also and I destroy thee and thy

people; for there shall no man among them see me at this time and live, for

they are exceeding sinful. And no sinful man hath at any time, neither shall

there be any sinful man at any time, that shall see my face and live.

Ex. 33:21 And the Lord said, Behold, thou shalt stand upon a rock, and I

will prepare a place by me for thee.

Ex. 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will

put thee in a cleft of a rock and cover thee with my hand while I pass by.

Ex. 33:23 And I will take away mine hand; and thou shalt see my back

parts, but my face shall not be seen, as at other times; for I am angry with

my people Israel.

Ex. Chapter 34

God writes commandments on new tables—Feasts commanded—Moses

returns from the mount—His face shines

Ex. 34:1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two other tables of stone

like unto the first, and I will write upon them also the words of the law,

according as they were written at the first on the tables which thou brakest;

but it shall not be according to the first, for I will take away the priesthood

out of their midst; therefore, my holy order and the ordinances thereof shall

not go before them; for my presence shall not go up in their midst, lest I

destroy them.

Ex. 34:2 But I will give unto them the law as at the first, but it shall be after

the law of a carnal commandment; for I have sworn in my wrath that they

shall not enter into my presence, into my rest, in the days of their

pilgrimage. Therefore do as I have commanded thee; and be ready in the

morning, and come up in the morning unto Mount Sinai, and present thyself

there to me in the top of the mount.

Ex. 34:3 And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen

throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that

mount.

Ex. 34:4 And Moses hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and he

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.

Ex. 34:5 And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,

and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

Ex. 34:6 And the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed, The Lord, the

Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness

and truth—

Ex. 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and

transgression, and sin, and that will by no means clear the rebellious—

visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and upon the children's

children unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Ex. 34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and

worshiped.

Ex. 34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let

my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiff-necked people; and

pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

Ex. 34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant; before all thy people I

will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth nor in any

nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the

Lord; for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

Ex. 34:11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day; behold, I drive

out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the

Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Ex. 34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the

inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst

of thee;

Ex. 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down

their groves—

Ex. 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god; for the Lord, whose name is

Jehovah, is a jealous God—

Ex. 34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and

they go a whoring after their gods and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one

call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice,

Ex. 34:16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their

daughters go a whoring after their gods and make thy sons go a whoring

after their gods.

Ex. 34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

Ex. 34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou

shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month

Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

Ex. 34:19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among

thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.

Ex. 34:20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if

thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy

sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

Ex. 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest;

in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Ex. 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of

wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.

Ex. 34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the

Lord God, the God of Israel.

Ex. 34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee and enlarge thy

borders; neither shall any man desire thy land when thou shalt go up to

appear before the Lord, thy God, thrice in the year.

Ex. 34:25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven;

neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the

morning.

Ex. 34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the

house of the Lord, thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Ex. 34:27 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words; for after

the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 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 wist not that the skin of his face shone while he

talked with him.

Ex. 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 nigh him.

Ex. 34:31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the

congregation returned unto him; and Moses talked with them.

Ex. 34:32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh; and he gave

them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount

Sinai.

Ex. 34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his

face.

Ex. 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 spake unto the

children of Israel that which he was commanded.

Ex. 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 the Lord.

Ex. Chapter 35

Offerings commanded for the tabernacle—The people willingly give

Ex. 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 hath

commanded, that ye should do them.

Ex. 35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be

to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the Lord; whosoever doeth work

therein shall be put to death.

Ex. 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the

sabbath day.

Ex. 35:4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of

Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying,

Ex. 35:5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord; whosoever is

of a willing heart, let him bring it—an offering of the Lord: gold, and silver,

and brass,

Ex. 35:6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

Ex. 35:7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

Ex. 35:8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil and for the sweet

incense,

Ex. 35:9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the

breastplate.

Ex. 35:10 And every wise-hearted among you shall come and make all that

the Lord hath commanded:

Ex. 35:11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his

boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

Ex. 35:12 The ark, and the staves thereof with the mercy seat, and the veil

of the covering,

Ex. 35:13 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the showbread,

Ex. 35:14 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his

lamps, with the oil for the light,

Ex. 35:15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and

the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the

tabernacle,

Ex. 35:16 The altar of burnt offering with his brazen grate, his staves, and

all his vessels, the laver, and his foot,

Ex. 35:17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the

hanging for the door of the court,

Ex. 35:18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their

cords,

Ex. 35:19 The clothes 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.

Ex. 35:20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from

the presence of Moses.

Ex. 35:21 And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him up and

everyone whom his spirit made willing; and they brought the Lord's

offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his

service, and for the holy garments.

Ex. 35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-

hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets—all

jewels of gold; and every man that offered, offered an offering of gold unto

the Lord.

Ex. 35:23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and

scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers'

skins, brought them.

Ex. 35:24 Everyone that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought

the Lord's offering; and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for

any work of the service, brought it.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 35:26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun

goats' hair.

Ex. 35:27 And the rulers brought onyx stones and stones to be set for the

ephod and for the breastplate,

Ex. 35:28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for

the sweet incense.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath

called by name Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of

Judah;

Ex. 35:31 And he hath filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in

understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

Ex. 35:32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and

in brass,

Ex. 35:33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood,

to make any manner of cunning work.

Ex. 35:34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he and

Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

Ex. 35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of

work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer

—in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver,

even of them that do any work and of those that devise cunning work.

Ex. Chapter 36

Instructions for finishing the tabernacle

Ex. 36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man,

in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all

manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the

Lord had commanded.

Ex. 36:2 And Moses called Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted

man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart

stirred him up, to come unto the work to do it;

Ex. 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

withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

Ex. 36:4 And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary

came, every man from his work which they made;

Ex. 36:5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more

than enough for the service of the work which the Lord commanded to

make.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it,

and too much.

Ex. 36:8 And every wise-hearted man among them that wrought the work

of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and

purple, and scarlet; with cherubim of cunning work made he them.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another; and the other

five curtains he coupled one unto another.

Ex. 36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the

selvedge in the coupling; likewise, he made in the uttermost side of another

curtain in the coupling of the second.

Ex. 36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the

edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second; the loops held

one curtain to another.

Ex. 36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold and coupled the curtains one

unto another with the taches, so it became one tabernacle.

Ex. 36:14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the

tabernacle; eleven curtains he made them.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by

themselves.

Ex. 36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in

the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which

coupleth the second.

Ex. 36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that

it might be one.

Ex. 36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a

covering of badgers' skins above that.

Ex. 36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing

up.

Ex. 36:21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board

one cubit and a half.

Ex. 36:22 One board had two tenons equally distant one from another; thus

did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Ex. 36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the

south side southward;

Ex. 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards—

two sockets under one board for his two tenons and two sockets under

another board for his two tenons.

Ex. 36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the

north corner, he made twenty boards,

Ex. 36:26 And their forty sockets of silver—two sockets under one board

and two sockets under another board.

Ex. 36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

Ex. 36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the

two sides.

Ex. 36:29 And they were coupled beneath and coupled together at the head

thereof to one ring; thus he did to both of them in both the corners.

Ex. 36:30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen

sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.

Ex. 36:31 And he made bars of shittim wood, five for the boards of the one

side of the tabernacle,

Ex. 36:32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,

and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle, for the sides westward.

Ex. 36:33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the

one end to the other.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 36:35 And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine

twined linen; with cherubim made he it of cunning work.

Ex. 36:36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood and overlaid

them with gold; their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets

of silver.

Ex. 36:37 And he made a hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and

purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework,

Ex. 36:38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks; and he overlaid their

chapiters and their fillets with gold; but their five sockets were of brass.

Ex. Chapter 37

Tabernacle furnishings

Ex. 37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half

was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and

a half the height of it;

Ex. 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without and made a

crown of gold to it round about.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood and overlaid them with gold.

Ex. 37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark to bear

the ark.

Ex. 37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half

was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Ex. 37:7 And he made two cherubim of gold, beaten out of one piece made

he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat,

Ex. 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 thereof.

Ex. 37:9 And the cherubim spread out their wings on high and covered with

their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the

mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubim.

Ex. 37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood; two cubits was the length

thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height

thereof;

Ex. 37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold and made thereunto a crown of

gold round about.

Ex. 37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of a handbreadth round about

and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.

Ex. 37:13 And he cast for it four rings of gold and put the rings upon the

four corners that were in the four feet thereof.

Ex. 37:14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves

to bear the table.

Ex. 37:15 And he made the staves of shittim wood and overlaid them with

gold to bear the table.

Ex. 37:16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table—his dishes,

and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.

Ex. 37:17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work made

he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his

flowers were of the same,

Ex. 37:18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof—three branches

of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the

candlestick out of the other side thereof;

Ex. 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a

knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a

knop and a flower; so throughout the six branches going out of the

candlestick.

Ex. 37:20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his

knops, and his flowers;

Ex. 37:21 And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under

two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,

according to the six branches going out of it.

Ex. 37:22 Their knops and their branches were of the same; all of it was

one beaten work of pure gold.

Ex. 37:23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuff

dishes of pure gold.

Ex. 37:24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it and all the vessels thereof.

Ex. 37:25 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood; the length of it

was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits

was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

Ex. 37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides

thereof round about, and the horns of it; also he made unto it a crown of

gold round about.

Ex. 37:27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof by

the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves

to bear it withal.

Ex. 37:28 And he made the staves of shittim wood and overlaid them with

gold.

Ex. 37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet

spices according to the work of the apothecary.

Ex. Chapter 38

Tabernacle furnishings—Monetary offerings

Ex. 38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood; five

cubits was the length thereof and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was

foursquare, and three cubits the height thereof.

Ex. 38:2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns

thereof were of the same; and he overlaid it with brass.

Ex. 38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar—the pots, and the shovels,

and the basins, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans; all the vessels thereof

made he of brass.

Ex. 38:4 And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the

compass thereof, beneath unto the midst of it.

Ex. 38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be

places for the staves.

Ex. 38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood and overlaid them with

brass.

Ex. 38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to

bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

Ex. 38:8 And he made the laver of brass and the foot of it of brass, of the

looking glasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of

the tabernacle of the congregation.

Ex. 38:9 And he made the court; on the south side southward the hangings

of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;

Ex. 38:10 Their pillars were twenty and their brazen sockets twenty; the

hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

Ex. 38:11 And for the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits, their

pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the

pillars and their fillets of silver.

Ex. 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 fillets of silver.

Ex. 38:13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

Ex. 38:14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, their

pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex. 38:15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that

hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets

three.

Ex. 38:16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined

linen.

Ex. 38:17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the

pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of

silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

Ex. 38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of

blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; and twenty cubits was

the length; and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the

hangings of the court.

Ex. 38:19 And their pillars were four and their sockets of brass four; their

hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of

silver.

Ex. 38:20 And all the pins of the tabernacle and of the court round about

were of brass.

Ex. 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 to Aaron, the priest.

Ex. 38:22 And Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of

Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 38:23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of

Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and

in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

Ex. 38:24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the

holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents and

seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

Ex. 38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation

was a hundred talents and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and

fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary—

Ex. 38:26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of

the sanctuary, for everyone that went to be numbered, from twenty years old

and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred

and fifty men.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 38:28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels, he

made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

Ex. 38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two

thousand and four hundred shekels.

Ex. 38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle

of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all

the vessels of the altar,

Ex. 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.

Ex. Chapter 39

Holy garments for Aaron and his sons

Ex. 39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet they made clothes of

service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for

Aaron as the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 39:2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and

fine twined linen.

Ex. 39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates and cut it into wires, to

work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen

with cunning work.

Ex. 39:4 They made shoulder pieces for it to couple it together; by the two

edges was it coupled together.

Ex. 39:5 And the curious girdle of his ephod that was upon it was of the

same, according to the work thereof—of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet,

and fine twined linen as the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 39:6 And they wrought onyx stones enclosed in ouches of gold, graven,

as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 39:8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the

ephod—of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

Ex. 39:9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double; a span was

the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

Ex. 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;

Ex. 39:11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Ex. 39:12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst;

Ex. 39:13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were

enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings.

Ex. 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 his name according to the twelve tribes.

Ex. 39:15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of

wreathen work of pure gold.

Ex. 39:16 And they made two ouches of gold and two gold rings and put

the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

Ex. 39:17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on

the ends of the breastplate.

Ex. 39:18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the

two ouches and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, before it.

Ex. 39:19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends

of the breastplate upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod

inward.

Ex. 39:20 And they made two other golden rings and put them on the two

sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the

other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

Ex. 39:21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of

the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of

the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod as

the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 39:22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

Ex. 39:23 And there was a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of a

habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

Ex. 39:24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue,

and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

Ex. 39:25 And they made bells of pure gold and put the bells between the

pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the

pomegranates—

Ex. 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.

Ex. 39:27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and

for his sons,

Ex. 39:28 And a miter of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and

linen breeches of fine twined linen,

Ex. 39:29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and

scarlet, of needlework as the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and

wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO

THE LORD.

Ex. 39:31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the

miter as the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 39:33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses: the tent, and all his

furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,

Ex. 39:34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of

badgers' skins, and the veil of the covering,

Ex. 39:35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy

seat,

Ex. 39:36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the showbread,

Ex. 39:37 The pure candlestick with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps

to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

Ex. 39:38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet

incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

Ex. 39:39 The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his

vessels, the laver, and his foot,

Ex. 39:40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the

hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the

service of the tabernacle for the tent of the congregation,

Ex. 39:41 The clothes 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.

Ex. 39:42 According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the

children of Israel made all the work.

Ex. 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.

Ex. Chapter 40

Tabernacle is set up—Aaron and sons consecrated to serve in the

tabernacle—Cloud and fire cover the tabernacle

Ex. 40:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Ex. 40:2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle

of the tent of the congregation.

Ex. 40:3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony and cover the

ark with the veil.

Ex. 40:4 And thou shalt bring in the table and set in order the things that are

to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and light

the lamps thereof.

Ex. 40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark

of the testimony and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

Ex. 40:6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of

the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Ex. 40:7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation

and the altar and shalt put water therein.

Ex. 40:8 And thou shalt set up the court round about and hang up the

hanging at the court gate.

Ex. 40:9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and

all that is therein and shalt hallow it and all the vessels thereof; and it shall

be holy.

Ex. 40:10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all his

vessels and sanctify the altar; and it shall be an altar most holy.

Ex. 40:11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot and sanctify it.

Ex. 40:12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation and wash them with water.

Ex. 40:13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint

him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Ex. 40:14 And thou shalt bring his sons and clothe them with coats;

Ex. 40:15 And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, that

they may minister unto me in the priest's office; for their anointing shall

surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

Ex. 40:16 Thus did Moses; according to all that the Lord commanded him,

so did he.

Ex. 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 reared up.

Ex. 40:18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets,

and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his

pillars.

Ex. 40:19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle and put the

covering of the tent above upon it as the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves

on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark;

Ex. 40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of

the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony as the Lord commanded

Moses.

Ex. 40:22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side

of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.

Ex. 40:23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord as the Lord

had commanded Moses.

Ex. 40:24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over

against the table on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Ex. 40:25 And he lighted the lamps before the Lord as the Lord

commanded Moses.

Ex. 40:26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before

the veil;

Ex. 40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon as the Lord commanded

Moses.

Ex. 40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

Ex. 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 meat offering as the Lord commanded Moses.

Ex. 40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the

altar and put water there to wash withal.

Ex. 40:31 And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and

their feet thereat;

Ex. 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.

Ex. 40:33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the

altar and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

Ex. 40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory

of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Ex. 40:35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation

because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the

tabernacle.

Ex. 40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the

children of Israel went onward in all their journeys;

Ex. 40:37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till

the day that it was taken up.

Ex. 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.

Numbers

Num. Chapter 1

All tribes except the Levites are numbered--Levites care for the tabernacle

Num. 1:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the

tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the

second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Num. 1:2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,

after their families by the house of their fathers, with the number of their

names, every male by their polls,

Num. 1:3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to

war in Israel; thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

Num. 1:4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe, everyone 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, Nethaneel, 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, princes of the

tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

Num. 1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by

their names;

Num. 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first

day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their

families by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,

from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

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, by their polls, 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, by their polls, 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, which Moses and Aaron

numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men; each one was for 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 thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the

sum of them among the children of Israel;

Num. 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of

testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to

it; they shall bear the tabernacle and all the vessels thereof; and they shall

minister unto it and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

Num. 1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take

it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up;

and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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 hosts.

Num. 1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of

testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of

Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

Num. 1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord

commanded Moses, so did they.

Num. Chapter 2

The order of the tribes camped around the tabernacle

Num. 2:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Num. 2:2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own

standard, with the ensign of their father's house; far off about the tabernacle

of the congregation shall they pitch.

Num. 2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the

standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies; and Nahshon,

the son of Amminadab, shall be captain of the children of Judah;

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 pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of

Issachar; and Nethaneel, the son of Zuar, shall be captain of the children of

Issachar.

Num. 2:6 And his host and those that were numbered thereof 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 thereof were fifty and

seven thousand and four hundred.

Num. 2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were a hundred

thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred,

throughout 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 thereof were forty

and six thousand and five hundred.

Num. 2:12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and

the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel, the son of

Zurishaddai.

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

thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout

their armies; and they shall set forth in the second rank.

Num. 2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with

the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp; as they encamp, so shall

they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

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

thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, throughout their armies; and

they shall go forward in the third rank.

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

thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred; they shall go

hindmost with their standards.

Num. 2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel

by the house of their fathers; all those that were numbered of the camps

throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and

five hundred and fifty.

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 pitched by their standards; and so they set

forward, everyone after their families, according to the house of their

fathers.

Num. Chapter 3

Sons of Aaron--Children of Levi numbered--Financial support provided to

the Levites

Num. 3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day

that the Lord spake 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 which 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

strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no

children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the

sight of Aaron, their father.

Num. 3:5 And the Lord spake 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 keep his charge and the charge of the whole

congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of

the tabernacle.

Num. 3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the

congregation and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of

the tabernacle.

Num. 3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons; they

are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel.

Num. 3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait

on their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to

death.

Num. 3:11 And the Lord spake 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 openeth the matrix 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 smote all

the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in

Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be; I am the Lord.

Num. 3:14 And the Lord spake 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 shalt thou 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 pitch behind the tabernacle

westward.

Num. 3:24 And the chief 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 the

congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and

the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

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 the charge of the sanctuary.

Num. 3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the

tabernacle southward.

Num. 3:30 And the chief 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

candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they

minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

Num. 3:32 And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, shall be chief over the

chief of the Levites and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of

the sanctuary.

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 chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari

was Zuriel, the son of Abihail; these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle

northward.

Num. 3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be

the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof,

and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth

thereto,

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 toward the east,

even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses,

and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge

of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to

death.

Num. 3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron

numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all

the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

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 thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord), instead

of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the

Levites, instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of

Israel.

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 by the number of names, from a

month old and upward of those that were numbered of them, were twenty

and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

Num. 3:44 And the Lord spake 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, which are

more than the Levites,

Num. 3:47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the

shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs);

Num. 3:48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd 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, after 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.

Num. Chapter 4

Levites assigned duties according to their age--Instructions concerning the

tabernacle

Num. 4:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Num. 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi,

after 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 into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num. 4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle

of the congregation, about the most holy things.

Num. 4:5 And when the camp setteth 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 badgers' skins, and shall

spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

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 withal; and the continual bread shall be thereon;

Num. 4:8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the

same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

Num. 4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the candlestick of

the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff dishes, and all the oil

vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it;

Num. 4:10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a

covering of badgers' skins and shall put it upon a bar.

Num. 4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and

cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves

thereof;

Num. 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry wherewith

they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover

them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar.

Num. 4:13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar and spread a

purple cloth thereon;

Num. 4:14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof wherewith they

minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the

basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering

of badgers' skins and put to the staves of it.

Num. 4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the

sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary as the camp is to set forward,

after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it; but they shall not touch

any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of

Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num. 4:16 And to the office of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest,

pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat

offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of

all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

Num. 4:17 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Num. 4:18 Cut ye 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 everyone 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 spake 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 shalt thou

number them--all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the

tabernacle of the congregation.

Num. 4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites: to serve

and for burdens;

Num. 4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the

tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the

badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation,

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 round

about, 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 ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

Num. 4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the

tabernacle of the congregation; and their charge shall be under the hand of

Ithamar, the son of Aaron, the priest.

Num. 4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt 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 shalt

thou number them, everyone that entereth into the service, to do the work of

the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num. 4:31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their

service in the tabernacle of the congregation: the boards of the tabernacle,

and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

Num. 4:32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and

their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their

service; and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their

burden.

Num. 4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari,

according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the

hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron, the priest.

Num. 4:34 And Moses, and Aaron, and the chief of the congregation

numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families and after the house

of their fathers,

Num. 4:35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old,

everyone that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the

congregation;

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 the congregation,

which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandments 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,

everyone that entereth into the service, for the work of the tabernacle of the

congregation,

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 the congregation,

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,

everyone that entereth into the service for the work of the tabernacle of the

congregation,

Num. 4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families,

were three thousand and two hundred.

Num. 4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of

Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the

Lord by the hand of Moses.

Num. 4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, and

Aaron, and the chief of Israel numbered after their families and after the

house of their fathers,

Num. 4:47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old,

everyone that came to do the service of the ministry and the service of the

burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

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, everyone according to his service and

according to his burden; thus were they numbered of him as the Lord

commanded Moses.

Num. Chapter 5

Unclean removed from camps--Atonement for sins required--Law of

jealousies

Num. 5:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 5:2 Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp

every leper, and everyone that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by

the dead;

Num. 5:3 Both male and female shall ye put out; without the camp shall ye

put them, that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

Num. 5:4 And the children of Israel did so and put them out without the

camp; as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Num. 5:5 And the Lord spake 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 recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the

fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

Num. 5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto,

let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest, beside the

ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

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 giveth the priest, it shall be his.

Num. 5:11 And the Lord spake 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 close, and she be defiled, and there be no

witnesses against her, neither she be taken with the manner,

Num. 5:14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of

his wife, and she be defiled--or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and

he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled--

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 causeth the curse.

Num. 5:19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath and say unto the

woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to

uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this

bitter water that causeth the curse;

Num. 5:20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband,

and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine

husband,

Num. 5:21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing;

and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an

oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy

belly to swell;

Num. 5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to

make thy belly to swell and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say,

Amen, amen.

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

causeth the curse; and the water that causeth 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 thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the

woman to drink the water.

Num. 5:27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall

come to pass that if she be defiled and have done trespass against her

husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and

become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot; and the

woman shall be a curse among her people.

Num. 5:28 And if the woman be not defiled but be clean, then she shall be

free and shall conceive seed.

Num. 5:29 This is the law of jealousies when a wife goeth aside to another

instead of her husband and is defiled,

Num. 5:30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be

jealous over his wife and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest

shall execute upon her all this law.

Num. 5:31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman

shall bear her iniquity.

Num. Chapter 6

The law of the Nazarite--Aaron and his sons given words to bless the

children of Israel

Num. 6:1 And the Lord spake 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 liquor 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 vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

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 the which he separateth

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 separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall

come at 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 die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the

head of his consecration, then he shall shave his head in the day of his

cleansing; on the seventh day shall he shave it.

Num. 6:10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young

pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation;

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, for that he sinned by

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 the congregation;

Num. 6:14 And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the

first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first

year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for

peace offerings,

Num. 6:15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour, mingled

with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread, anointed with oil, and their meat

offering, and their drink offerings.

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

meat 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 the congregation, and shall take the hair of the

head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of

the peace offerings.

Num. 6:19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and

one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer and shall

put them upon the hands of the Nazarite after the hair of his separation is

shaven;

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 hath vowed and of his

offering unto the Lord for his separation, besides 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 spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 6:23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye

shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

Num. 6:24 The Lord bless thee and keep thee;

Num. 6:25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee and be gracious unto

thee;

Num. 6:26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace.

Num. 6:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I

will bless them.

Num. Chapter 7

Dedication of the tabernacle and altar--Offerings given--God speaks to

Moses from the mercy seat

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 instruments

thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them,

and sanctified them,

Num. 7:2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who

were the princes of the tribes and were over them that were numbered,

offered;

Num. 7:3 And they brought their offering before the Lord: six covered

wagons, and twelve oxen, a wagon for two of the princes and for each one

an ox; and they brought them before the tabernacle.

Num. 7:4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 7:5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the

tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to

every man according to his service.

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 upon their

shoulders.

Num. 7:10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that

it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.

Num. 7:11 And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering,

each prince 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 whereof was

a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the

shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour, mingled with

oil, for a meat offering;

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

he goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the offering of Nahshon, the

son of Amminadab.

Num. 7:18 On the second day Nethaneel, the son of Zuar, prince of

Issachar, did offer;

Num. 7:19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight

whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy

shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour,

mingled with oil, for a meat offering;

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

he goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the offering of Nethaneel, the

son of Zuar.

Num. 7:24 On the third day Eliab, the son of Helon, prince of the children

of Zebulun, did offer;

Num. 7:25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a

hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the

shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for

a meat offering;

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

he 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, prince of the

children of Reuben, did offer;

Num. 7:31 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of a hundred

and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the

sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat

offering;

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

he 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, prince of the

children of Simeon, did offer;

Num. 7:37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a

hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the

shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for

a meat offering;

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

he 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, prince of the

children of Gad, offered;

Num. 7:43 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of a hundred

and thirty shekels; a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the

sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat

offering;

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

he 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, prince of

the children of Ephraim, offered;

Num. 7:49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a

hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the

shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for

a meat offering;

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

he 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, prince

of the children of Manasseh;

Num. 7:55 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of a hundred

and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the

sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for a meat

offering;

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

he 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, prince of the

children of Benjamin, offered;

Num. 7:61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a

hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the

shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for

a meat offering;

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

he 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, prince of

the children of Dan, offered;

Num. 7:67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a

hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the

shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for

a meat offering;

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

he 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, prince of the

children of Asher, offered;

Num. 7:73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a

hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the

shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for

a meat offering;

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

he 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, prince of the children

of Naphtali, offered;

Num. 7:79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a

hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the

shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil, for

a meat offering;

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

he 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 princes 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, after the shekel of the sanctuary;

Num. 7:86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten

shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons

was 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 meat offering, and

the kids of the goats for a 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 he goats sixty, the lambs of the

first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was

anointed.

Num. 7:89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the

congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking

unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of the testimony,

from between the two cherubim; and he spake unto him.

Num. Chapter 8

Consecration of the Levites--Their ages and time of service

Num. 8:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 8:2 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the

lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

Num. 8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the

candlestick as the Lord commanded Moses.

Num. 8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold; unto the

shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work; according unto the

pattern which the Lord had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

Num. 8:5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 8:6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse

them.

Num. 8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them to cleanse them: Sprinkle water

of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them

wash their clothes and so make themselves clean.

Num. 8:8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even

fine flour, mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a

sin offering.

Num. 8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the

congregation; and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of

Israel together.

Num. 8:10 And thou shalt 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 thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a

burnt offering unto the Lord to make an atonement for the Levites.

Num. 8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons

and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.

Num. 8:14 Thus shalt thou 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 the congregation; and thou shalt 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 such as 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 beast; on the day that I smote 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 the congregation and to make an atonement for the

children of Israel--that there be no plague among the children of Israel

when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

Num. 8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children

of Israel did to the Levites according unto all that the Lord commanded

Moses concerning the Levites; so did the children of Israel unto them.

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 the congregation 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 spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 8:24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: From twenty and five

years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the

tabernacle of the congregation;

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 the

congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou

do unto the Levites touching their charge.

Num. Chapter 9

Instruction concerning the passover--Cloud guides the Israelites

Num. 9:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the

first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of

Egypt, saying,

Num. 9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed

season.

Num. 9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his

appointed season; according to all the rites of it and according to all the

ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it.

Num. 9:4 And Moses spake 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 even 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. Wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the

Lord in his appointed season 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 spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 9:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or

of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body or be in a

journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.

Num. 9:11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep

it and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Num. 9:12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning nor break any bone

of it; according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

Num. 9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth

to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his

people; because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed

season, that man shall bear his sin.

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; ye 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 reared up, the cloud

covered the tabernacle, namely the tent of the testimony; and at even there

was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire until the morning.

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 pitched their tents.

Num. 9:18 At the commandment of the Lord, the children of Israel

journeyed; and at the commandment of the Lord, they pitched; as long as

the cloud abode upon the tabernacle, they rested in their tents.

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 even unto the

morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they

journeyed; whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up,

they journeyed.

Num. 9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year that the

cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel

abode in their tents and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they

journeyed.

Num. 9:23 At the commandment of the Lord, they rested in their 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.

Num. Chapter 10

Trumpets to be blown as signals--God commands Israelites to move from

Sinai to Paran--Moses prays for safety as the ark is moved

Num. 10:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 10:2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou

make them, that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly and

for the journeyings of the camps.

Num. 10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall

assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation.

Num. 10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which

are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

Num. 10:5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts

shall go forward.

Num. 10:6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie

on the south side shall take their journey; they shall blow an alarm for their

journeys.

Num. 10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall

blow, but ye 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 ye go to war in your land against the enemy that

oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall

be remembered before the Lord, your God, and ye shall be saved from your

enemies.

Num. 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and

in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your

burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, that they

may be to you for a memorial before your God; I am the Lord, your God.

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 his host was Nahshon, the son

of Amminadab.

Num. 10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was

Nethaneel, 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 set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

Num. 10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according

to their armies; and over his 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 set forward, bearing the sanctuary; and the

other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

Num. 10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set

forward according to their armies; and over his host was Elishama, the son

of Ammihud.

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 set

forward, which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their hosts;

and over his 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 journeyings of the children of Israel according

to their armies when they set forward.

Num. 10:29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel, the Midianite,

Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord

said, I will give it you; come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the

Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.

Num. 10:30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine

own land and to my kindred.

Num. 10:31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee, forasmuch as thou

knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us

instead of eyes.

Num. 10:32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be that what

goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

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 set forward, that Moses said,

Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee

flee before thee.

Num. 10:36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many

thousands of Israel.

Num. Chapter 11

Wickedness causes burning at Taberah--People want food other than

manna--Moses complains of his burden--Seventy elders called to assist him-

-Quail given and people smitten

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 burnt

among them and consumed them that were in the uttermost 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 burnt among them.

Num. 11:4 And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting.

And the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who shall give us flesh

to eat?

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, Wherefore hast thou afflicted

thy servant? And wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou

layest the burden of all this people upon me?

Num. 11:12 Have I conceived all this people? Have I begotten them, that

thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom as a nursing father

beareth the sucking child unto the land which thou swarest unto their

fathers?

Num. 11:13 Whence 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 thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand

if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

Num. 11:16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of

the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people and

officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation,

that they may stand there with thee.

Num. 11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there; and I will take

of the Spirit which is upon thee and will put it upon them; and they shall

bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

Num. 11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against

tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh. For ye have wept in the ears of the Lord,

saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.

Therefore, the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

Num. 11:19 Ye 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 come out at your nostrils and

it be loathsome unto you because that ye have despised the Lord which is

among you and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of

Egypt?

Num. 11:21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six

hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that

they may eat a whole month.

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 waxed short?

Thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee 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 spake unto him, and

took of the Spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders;

and it came to pass that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied

and did not cease.

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 written 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, Enviest thou for my sake? Would

God that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would put

his Spirit upon them.

Num. 11:30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

Num. 11:31 And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails

from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on

this side and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the

camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

Num. 11:32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all

the next day; and they gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered

ten homers; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the

camp.

Num. 11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was

chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people; and the Lord

smote the people with a very great plague.

Num. 11:34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah

because there they buried the people that lusted.

Num. 11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto

Hazeroth and abode at Hazeroth.

Num. Chapter 12

God rebukes and punishes Miriam and Aaron

Num. 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the

Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian

woman.

Num. 12:2 And they said, Hath the Lord, indeed, spoken only by Moses?

Hath 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 which

were upon the face of the earth.)

Num. 12:4 And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and

unto Miriam: Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation.

And they three came out.

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 so, who is faithful in all mine house.

Num. 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not

in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold. Wherefore

then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

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, 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 thee, lay

not the sin upon us wherein we have done foolishly and wherein we have

sinned.

Num. 12:12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed

when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

Num. 12:13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God,

I beseech thee.

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 removed from Hazeroth and pitched

in the wilderness of Paran.

Num. Chapter 13

Men sent to spy out the land and return with their report

Num. 13:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 13:2 Send thou men that they may search the land of Canaan which I

give unto the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a

man, everyone a ruler 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, Oshea 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 which Moses sent to spy out

the land. And Moses called Oshea, the son of Nun, Jehoshua.

Num. 13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said

unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain,

Num. 13:18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth

therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

Num. 13:19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or

bad, and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents or in

strongholds;

Num. 13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there

be wood therein or not. And be of good courage and bring 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, as men come to Hamath.

Num. 13:22 And they ascended by the south and came unto Hebron, where

Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron

was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Num. 13:23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from

thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two

upon a staff, and they brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.

Num. 13:24 The place was called the brook Eshcol because of the cluster

of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

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 whither

thou sentest us; and surely it floweth with milk and honey, and this is the

fruit of it.

Num. 13:28 Nevertheless, the people be strong that dwell in the land, and

the cities are walled and very great; and, moreover, we saw the children of

Anak there.

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 by the coast of 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 be 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 eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and

all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

Num. 13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of

the giants; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers; and so we were in

their sight.

Num. Chapter 14

People complain and yearn for Egypt--Joshua and Caleb's good report of

Canaan angers the people--God is provoked--Moses obtains pardon for the

people--Unfaithful not permitted to enter Canaan--Those who invade

without God's approval are defeated

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 that we had died in this

wilderness!

Num. 14:3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall

by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? Were it not

better for us to return into Egypt?

Num. 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, 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,

which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes;

Num. 14:7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel,

saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding

good land.

Num. 14:8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land and

give it us--a land which floweth with milk and honey.

Num. 14:9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord; neither fear ye the people of

the land; for they are bread for us; their defense is departed from them, and

the Lord is with us; fear them not.

Num. 14:10 And all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the

glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all

the children of Israel.

Num. 14:11 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people

provoke me? And how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs

which I have showed among them?

Num. 14:12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and

will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

Num. 14:13 And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it

(for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them),

Num. 14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land; for they

have heard that thou, Lord, art among this people, that thou, Lord, art seen

face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest

before them by daytime in a pillar of a cloud and in a pillar of fire by night.

Num. 14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the

nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

Num. 14:16 Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the

land which he sware unto them, therefore, he hath slain them in the

wilderness.

Num. 14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great,

according as thou hast spoken, saying,

Num. 14:18 The Lord is long-suffering and of great mercy, forgiving

iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the

iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth

generation.

Num. 14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according

unto the greatness of thy mercy and as thou hast forgiven this people from

Egypt even until now.

Num. 14:20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy 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 which have seen my glory and my

miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me

now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,

Num. 14:23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware 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 hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he

went; and his seed 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 spake 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, saith the Lord, as ye have

spoken in mine 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, which have murmured against me.

Num. 14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I

sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and

Joshua, the son of Nun.

Num. 14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will

I bring in; and they shall know the land which ye have despised.

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 whoredoms until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness.

Num. 14:34 After the number of the days in which he searched the land,

even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty

years; and ye shall know my breach of promise.

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 which Moses sent to search the land, who

returned and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing

up a slander upon the land--

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,

which 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 gat them up into the

top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here and will go up unto the place

which the Lord hath promised; for we have sinned.

Num. 14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye 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 ye be not

smitten before your enemies.

Num. 14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you,

and ye shall fall by the sword; because ye are turned away from the Lord,

therefore, the Lord will not be with you.

Num. 14:44 But they presumed to go up unto the hilltop; 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 which

dwelt in that hill and smote them and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

Num. Chapter 15

Offerings commanded--Punishment for deliberate sin

Num. 15:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 15:2 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye

be come into the land of your habitations which I give unto you,

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 savor unto the Lord, of the herd or of

the flock,

Num. 15:4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring a

meat offering of a tenth deal of flour, mingled with the fourth part of a hin

of oil.

Num. 15:5 And the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering shalt

thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice for one lamb.

Num. 15:6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth

deals of flour, mingled with the third part of a hin of oil.

Num. 15:7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of

wine for a sweet savor unto the Lord.

Num. 15:8 And when thou preparest 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 meat offering of three tenth

deals of flour, mingled with half a hin of oil.

Num. 15:10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half a hin of wine, for

an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor 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 ye shall prepare, so shall ye do

to everyone according to their number.

Num. 15:13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this

manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the

Lord.

Num. 15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among

you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet

savor unto the Lord, as ye do, so he shall do.

Num. 15:15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation and

also for a stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance forever in your

generations; as ye 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 sojourneth with you.

Num. 15:17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 15:18 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye

come into the land whither I bring you,

Num. 15:19 Then it shall be that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye

shall offer up a heave offering unto the Lord.

Num. 15:20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for a heave

offering; as ye do the heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall ye heave

it.

Num. 15:21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord a heave

offering in your generations.

Num. 15:22 And if ye have erred and not observed all these

commandments which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,

Num. 15:23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of

Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses and henceforward

among your generations,

Num. 15:24 Then it shall be, if aught be committed by ignorance without

the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one

young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor unto the Lord, with his

meat offering and his drink offering according to the manner, and one kid of

the goats for a sin offering.

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 sojourneth among them, seeing all the people

were in ignorance.

Num. 15:27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a

she goat of the first year for a sin offering.

Num. 15:28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that

sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make

an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

Num. 15:29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance,

both for him that is born among the children of Israel and for the stranger

that sojourneth among them.

Num. 15:30 But the soul that doeth aught presumptuously, whether he be

born in the land or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul

shall be cut off from among his people.

Num. 15:31 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord and hath

broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity

shall be upon him.

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 ward 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 without the camp.

Num. 15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp and

stoned him with stones, and he died, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Num. 15:37 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 15:38 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;

Num. 15:39 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,

Num. 15:40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be

holy unto your God.

Num. 15:41 I am the Lord, your God, which brought you out of the land of

Egypt, to be your God; I am the Lord, your God.

Num. Chapter 16

Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and others--Earth swallows the

rebellious--Fire consumes two hundred fifty--Plagues kill fourteen thousand

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 princes of the assembly, famous in the

congregation, men of renown;

Num. 16:3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and

against Aaron and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all

the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them.

Wherefore, then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?

Num. 16:4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face;

Num. 16:5 And he spake 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 hath 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 therein, and put incense in them before the Lord

tomorrow; and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall

be holy; ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

Num. 16:8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi;

Num. 16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you that the God of Israel hath

separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself

to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the

congregation to minister unto them?

Num. 16:10 And he hath brought thee near to him and all thy brethren, the

sons of Levi, with thee. And seek ye the high priesthood also?

Num. 16:11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered

together against the Lord. And what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

Num. 16:12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab,

which said, We will not come up.

Num. 16:13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land

that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou

make thyself altogether a prince over us?

Num. 16:14 Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth

with milk and honey or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Wilt

thou put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.

Num. 16:15 And Moses was very wroth and said unto the Lord, Respect

not thou their offering; I have not taken one ass from them; neither have I

hurt one of them.

Num. 16:16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company

before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow;

Num. 16:17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and

bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty

censers--thou also and Aaron, each of you his censer.

Num. 16:18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and

laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the

congregation with Moses and Aaron.

Num. 16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the

door of the tabernacle of the congregation; and the glory of the Lord

appeared unto all the congregation.

Num. 16:20 And the Lord spake 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 wilt thou be wroth with all the

congregation?

Num. 16:23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 16:24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about

the tabernacle 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 spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray

you, from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye

be consumed in all their sins.

Num. 16:27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and

Abiram on every side; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the

door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

Num. 16:28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent

me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

Num. 16:29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be

visited after the visitation of all men, then the Lord hath not sent me.

Num. 16:30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her

mouth and swallow them up with all that appertain unto them, and they go

down quick into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have

provoked the Lord.

Num. 16:31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all

these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them;

Num. 16:32 And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, and

their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their

goods.

Num. 16:33 They and all that appertained to them went down alive into the

pit, and the earth closed upon them; and they perished from among the

congregation.

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 spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 16:37 Speak unto Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, that he take

up the censers out of the burning and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they

are hallowed,

Num. 16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls; let them

make them broad plates for a covering of the altar; for they offered them

before the Lord; therefore, they are hallowed; and they shall be a sign unto

the children of Israel.

Num. 16:39 And Eleazar, the priest, took the brazen censers, wherewith

they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a

covering of the altar,

Num. 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger,

which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the

Lord, that he be not as Korah and as his company; as the Lord said to him

by the hand of Moses.

Num. 16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of

Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed

the people of the Lord.

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

the congregation; 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 the

congregation.

Num. 16:44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 16:45 Get you up 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 is begun.

Num. 16:47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded and ran into the midst

of the congregation; and behold, the plague was begun among the people;

and he put on incense and made an atonement for the people.

Num. 16:48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague

was stayed.

Num. 16:49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and

seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.

Num. 16:50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the

tabernacle of the congregation; and the plague was stayed.

Num. Chapter 17

God commands twelve rods be laid up in the tabernacle--Aaron's rod

blooms and is a token against rebels--People continue to murmur

Num. 17:1 And the Lord spake 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 princes according to

the house of their fathers, twelve rods; write thou every man's name upon

his rod.

Num. 17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for one

rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

Num. 17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation

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, whereby they murmur against you.

Num. 17:6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and every one of

their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their

fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their

rods.

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 on the morrow, Moses went into the

tabernacle of witness; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi

was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded

almonds.

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 token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite

take 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 spake unto Moses, saying, Behold,

we die; we perish; we all perish.

Num. 17:13 Whosoever cometh anything near unto the tabernacle of the

Lord shall die. Shall we be consumed with dying?

Num. Chapter 18

Charge to the Levites--Tithes to support them

Num. 18:1 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou, and thy sons, and thy

father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou

and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Num. 18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father,

bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee and minister unto

thee; but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of

witness.

Num. 18:3 And they shall keep thy charge and the charge of all the

tabernacle; only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and

the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

Num. 18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee and keep the charge of the

tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle; and a

stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

Num. 18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary and the charge of

the altar, that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

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 the congregation.

Num. 18:7 Therefore, thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's

office for everything of the altar and within the veil; and ye shall serve; I

have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift; and the stranger

that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Num. 18:8 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee

the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children

of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy

sons, by an ordinance forever.

Num. 18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the

fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin

offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall

render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

Num. 18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it;

it shall be holy unto thee.

Num. 18:11 And this is thine: the heave offering of their gift, with all the

wave offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to

thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee by a statute forever; everyone that

is clean in thy 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 firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them

have I given thee.

Num. 18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring

unto the Lord, shall be thine; everyone that is clean in thine house shall eat

of it.

Num. 18:14 Everything devoted in Israel shall be thine.

Num. 18:15 Everything that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they

bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine;

nevertheless, the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling

of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Num. 18:16 And those that are to be redeemed, from a month old shalt thou

redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after

the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

Num. 18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the

firstling of a goat thou shalt not redeem; they are holy; thou shalt sprinkle

their blood upon the altar and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by

fire, for a sweet savor unto the Lord.

Num. 18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as

the right shoulder are thine.

Num. 18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children

of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons, and thy

daughters with thee by a statute forever; it is a covenant of salt forever

before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

Num. 18:20 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no

inheritance in their land; neither shalt thou have any part among them; I am

thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

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 the congregation.

Num. 18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the

tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin and die.

Num. 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the

congregation, 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 spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 18:26 Thus speak unto the Levites and say unto them, When ye take

of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for

your inheritance, then ye shall offer up 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 corn of the threshing floor and as the fullness of the

winepress.

Num. 18:28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave offering unto the Lord of all

your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give

thereof the Lord's heave offering to Aaron, the priest.

Num. 18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the

Lord, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

Num. 18:30 Therefore, thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the

best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase

of the threshing floor and as the increase of the winepress.

Num. 18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households; for

it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num. 18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it when ye have heaved

from it the best of it; neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children

of Israel, lest ye die.

Num. Chapter 19

Water of separation for purification of the unclean

Num. 19:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Num. 19:2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath

commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring thee a

red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish and upon which never came

yoke.

Num. 19:3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar, the priest, that he may bring

her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face;

Num. 19:4 And Eleazar, the priest, shall take of her blood with his finger

and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation

seven times.

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 even.

Num. 19:8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and

bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

Num. 19:9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer

and lay them up without the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for

the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation; it is a

purification for sin.

Num. 19:10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his

clothes and be unclean until the even; and it shall be unto the children of

Israel and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them for a statute

forever.

Num. 19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean

seven days.

Num. 19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the

seventh day he shall be clean; but if he purify not himself the third day, then

the seventh day he shall not be clean.

Num. 19:13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead,

and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul

shall be cut off from Israel; because the water of separation was not

sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

Num. 19:14 This is the law when a man dieth in a tent: All that come into

the tent and all that is in the tent shall be unclean seven days;

Num. 19:15 And every open vessel which hath no covering bound upon it

is unclean.

Num. 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the

open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave shall be unclean

seven days.

Num. 19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the

burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in

a vessel;

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 even.

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 hath

defiled the sanctuary of the Lord; the water of separation hath not been

sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

Num. 19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them that he that

sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that

toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

Num. 19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean;

and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

Num. Chapter 20

Miriam dies in desert of Zin--Moses smites rock and brings forth water--

God decrees that Moses and Aaron will not enter the promised land--Aaron

dies

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 chided with Moses and spake, saying, Would

God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

Num. 20:4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into

this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

Num. 20:5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to

bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines,

or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

Num. 20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly

unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their

faces; and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.

Num. 20:7 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou and

Aaron, thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall

give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the

rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

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, ye rebels. Must we fetch

you water out of this rock?

Num. 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the

rock twice; and the water came out abundantly; and the congregation drank,

and their beasts also.

Num. 20:12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye

believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel,

therefore, ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have

given them.

Num. 20:13 This is the water of Meribah because the children of Israel

strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

Num. 20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of

Edom: Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath

befallen us,

Num. 20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in

Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians vexed us and our fathers;

Num. 20:16 And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent

an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt; and behold, we are in

Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.

Num. 20:17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country; we will not pass

through the fields or through the vineyards; neither will we drink of the

water of the wells; we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn to the

right hand nor to the left until we have passed thy borders.

Num. 20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I

come out against thee 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 thy 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, Thou shalt 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;

wherefore, 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 spake unto Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by

the coast 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 ye

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 in the top of the mount; 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.

Num. Chapter 21

Israelites destroy Canaanites at Hormah--People murmur, and fiery

serpents sent--People who look at brazen serpent live--Amorites attack and

are defeated

Num. 21:1 And when king Arad, the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south,

heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies, then he fought against

Israel and took some of them prisoners.

Num. 21:2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord and said, If thou wilt,

indeed, deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their

cities.

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 of the Red

Sea, to compass the land of Edom; and the soul of the people was much

discouraged because of the way.

Num. 21:5 And the people spake against God and against Moses:

Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For

there is no bread; neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light

bread.

Num. 21:6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit

the people; and much 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 thee; 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 thee a fiery serpent and

set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass that everyone that is bitten,

when he looketh upon it, shall live.

Num. 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass and put it upon a pole; and

it came to pass that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the

serpent of brass, he lived.

Num. 21:10 And the children of Israel set forward and pitched in Oboth.

Num. 21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth and pitched at Ijeabarim, in

the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

Num. 21:12 From thence they removed and pitched in the valley of Zared.

Num. 21:13 From thence they removed and pitched on the other side of

Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the

Amorites; for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the

Amorites.

Num. 21:14 Wherefore, it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What

he did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

Num. 21:15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the

dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

Num. 21:16 And from thence they went to Beer; that is the well whereof

the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them

water.

Num. 21:17 Then Israel sang this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it;

Num. 21:18 The princes digged the well; the nobles of the people digged it,

by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness

they went to Mattanah,

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 looketh toward Jeshimon.

Num. 21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorites,

saying,

Num. 21:22 Let me pass through thy land; we will not turn into the fields

or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well; but we

will go along by the king's highway until we be past thy borders.

Num. 21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border;

but Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into

the wilderness; and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.

Num. 21:24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword and

possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of

Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

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 Wherefore, they that speak in proverbs say, Come unto

Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and prepared;

Num. 21:28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city

of Sihon; it hath consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of

Arnon.

Num. 21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh!

He hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto

Sihon, king of the Amorites.

Num. 21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon,

and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto

Medeba.

Num. 21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

Num. 21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer; 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 thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt

do to him as thou didst unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, which dwelt at

Heshbon.

Num. 21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people until there

was none left him alive; and they possessed his land.

Num. Chapter 22

Balak asks Balaam to curse Israel--God tells Balaam not to curse the

Israelites--Balaam is stopped by an angel

Num. 22:1 And the children of Israel set forward and pitched in the plains

of Moab on this side 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 sore 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 licketh 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 against me.

Num. 22:6 Come now, therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they

are too mighty for me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them,

and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou

blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Num. 22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with

the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam and

spake unto him the words of Balak.

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 princes of Moab

abode with Balaam.

Num. 22:9 And God came unto Balaam and said, What men are these with

thee?

Num. 22:10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak, the son of Zippor, king of

Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

Num. 22:11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth

the face of the earth; come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able

to overcome them and drive them out.

Num. 22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou

shalt not curse the people, for they are blessed.

Num. 22:13 And Balaam rose up in the morning and said unto the princes

of Balak, Get you into your land; for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to

go with you.

Num. 22:14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak

and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

Num. 22:15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable

than they.

Num. 22:16 And they came to Balaam and said to him, Thus saith Balak,

the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto

me;

Num. 22:17 For I will promote thee unto very great honor, and I will do

whatsoever thou sayest unto me; come, therefore, I pray thee, curse me this

people.

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 ye also here this night, that I

may know what the Lord will say unto me more.

Num. 22:20 And God came unto Balaam at night and said unto him, If the

men come to call thee, rise up if thou wilt go with them; but yet the word

which I shall say unto thee shalt thou speak.

Num. 22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and

went with the princes of Moab.

Num. 22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel

of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was

riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

Num. 22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way and

his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way and

went into the field; and Balaam smote the ass to turn her into the way.

Num. 22:24 But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a

wall being on this side and a wall on that side.

Num. 22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself

unto the wall and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall; and he smote her

again.

Num. 22:26 And the angel of the Lord went further and stood in a narrow

place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

Num. 22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down

under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a

staff.

Num. 22:28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass. And she said unto

Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three

times?

Num. 22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me; I

would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

Num. 22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass upon which

thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? Was I ever wont to do

so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

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, Wherefore hast thou

smitten thine ass these three times? Behold, I went out to withstand thee,

because thy way is perverse before me.

Num. 22:33 And the ass saw me and turned from me these three times;

unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee and saved

her alive.

Num. 22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for

I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me. Now, therefore, if it

displease thee, I will get me back again.

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 thee, that thou shalt speak. So

Balaam went with the princes 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 in the border of Arnon, which is in

the utmost coast.

Num. 22:37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto

thee to call thee? Wherefore camest thou not unto me? Am I not able,

indeed, to promote thee to honor?

Num. 22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee. Have I

now any power at all to say anything? The word that God putteth in my

mouth, that shall I speak.

Num. 22:39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-

huzoth.

Num. 22:40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep and sent to Balaam and to

the princes that were with him.

Num. 22:41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam

and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see

the utmost part of the people.

Num. Chapter 23

Balaam defies Balak and blesses Israel

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 thy burnt offering, and I

will go; peradventure the Lord will come to meet me; and whatsoever he

showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to 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 thou shalt speak.

Num. 23:6 And he returned unto him, and lo, he stood by his burnt

sacrifice, he and all the princes of Moab.

Num. 23:7 And he took up his parable and said, Balak, the king of Moab,

hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,

Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

Num. 23:8 How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I

defy whom the Lord hath not defied?

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 hast thou done unto me? I

took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them

altogether.

Num. 23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that

which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

Num. 23:13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto

another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the

utmost part of them and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from

thence.

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 thy 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 princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What

hath the Lord spoken?

Num. 23:18 And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear;

hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor;

Num. 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man,

that he should repent. Hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he

spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Num. 23:20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless; and he hath

blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

Num. 23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; neither hath he seen

perverseness in Israel; the Lord, his God, is with him, and the shout of a

king is among them.

Num. 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength

of a unicorn.

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 hath God wrought!

Num. 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion and lift up

himself as a young lion; he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey and

drink the blood of the slain.

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 thee,

saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?

Num. 23:27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring

thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest

curse me them from thence.

Num. 23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh

toward Jeshimon.

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.

Num. Chapter 24

Balaam prophesies the destiny of Israel and the Star of Jacob

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 his

tents according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

Num. 24:3 And he took up his parable and said, Balaam, the son of Beor,

hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said--

Num. 24:4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the

vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance but having his eyes open,

Num. 24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O

Israel!

Num. 24:6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's

side, as the trees of lignaloes which the Lord hath 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 hath as it were the

strength of a unicorn; he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall

break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

Num. 24:9 He couched; he lay down as a lion and as a great lion. Who

shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that

curseth thee.

Num. 24:10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote

his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine

enemies, and behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

Num. 24:11 Therefore, now flee thou to thy place; I thought to promote

thee unto great honor; but lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honor.

Num. 24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy

messengers which thou sentest 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 mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?

Num. 24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people; come, therefore, and I

will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

Num. 24:15 And he took up his parable and said, Balaam, the son of Beor,

hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said--

Num. 24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God and knew the

knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling

into a trance but having his eyes open,

Num. 24:17 I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh;

there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel,

and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

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 remaineth of the city.

Num. 24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable and

said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be that he

perish forever.

Num. 24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and

said, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Num. 24:22 Nevertheless, the Kenite shall be wasted until Asshur shall

carry thee away captive.

Num. 24:23 And he took up his parable and said, Alas, who shall live when

God doeth this!

Num. 24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, 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.

Num. Chapter 25

God angered by Israel's whoredom and idolatry--Plagues kill many--

Execution of offenders ends plague--Midianites to be vexed and smitten

Num. 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit

whoredom 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 himself unto Baal-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 against 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 ye every one his

men that were joined unto Baal-peor.

Num. 25:6 And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto

his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of

all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the

door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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 spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 25:11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, hath

turned my wrath away from the children of Israel while he was zealous for

my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my

jealousy.

Num. 25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace;

Num. 25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant

of an everlasting priesthood because he was zealous for his God and made

an atonement for the children of Israel.

Num. 25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was

slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a

chief house among the Simeonites.

Num. 25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was

Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people and of a chief house

in Midian.

Num. 25:16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 25:17 Vex the Midianites and smite them;

Num. 25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have

beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter

of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague

for Peor's sake.

Num. Chapter 26

Israel numbered again--Law of inheritance--Levites numbered

Num. 26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake 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, spake with them in the

plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num. 26:4 Take the sum of the people from twenty years old and upward,

as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth

out of the land of Egypt:

Num. 26:5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel; the children of Reuben;

Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family

of the Palluites;

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 son of Pallu; Eliab.

Num. 26:9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This

is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who

strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah when

they strove against the Lord;

Num. 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up

together with Korah when that company died, what time the fire devoured

two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.

Num. 26:11 Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not.

Num. 26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families; of Nemuel, the family

of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the

family of the Jachinites;

Num. 26:13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites; 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 after 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 Pharez, the family of the Pharzites; of Zerah,

the family of the Zarhites.

Num. 26:21 And the sons of Pharez 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, threescore 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 Pua, 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, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

Num. 26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families; of Sered, the family

of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of

the Jahleelites.

Num. 26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those

that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

Num. 26:28 The sons of Joseph after 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 Jeezer, the family of the

Jeezerites; 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 Shuthalhites; of Becher, the family of the

Bachrites; 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 after 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 Shupham, 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 after 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 after their families: of Shuham, the

family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.

Num. 26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that

were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four

hundred.

Num. 26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families; of Jimna, the

family of the Jimnites; of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah, the

family of the Beriites.

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 Sarah.

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 after 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 spake 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 thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou

shalt give the less inheritance; to everyone shall his inheritance be given

according to those that were numbered of him.

Num. 26:55 Notwithstanding, 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 thereof be divided

between many and few.

Num. 26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after

their families; of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the

family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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 bare to Levi in Egypt; and she bare 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 strange 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 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, save Caleb, the son of

Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.

Num. Chapter 27

Instruction regarding inheritance--God appoints Joshua to succeed Moses

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 princes and all the congregation by the door of the tabernacle

of the congregation, 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 hath 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 spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 27:7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right; thou shalt surely give

them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou

shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

Num. 27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a

man die and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his

daughter.

Num. 27:9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance

unto his brethren.

Num. 27:10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance

unto his father's brethren.

Num. 27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his

inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall

possess it; and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment as

the Lord commanded Moses.

Num. 27:12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this Mount

Abarim and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

Num. 27:13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto

thy people as Aaron, thy brother, was gathered.

Num. 27:14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin,

in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their

eyes--that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

Num. 27:15 And Moses spake 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 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before

them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in, that the

congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

Num. 27:18 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua, the son of

Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;

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 thou shalt put some of thine 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.

Num. Chapter 28

Offerings to be observed

Num. 28:1 And the Lord spake 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 savor unto me,

shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

Num. 28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire

which ye shall offer unto the Lord: two lambs of the first year without spot

day by day for a continual burnt offering.

Num. 28:4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other

lamb shalt thou offer at even,

Num. 28:5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering,

mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.

Num. 28:6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount

Sinai for a sweet savor, 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 shalt thou cause the strong wine to be

poured unto the Lord for a drink offering.

Num. 28:8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; as the meat offering

of the morning and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a

sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord--

Num. 28:9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot,

and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the

drink offering thereof;

Num. 28:10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual

burnt offering and his drink offering.

Num. 28:11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt

offering unto the Lord: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of

the first year without spot,

Num. 28:12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled

with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering,

mingled with oil, for one ram;

Num. 28:13 And a several tenth deal of flour, mingled with oil, for a meat

offering unto one lamb, for a burnt offering of a sweet savor, a sacrifice

made by fire unto the Lord.

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, beside the continual burnt offering and his drink offering.

Num. 28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of

the Lord.

Num. 28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast; seven days

shall unleavened bread be eaten.

Num. 28:18 In the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no

manner of servile work therein;

Num. 28:19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering

unto the Lord: two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the

first year; they shall be unto you without blemish.

Num. 28:20 And their meat offering shall be of flour, mingled with oil;

three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock and two tenth deals for a ram;

Num. 28:21 A several tenth deal shalt thou 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 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning,

which is for a continual burnt offering.

Num. 28:24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven

days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord;

it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering and his drink offering.

Num. 28:25 And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye

shall do no servile work.

Num. 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat

offering unto the Lord after your weeks be out, ye shall have a holy

convocation; ye shall do no servile work;

Num. 28:27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the

Lord: two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

Num. 28:28 And their meat offering of flour, mingled with oil, three tenth

deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,

Num. 28:29 A several tenth deal 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 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his

meat offering (they shall be unto you without blemish), and their drink

offerings.

Num. Chapter 29

Holy convocations--Offerings at set times

Num. 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall

have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work; it is a day of blowing

the trumpets unto you.

Num. 29:2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the

Lord: one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without

blemish;

Num. 29:3 And their meat offering shall be of flour, mingled with oil, three

tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,

Num. 29:4 And one tenth deal 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 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering,

and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings,

according unto their manner, for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto

the Lord.

Num. 29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month a holy

convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls; ye shall not do any work

therein;

Num. 29:8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet

savor: one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they

shall be unto you without blemish.

Num. 29:9 And their meat offering shall be of flour, mingled with oil, three

tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,

Num. 29:10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;

Num. 29:11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering, beside the sin offering

of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it,

and their drink offerings.

Num. 29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a

holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto

the Lord seven days.

Num. 29:13 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of

a sweet savor unto the Lord: thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and

fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish;

Num. 29:14 And their meat offering shall be of flour, mingled with oil,

three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals

to each ram of the two rams,

Num. 29:15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs;

Num. 29:16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, beside the continual

burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks,

two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot;

Num. 29:18 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the

bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs shall be according to their number,

after the manner;

Num. 29:19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, beside the continual

burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, 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 meat offering and their drink offerings for the

bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs shall be according to their number,

after the manner;

Num. 29:22 And one goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt

offering, and his meat offering, and his 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 meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,

for the rams, and for the lambs shall be according to their number, after the

manner;

Num. 29:25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, beside the continual

burnt offering, his meat offering, and his 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 meat offering and their drink offerings for the

bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs shall be according to their number,

after the manner;

Num. 29:28 And one goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt

offering, and his meat offering, and his 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 meat offering and their drink offerings for the

bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs shall be according to their number,

after the manner;

Num. 29:31 And one goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt

offering, his meat offering, and his 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 meat offering and their drink offerings for the

bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs shall be according to their number,

after the manner;

Num. 29:34 And one goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt

offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly; ye shall do

no servile work therein;

Num. 29:36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of

a sweet savor unto the Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first

year without blemish;

Num. 29:37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock,

for the ram, and for the lambs shall be according to their number, after the

manner;

Num. 29:38 And one goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt

offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Num. 29:39 These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts,

beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and

for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace

offerings.

Num. 29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the

Lord commanded Moses.

Num. Chapter 30

God's commands concerning vows

Num. 30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the

children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath

commanded:

Num. 30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the Lord or swear an oath to bind his

soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all

that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Num. 30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord and bind herself by a

bond, being in her father's house in her youth,

Num. 30:4 And her father hear her vow and her bond wherewith she hath

bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her, then all her vows

shall stand; and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

Num. 30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, not any

of her vows or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand;

and the Lord shall forgive her because her father disallowed her.

Num. 30:6 And if she had at all a husband when she vowed or uttered

aught out of her lips, wherewith 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 wherewith she

bound her soul shall stand.

Num. 30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it,

then he shall make her vow which she vowed and that which she uttered

with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect; and the Lord

shall forgive her.

Num. 30:9 But every vow of a widow and of her that is divorced,

wherewith 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

disallowed her not, then all her vows shall stand; and every bond wherewith

she bound her soul shall stand.

Num. 30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he

heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows

or concerning the bond of her soul shall not stand; her husband hath made

them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.

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 hold his peace at her from day to

day, then he establisheth all her vows or all her bonds which are upon her;

he confirmeth them because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard

them.

Num. 30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath

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.

Num. Chapter 31

Midianites defeated and Balaam slain--God instructs Moses regarding

captives and spoil

Num. 31:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 31:2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shalt

thou be gathered unto thy people.

Num. 31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of

yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites and avenge

the Lord of Midian.

Num. 31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel,

shall ye 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 beside the rest of them that

were slain; namely Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings

of Midian; Balaam also, the son of Beor, they slew with the sword.

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 wherein they dwelt and all their

goodly castles with fire.

Num. 31:11 And they took all the spoil and all the prey, both of men and of

beasts.

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 Jordan near

Jericho.

Num. 31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar, the priest, and all the princes of the

congregation went forth to meet them without the camp.

Num. 31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the

captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, which came from the

battle.

Num. 31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye 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 hath known man by lying with him.

Num. 31:18 But all the women children that have not known a man by

lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

Num. 31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days, whosoever hath

killed any person and whosoever hath touched any slain; purify both

yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

Num. 31:20 And purify all your raiment, 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 which 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 brass, the iron, the tin, and

the lead,

Num. 31:23 Everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through

the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless, it shall be purified with the

water of separation; and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go

through the water.

Num. 31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye

shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

Num. 31:25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 31:26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of

beast, thou and Eleazar, the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation;

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 which went

out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the

beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep;

Num. 31:29 Take it of 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, thou shalt take one portion

of fifty--of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all

manner of beasts--and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of

the tabernacle of the Lord.

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 threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

Num. 31:34 And threescore and one thousand asses,

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

threescore and fifteen.

Num. 31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the

Lord's tribute was threescore and twelve.

Num. 31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which

the Lord's tribute was threescore 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 warred,

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 beeves,

Num. 31:45 And thirty thousand asses 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 man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept

the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Num. 31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the

captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

Num. 31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of

the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man

of us.

Num. 31:50 We have, therefore, brought an oblation for the Lord, what

every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings,

earrings and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.

Num. 31:51 And Moses and Eleazar, the priest, took the gold of them, even

all wrought jewels.

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

the congregation for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.

Num. Chapter 32

Moses reproves Reuben and Gad--Tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half tribe of

Manasseh are given inheritance on east side of Jordan

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 spake

unto Moses, and to Eleazar, the priest, and unto the princes 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 smote before the congregation

of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle;

Num. 32:5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let

this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over

Jordan.

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 ye sit here?

Num. 32:7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel

from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?

Num. 32:8 Thus did your fathers when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to

see the land.

Num. 32:9 For when they went up into 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 sware,

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 sware unto Abraham, unto

Isaac, and unto Jacob because they have not wholly followed me,

Num. 32:12 Save Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, the Kenezite, 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, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase

of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.

Num. 32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave

them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

Num. 32:16 And they came near unto him and said, We will build

sheepfolds here for our cattle 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 fenced 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 yonder side Jordan or

forward because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

Num. 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye 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 hath driven out his enemies from before him,

Num. 32:22 And the land be subdued before the Lord, then afterward ye

shall return and be guiltless before the Lord and before Israel; and this land

shall be your possession before the Lord.

Num. 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye 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 hath proceeded out of your mouth.

Num. 32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake

unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

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 thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war,

before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith.

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 ye

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 hath said unto thy 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 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 in the coasts, even the

cities of the country round about.

Num. 32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

Num. 32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

Num. 32:36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities, and folds for

sheep.

Num. 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and

Kirjathaim,

Num. 32:38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names being changed), and

Shibmah, and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

Num. 32:39 And the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to

Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was 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 Havoth-jair.

Num. 32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath and the villages thereof and

called it Nobah, after his own name.

Num. Chapter 33

Israelite journeys after leaving Egypt--Canaanites to be dispossessed

Num. 33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went

forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses

and Aaron.

Num. 33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys

by the commandment of the Lord; and these are their journeys according to

their goings out.

Num. 33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the

fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the

children of Israel went out with a high hand 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 removed from Rameses and pitched

in Succoth.

Num. 33:6 And they departed from Succoth and pitched in Etham, which is

in the edge of the wilderness.

Num. 33:7 And they removed from Etham and turned again unto Pi-

hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon; and they pitched before Migdol.

Num. 33:8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through

the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the

wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

Num. 33:9 And they removed from Marah and came unto Elim; and in

Elim were twelve fountains of water and threescore and ten palm trees; and

they pitched there.

Num. 33:10 And they removed from Elim and encamped by the Red Sea.

Num. 33:11 And they removed 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 in Dophkah.

Num. 33:13 And they departed from Dophkah and encamped in Alush.

Num. 33:14 And they removed from Alush and encamped at Rephidim,

where was no water for the people to drink.

Num. 33:15 And they departed from Rephidim and pitched in the

wilderness of Sinai.

Num. 33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai and pitched at

Kibroth-hattaavah.

Num. 33:17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah and encamped at

Hazeroth.

Num. 33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth and pitched in Rithmah.

Num. 33:19 And they departed from Rithmah and pitched at Rimmon-

parez.

Num. 33:20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez and pitched in Libnah.

Num. 33:21 And they removed from Libnah and pitched at Rissah.

Num. 33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah and pitched in Kehelathah.

Num. 33:23 And they went from Kehelathah and pitched in Mount

Shapher.

Num. 33:24 And they removed from Mount Shapher and encamped in

Haradah.

Num. 33:25 And they removed from Haradah and pitched in Makheloth.

Num. 33:26 And they removed from Makheloth and encamped at Tahath.

Num. 33:27 And they departed from Tahath and pitched at Tarah.

Num. 33:28 And they removed from Tarah and pitched in Mithcah.

Num. 33:29 And they went from Mithcah and pitched in Hashmonah.

Num. 33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah and encamped at

Moseroth.

Num. 33:31 And they departed from Moseroth and pitched in Bene-jaakan.

Num. 33:32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan and encamped at Hor-

hagidgad.

Num. 33:33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad and pitched in Jotbathah.

Num. 33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah and encamped at Ebronah.

Num. 33:35 And they departed from Ebronah and encamped at Ezion-

gaber.

Num. 33:36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber and pitched in the

wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

Num. 33:37 And they removed from Kadesh and pitched in 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 in Mount Hor.

Num. 33:40 And King Arad, the Canaanite, which 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 pitched in Zalmonah.

Num. 33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah and pitched in Punon.

Num. 33:43 And they departed from Punon and pitched in Oboth.

Num. 33:44 And they departed from Oboth and pitched in Ijeabarim in the

border of Moab.

Num. 33:45 And they departed from Iim and pitched in Dibon-gad.

Num. 33:46 And they removed from Dibon-gad and encamped in Almon-

diblathaim.

Num. 33:47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim and pitched in the

mountains of Abarim before Nebo.

Num. 33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim and pitched

in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

Num. 33:49 And they pitched by Jordan from Beth-jesimoth even unto

Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Num. 33:50 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by

Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num. 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye

are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Num. 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from

before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten

images, and quite pluck down all their high places;

Num. 33:53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell

therein; for I have given you the land to possess it.

Num. 33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among

your families; and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the

fewer ye shall give the less inheritance; every man's inheritance shall be in

the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye

shall inherit.

Num. 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from

before you, then it shall come to pass that those which ye let remain of them

shall be pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides and shall vex you in the

land wherein ye dwell.

Num. 33:56 Moreover, it shall come to pass that I shall do unto you as I

thought to do unto them.

Num. Chapter 34

Borders of the land of Canaan--Division of the land

Num. 34:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 34:2 Command the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye

come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an

inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof),

Num. 34:3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin

along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost

coast of the salt sea eastward;

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 Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to

Azmon;

Num. 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the

river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

Num. 34:6 And as for the western border, ye 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 ye shall

point out for you Mount Hor;

Num. 34:8 From Mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the

entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad;

Num. 34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it

shall be at Hazar-enan; this shall be your north border.

Num. 34:10 And ye shall point your east border from Hazar-enan to

Shepham;

Num. 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the

east side of Ain; and the border shall descend and shall reach unto the side

of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

Num. 34:12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of

it shall be at the salt sea; this shall be your land with the coasts thereof

round about.

Num. 34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is

the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give

unto the nine tribes and to the half tribe;

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 half the tribe of

Manasseh have received their inheritance;

Num. 34:15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their

inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward toward the sunrising.

Num. 34:16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 34:17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land

unto you: Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun.

Num. 34:18 And ye shall take one prince 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 prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki, the

son of Jogli;

Num. 34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the

children of Manasseh, Hanniel, the son of Ephod;

Num. 34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim,

Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan;

Num. 34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun,

Elizaphan, the son of Parnach;

Num. 34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel,

the son of Azzan;

Num. 34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud,

the son of Shelomi;

Num. 34:28 And the prince 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.

Num. Chapter 35

Levites to have forty-eight cities; six are cities of refuge--Laws regarding

murder

Num. 35:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by 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 ye shall give

also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

Num. 35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of

them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Num. 35:4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the

Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits

round about.

Num. 35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two

thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west

side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the

city shall be in the midst; this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

Num. 35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there

shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that

he may flee thither; and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

Num. 35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty

and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs.

Num. 35:8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of

the children of Israel; from them that have many, ye shall give many; but

from them that have few, ye shall give few; everyone shall give of his cities

unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

Num. 35:9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Num. 35:10 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye

be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan,

Num. 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you,

that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

Num. 35:12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger,

that the manslayer die not until he stand before the congregation in

judgment.

Num. 35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have

for refuge.

Num. 35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities

shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

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

everyone that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

Num. 35:16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron so that he die,

he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Num. 35:17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may

die, and he die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Num. 35:18 Or if he smite him with a hand weapon of wood, wherewith he

may die, and he die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to

death.

Num. 35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer; when

he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

Num. 35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred or hurl at him by laying of wait,

that he die;

Num. 35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand that he die, he that smote

him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer; the revenger of blood

shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him.

Num. 35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast

upon him anything without laying of wait,

Num. 35:23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not,

and cast it upon him that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his

harm,

Num. 35:24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the

revenger of blood according to these judgments;

Num. 35:25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of

the revenger of blood; and the congregation shall restore him to the city of

his refuge whither he was fled; and he shall abide in it unto the death of the

high priest which was anointed with the holy oil.

Num. 35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of

the city of his refuge whither he was fled,

Num. 35:27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the

city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer, he shall not be

guilty of blood,

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 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death

by the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any

person to cause him to die.

Num. 35:31 Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a

murderer which is guilty of death; but he shall be surely put to death.

Num. 35:32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city

of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land until the death

of the priest.

Num. 35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it

defileth the land; and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed

therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

Num. 35:34 Defile not, therefore, the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I

dwell; for I, the Lord, dwell among the children of Israel.

Num. Chapter 36

Rules of marriage and inheritance

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 spake before Moses and before the princes, 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 be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of

the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the

inheritance of our fathers and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe

whereunto they are received; so shall it be taken from the lot of our

inheritance.

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 whereunto

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 hath said well.

Num. 36:6 This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the

daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best;

only to the family of the tribe of their fathers shall they marry.

Num. 36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove

from tribe to tribe; for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself

to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

Num. 36:8 And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe

of the children of Israel shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of

her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy, every man, the inheritance

of his fathers.

Num. 36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another

tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself

to his own inheritance.

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 Jordan near Jericho.

Deuteronomy

Deut. Chapter 1

Moses speaks to the rebellious Israelites--He commends Caleb and Joshua

Deut. 1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side

Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red Sea, between

Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

Deut. 1:2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount

Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)

Deut. 1:3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on

the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel,

according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;

Deut. 1:4 After he had slain Sihon, the king of the Amorites, which dwelt

in Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei;

Deut. 1:5 On this side Jordan in the land of Moab began Moses to declare

this law, saying,

Deut. 1:6 The Lord, our God, spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have

dwelt long enough in this mount;

Deut. 1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the

Amorites and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills,

and in the vale, and in the south, and by the seaside, to the land of the

Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

Deut. 1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land

which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give

unto them and to their seed after them.

Deut. 1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear

you myself alone;

Deut. 1:10 The Lord, your God, hath multiplied you, and behold, ye are

this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Deut. 1:11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so

many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

Deut. 1:12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden,

and your strife?

Deut. 1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your

tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

Deut. 1:14 And ye answered me and said, The thing which thou hast

spoken is good for us to do.

Deut. 1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and

made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over

hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers

among your tribes.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the

small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the

judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me,

and I will hear it.

Deut. 1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye

should do.

Deut. 1:19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that

great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of

the Amorites as the Lord, our God, commanded us; and we came to

Kadesh-barnea.

Deut. 1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the

Amorites, which the Lord, our God, doth give unto us.

Deut. 1:21 Behold, the Lord, thy God, hath set the land before thee; go up

and possess it as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not;

neither be discouraged.

Deut. 1:22 And ye came near unto me, every one of you, and said, We will

send men before us, and they shall search us out the land and bring us word

again by what way we must go up and into what cities we shall come.

Deut. 1:23 And the saying pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you,

one of a tribe;

Deut. 1:24 And they turned, and went up into the mountain, and came unto

the valley of Eschol, and searched it out.

Deut. 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, doth give us.

Deut. 1:26 Notwithstanding, ye would not go up but rebelled against the

commandment of the Lord, your God;

Deut. 1:27 And ye murmured in your tents and said, Because the Lord

hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into

the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

Deut. 1:28 Whither 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.

Deut. 1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not; neither be afraid of them.

Deut. 1:30 The Lord, your God, which goeth before you, he shall fight for

you according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

Deut. 1:31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord,

thy God, bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went

until ye came into this place.

Deut. 1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the Lord, your God,

Deut. 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 ye should go,

and in a cloud by day.

Deut. 1:34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and

sware, saying,

Deut. 1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation

see that good land which I sware to give unto your fathers,

Deut. 1:36 Save Caleb, the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him

will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children because

he hath wholly followed the Lord.

Deut. 1:37 Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou

also shalt not go in thither.

Deut. 1:38 But Joshua, the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall

go in thither; encourage him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Deut. 1:39 Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and

your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil,

they shall go in thither; and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess

it.

Deut. 1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the

wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.

Deut. 1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the

Lord. We will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord, our God,

commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war,

ye were ready to go up into the hill.

Deut. 1:42 And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up; neither

fight--for I am not among you--lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

Deut. 1:43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against

the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.

Deut. 1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out

against you, and chased you as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even

unto Hormah.

Deut. 1:45 And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would

not hearken to your voice nor give ear unto you.

Deut. 1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that

ye abode there.

Deut. Chapter 2

History of Israel's conquests and dealings with other nations

Deut. 2:1 Then we turned and took our journey into the wilderness by the

way of the Red Sea as the Lord spake unto me; and we compassed Mount

Seir many days.

Deut. 2:2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying,

Deut. 2:3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough; turn you

northward.

Deut. 2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the

coast of your brethren, the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they

shall be afraid of you; take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore;

Deut. 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no,

not so much as a footbreadth because I have given Mount Seir unto Esau

for a possession.

Deut. 2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye

shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

Deut. 2:7 For the Lord, thy God, hath blessed thee in all the works of thy

hand; he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness; these forty

years the Lord, thy God, hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

Deut. 2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren, the children of Esau,

which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath and from

Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

Deut. 2:9 And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites; neither

contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land for a

possession because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a

possession.

Deut. 2:10 The Emim dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many,

and tall, as the Anakim,

Deut. 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakim; but the

Moabites call them Emim.

Deut. 2:12 The Horim also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of

Esau succeeded them when they had destroyed them from before them and

dwelt in their stead, as Israel did unto the land of his possession which the

Lord gave unto them.

Deut. 2:13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we

went over the brook Zered.

Deut. 2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we

were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years--until all the

generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host as the

Lord sware unto them.

Deut. 2:15 For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy

them from among the host until they were consumed.

Deut. 2:16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and

dead from among the people,

Deut. 2:17 That the Lord spake unto me, saying,

Deut. 2:18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day;

Deut. 2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of

Ammon, distress them not nor meddle with them; for I will not give thee of

the land of the children of Ammon any possession because I have given it

unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Deut. 2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants; giants dwelt therein

in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

Deut. 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,

Deut. 2:22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he

destroyed the Horim from before them; and they succeeded them and dwelt

in their stead even unto this day;

Deut. 2:23 And the Avim which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the

Caphtorim, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them and dwelt in

their stead.)

Deut. 2:24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon;

behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon,

and his land; begin to possess it and contend with him in battle.

Deut. 2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee

upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of

thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

Deut. 2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto

Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,

Deut. 2:27 Let me pass through thy land; I will go along by the highway; I

will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

Deut. 2:28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat, and give me

water for money, that I may drink; only I will pass through on my feet,

Deut. 2:29 (As the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites,

which dwell in Ar, did unto me) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land

which the Lord, our God, giveth us.

Deut. 2:30 But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him; for

he hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that the Lord, thy God,

might deliver him into thy hand as he hath done this day.

Deut. 2:31 And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon

and his land before thee; begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

Deut. 2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at

Jahaz.

Deut. 2:33 And the Lord, our God, delivered him before us; and we smote

him, and his sons, and all his people.

Deut. 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;

Deut. 2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves and the spoil

of the cities which we took.

Deut. 2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and

from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city

too strong for us; the Lord, our God, delivered all unto us;

Deut. 2:37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not,

nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains,

nor unto whatsoever the Lord, our God, forbade us.

Deut. Chapter 3

Other victories recounted--Moses not permitted to cross Jordan

Deut. 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.

Deut. 3:2 And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not; for I will deliver him,

and all his people, and his land into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as

thou didst unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

Deut. 3:3 So the Lord, our God, delivered into our hands Og also, the king

of Bashan, and all his people; and we smote him until none was left to him

remaining.

Deut. 3:4 And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which

we took not from them--threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the

kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Deut. 3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars,

beside unwalled towns a great many.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 3:7 But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took for a prey to

ourselves.

Deut. 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 Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto

Mount Hermon,

Deut. 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call

it Shenir),

Deut. 3:10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto

Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Deut. 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 Rabbath of the

children of Ammon? Nine cubits was the length thereof and four cubits the

breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

Deut. 3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time--from Aroer,

which is by the river Arnon, and half Mount Gilead, and the cities thereof--

gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 3:14 Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the country of Argob unto the

coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi and called them after his own name,

Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.

Deut. 3:15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

Deut. 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,

Deut. 3:17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from

Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-

pisgah eastward.

Deut. 3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord, your God,

hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your

brethren, the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.

Deut. 3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle (for I know

that ye have much cattle) shall abide in your cities which I have given you,

Deut. 3:20 Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as

unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord, your God,

hath given them beyond Jordan; and then shall ye return every man unto his

possession which I have given you.

Deut. 3:21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have

seen all that the Lord, your God, hath done unto these two kings; so shall

the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

Deut. 3:22 Ye shall not fear them; for the Lord, your God, he shall fight for

you.

Deut. 3:23 And I besought the Lord at that time, saying,

Deut. 3:24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness

and thy mighty hand. For what God is there in heaven or in earth that can

do according to thy works and according to thy might?

Deut. 3:25 I pray thee, let me go over and see the good land that is beyond

Jordan, that goodly mountain and Lebanon.

Deut. 3:26 But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes and would not

hear me; and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto

me of this matter.

Deut. 3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes

westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with

thine eyes; for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Deut. 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 thou shalt see.

Deut. 3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.

Deut. Chapter 4

Exhortation to obedience--Consequences of disobedience--Moses appoints

three cities of refuge

Deut. 4:1 Now, therefore, hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the

judgments which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live and go in and

possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

Deut. 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you; neither

shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the

Lord, your God, which I command you.

Deut. 4:3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor; for

all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord, thy God, hath destroyed them

from among you.

Deut. 4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord, your God, are alive, every

one of you this day.

Deut. 4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the

Lord, my God, commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye

go to possess it.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto

them, as the Lord, our God, is in all things that we call upon him for?

Deut. 4:8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and

judgments so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day?

Deut. 4:9 Only take heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou

forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from thy

heart all the days of thy life; but teach them thy sons and thy sons' sons--

Deut. 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord, thy God, in

Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I

will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days

that they shall live upon the earth and that they may teach their children.

Deut. 4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the

mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds,

and thick darkness.

Deut. 4:12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire; ye

heard the voice of the words but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 4:14 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes

and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to

possess it.

Deut. 4:15 Take ye, therefore, good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no

manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out

of the midst of the fire,

Deut. 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves and make you a graven image, the

similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Deut. 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any

winged fowl that flieth in the air,

Deut. 4:18 The likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the

likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth,

Deut. 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou

seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven,

shouldest be driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord, thy

God, hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

Deut. 4:20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you forth out of the

iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as

ye are this day.

Deut. 4:21 Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me for your sakes and

sware that I should not go over Jordan and that I should not go in unto that

good land, which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee for an inheritance;

Deut. 4:22 But I must die in this land; I must not go over Jordan; but ye

shall go over and possess that good land.

Deut. 4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the

Lord, your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image or

the likeness of anything which the Lord, thy God, hath forbidden thee.

Deut. 4:24 For the Lord, thy God, is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

Deut. 4:25 When thou shalt beget children and children's children, and ye

shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and

make a graven image or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the

sight of the Lord, thy God, to provoke him to anger,

Deut. 4:26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye

shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to

possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it but shall utterly be

destroyed.

Deut. 4:27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall

be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.

Deut. 4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands--wood

and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Deut. 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord, thy God, thou shalt

find him if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Deut. 4:30 When thou art in tribulation and all these things are come upon

thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord, thy God, and shalt be

obedient unto his voice,

Deut. 4:31 (For the Lord, thy God, is a merciful God) he will not forsake

thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he

sware unto them.

Deut. 4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,

since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one

side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this

great thing is or hath been heard like it.

Deut. 4:33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst

of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

Deut. 4:34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst

of another nation by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and

by a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors,

according to all that the Lord, your God, did for you in Egypt before your

eyes?

Deut. 4:35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the Lord

he is God; there is none else beside him.

Deut. 4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might

instruct thee; and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou

heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

Deut. 4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed

after them and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of

Egypt,

Deut. 4:38 To drive out nations from before thee, greater and mightier than

thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is

this day.

Deut. 4:39 Know, therefore, this day and consider it in thine heart, that the

Lord he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none

else.

Deut. 4:40 Thou shalt keep, therefore, his statutes and his commandments,

which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee and with thy

children after thee and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth,

which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee, forever.

Deut. 4:41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the

sunrising--

Deut. 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor

unawares and hated him not in times past, and that, fleeing unto one of

these cities, he might live--

Deut. 4:43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country of the

Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of

the Manassites.

Deut. 4:44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of

Israel;

Deut. 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments

which Moses spake unto the children of Israel after they came forth out of

Egypt,

Deut. 4:46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the

land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses

and the children of Israel smote after they were come forth out of Egypt;

Deut. 4:47 And they possessed his land and the land of Og, king of Bashan,

two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the

sunrising,

Deut. 4:48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto

Mount Sion, which is Hermon,

Deut. 4:49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea

of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

Deut. Chapter 5

Covenant in Horeb--Ten Commandments

Deut. 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 ye may

learn them, and keep, and do them.

Deut. 5:2 The Lord, our God, made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 5:4 The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the

midst of the fire,

Deut. 5:5 (I stood between the Lord and you at that time to show you the

word of the Lord; for ye were afraid by reason of the fire and went not up

into the mount) saying,

Deut. 5:6 I am the Lord, thy God, which brought thee out of the land of

Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Deut. 5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Deut. 5:8 Thou shalt not make thee 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;

Deut. 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them nor serve them; for I,

the Lord, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers

upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

Deut. 5:10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and

keep my commandments.

Deut. 5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain; for

the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Deut. 5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it as the Lord, thy God, hath

commanded thee.

Deut. 5:13 Six days thou shalt labor and do all thy work;

Deut. 5:14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord, thy God; in it

thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy

manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy

cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates, that thy manservant and thy

maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Deut. 5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt and

that the Lord, thy God, brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and

by a stretched-out arm; therefore, the Lord, thy God, commanded thee to

keep the sabbath day.

Deut. 5:16 Honor thy father and thy mother as the Lord, thy God, hath

commanded thee, that thy days may be prolonged and that it may go well

with thee in the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee.

Deut. 5:17 Thou shalt not kill.

Deut. 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

Deut. 5:19 Neither shalt thou steal.

Deut. 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Deut. 5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife; neither shalt thou

covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant,

his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's.

Deut. 5:22 These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the

mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness,

with a great voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables

of stone and delivered them unto me.

Deut. 5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of

the darkness (for the mountain did burn with fire), that ye came near unto

me, even all the heads of your tribes and your elders;

Deut. 5:24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord, our God, hath showed us his

glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the

fire; we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 5:26 For who is there of all flesh that hath heard the voice of the

living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

Deut. 5:27 Go thou near and hear all that the Lord, our God, shall say; and

speak thou unto us all that the Lord, our God, shall speak unto thee; and we

will hear it and do it.

Deut. 5:28 And the Lord heard the voice of your words when ye spake unto

me; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this

people which they have spoken unto thee; they have well said all that they

have spoken.

Deut. 5:29 Oh, 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!

Deut. 5:30 Go; say to them, Get you into your tents again.

Deut. 5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto

thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments which thou

shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to

possess it.

Deut. 5:32 Ye shall observe to do, therefore, as the Lord, your God, hath

commanded you; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Deut. 5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord, your God, hath

commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and

that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

Deut. Chapter 6

First and great commandment--Obedience emphasized

Deut. 6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the

judgments which the Lord, your God, commanded to teach you, that ye

might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it,

Deut. 6:2 That thou mightest fear the Lord, thy God, to keep all his statutes

and his commandments which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy

son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

Deut. 6:3 Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it, that it may be well

with thee and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers

hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deut. 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord, our God, is one Lord;

Deut. 6:5 And thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thine heart, and

with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Deut. 6:6 And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine

heart;

Deut. 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and shalt

talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the

way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Deut. 6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they

shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

Deut. 6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house and on thy

gates.

Deut. 6:10 And it shall be, when the Lord, thy God, shall have brought thee

into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to

Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

Deut. 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and

wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which

thou plantedst not--when thou shalt have eaten and be full--

Deut. 6:12 Then beware, lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth

out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage.

Deut. 6:13 Thou shalt fear the Lord, thy God, and serve him, and shalt

swear by his name.

Deut. 6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which

are round about you,

Deut. 6:15 (For the Lord, thy God, is a jealous God among you), lest the

anger of the Lord, thy God, be kindled against thee and destroy thee from

off the face of the earth.

Deut. 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord, your God, as ye tempted him in

Massah.

Deut. 6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord, your

God, and his testimonies, and his statutes which he hath commanded thee.

Deut. 6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the

Lord, that it may be well with thee and that thou mayest go in and possess

the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,

Deut. 6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee as the Lord hath

spoken.

Deut. 6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What

mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord,

our God, hath commanded you?

Deut. 6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen

in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

Deut. 6:22 And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon

Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household before our eyes;

Deut. 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to

give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness if we observe to do all these

commandments before the Lord, our God, as he hath commanded us.

Deut. Chapter 7

Association with other nations forbidden--Conditional blessings

Deut. 7:1 When the Lord, thy God, shall bring thee into the land whither

thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee--the

Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the

Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and

mightier than thou--

Deut. 7:2 And when the Lord, thy God, shall deliver them before thee, thou

shalt smite them and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant

with them nor show mercy unto them;

Deut. 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou

shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Deut. 7:4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may

serve other gods; so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you and

destroy thee suddenly.

Deut. 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them: Ye shall destroy their altars, and

break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven

images with fire.

Deut. 7:6 For thou art a holy people unto the Lord, thy God; the Lord, thy

God, hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people

that are upon the face of the earth.

Deut. 7:7 The Lord did not set his love upon you nor choose you because

ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all

people;

Deut. 7:8 But because the Lord loved you and because he would keep the

oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out

with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from

the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

Deut. 7:9 Know, therefore, that the Lord, thy God, he is God, the faithful

God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep

his commandments to a thousand generations,

Deut. 7:10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them;

he will not be slack to him that hateth him; he will repay him to his face.

Deut. 7:11 Thou shalt, therefore, keep the commandments, and the statutes,

and the judgments which I command thee this day, to do them.

Deut. 7:12 Wherefore, it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these

judgments and keep and do them, that the Lord, thy God, shall keep unto

thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers;

Deut. 7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will

also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy

wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep in

the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Deut. 7:14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people; there shall not be male

or female barren among you or among your cattle.

Deut. 7:15 And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put

none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee, but will

lay them upon all them that hate thee.

Deut. 7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord, thy God,

shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them; neither shalt thou

serve their gods, for that will be a snare unto thee.

Deut. 7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I.

How can I dispossess them?

Deut. 7:18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them but shalt well remember what

the Lord, thy God, did unto Pharaoh and unto all Egypt:

Deut. 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and

the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched-out arm whereby the

Lord, thy God, brought thee out; so shall the Lord, thy God, do unto all the

people of whom thou art afraid.

Deut. 7:20 Moreover, the Lord, thy God, will send the hornet among them

until they that are left and hide themselves from thee be destroyed.

Deut. 7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord, thy God, is

among you, a mighty God and terrible.

Deut. 7:22 And the Lord, thy God, will put out those nations before thee by

little and little; thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the

field increase upon thee.

Deut. 7:23 But the Lord, thy God, shall deliver them unto thee and shall

destroy them with a mighty destruction until they be destroyed.

Deut. 7:24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt

destroy their name from under heaven; there shall no man be able to stand

before thee until thou have destroyed them.

Deut. 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou

shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them nor take it unto thee, lest

thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest

thou be a cursed thing like it; but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt

utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

Deut. Chapter 8

Exhortation to obedience--God's blessings--Warning against pride

Deut. 8:1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye

observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land

which the Lord sware unto your fathers.

Deut. 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord, thy God,

led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove

thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his

commandments or no.

Deut. 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee

with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know, that he

might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every

word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

Deut. 8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee; neither did thy foot swell

these forty years.

Deut. 8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart that, as a man chasteneth

his son, so the Lord, thy God, chasteneth thee.

Deut. 8:6 Therefore, thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord, thy

God, to walk in his ways and to fear him.

Deut. 8:7 For the Lord, thy God, bringeth thee into a good land--a land of

brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

Deut. 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and

pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey;

Deut. 8:9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness. Thou

shalt not lack anything in it, a land whose stones are iron and out of whose

hills thou mayest dig brass.

Deut. 8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord,

thy God, for the good land which he hath given thee.

Deut. 8:11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord, thy God, in not keeping

his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command

thee this day,

Deut. 8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly

houses, and dwelt therein,

Deut. 8:13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and

thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,

Deut. 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord, thy God,

which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt from the house of

bondage,

Deut. 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein

were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water,

who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint,

Deut. 8:16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers

knew not, that he might humble thee and that he might prove thee, to do

thee good at thy latter end;

Deut. 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine

hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Deut. 8:18 But thou shalt remember the Lord, thy God; for it is he that

giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which

he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

Deut. 8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord, thy God, and

walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against

you this day that ye shall surely perish.

Deut. 8:20 As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so

shall ye perish because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord,

your God.

Deut. Chapter 9

Land taken from wicked nations and given to Israelites--Israelite rebellions

recounted

Deut. 9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to

possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up

to heaven,

Deut. 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakim, whom thou

knowest and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the

children of Anak!

Deut. 9:3 Understand, therefore, this day that the Lord, thy God, is he

which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them,

and he shall bring them down before thy face; so shalt thou drive them out

and destroy them quickly as the Lord hath said unto thee.

Deut. 9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart after that the Lord, thy God, hath

cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath

brought me in to possess this land; but for the wickedness of these nations

the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.

Deut. 9:5 Not for thy righteousness or for the uprightness of thine heart

dost thou go to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations

the Lord, thy God, doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may

perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac,

and Jacob.

Deut. 9:6 Understand, therefore, that the Lord, thy God, giveth thee not this

good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked

people.

Deut. 9:7 Remember and forget not how thou provokedst the Lord, thy

God, to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that thou didst depart out of

the land of Egypt until ye came unto this place ye have been rebellious

against the Lord.

Deut. 9:8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord

was angry with you to have destroyed you.

Deut. 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;

Deut. 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 spake with you in the mount, out of the midst of the fire in

the day of the assembly.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 9:12 And the Lord said unto me, Arise; get thee down quickly from

hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have

corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I

commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

Deut. 9:13 Furthermore, the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this

people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

Deut. 9:14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name

from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater

than they.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 9:16 And I looked, and behold, ye had sinned against the Lord, your

God, and had made you a molten calf; ye had turned aside quickly out of

the way which the Lord had commanded you.

Deut. 9:17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands,

and brake them before your eyes.

Deut. 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 ye sinned in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him

to anger.

Deut. 9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure wherewith the

Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto

me at that time also.

Deut. 9:20 And the Lord was very angry with Aaron, to have destroyed

him; and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

Deut. 9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it

with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as

small as dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out

of the mount.

Deut. 9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah ye

provoked the Lord to wrath.

Deut. 9:23 Likewise, when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying,

Go up and possess the land which I have given you, then ye rebelled against

the commandment of the Lord, your God, and ye believed him not nor

hearkened to his voice.

Deut. 9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I

knew you.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 9:26 I prayed, therefore, unto the Lord and said, O Lord God, destroy

not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy

greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Deut. 9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not

unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their

sin,

Deut. 9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the

Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them and

because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the

wilderness.

Deut. 9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou

broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched-out arm.

Deut. Chapter 10

Instructions regarding tables of commandments--God gives requirements

Deut. 10:1 At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two other tables of

stone like unto the first, and come up unto me upon the mount, and make

thee an ark of wood.

Deut. 10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first

tables, which thou breakest, save the words of the everlasting covenant of

the holy priesthood; and thou shalt put them in the ark.

Deut. 10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of

stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables

in mine hand.

Deut. 10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten

commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount, out of the

midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them unto

me.

Deut. 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 be as the Lord

commanded me.

Deut. 10:6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth, of

the children of Jaakan, to Mosera; there Aaron died, and there he was

buried; and Eleazar, his son, ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

Deut. 10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah, and from

Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.

Deut. 10:8 At that time, the Lord separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark

of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him,

and to bless in his name unto this day.

Deut. 10:9 Wherefore, Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren;

the Lord is his inheritance according as the Lord, thy God, promised him.

Deut. 10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty

days and forty nights; and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also, and

the Lord would not destroy thee.

Deut. 10:11 And the Lord said unto me, Arise; take thy journey before the

people, that they may go in and possess the land which I sware unto their

fathers to give unto them.

Deut. 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord, thy God, require of thee,

but to fear the Lord, thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and

to serve the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Deut. 10:13 To keep the commandments of the Lord and his statutes which

I command thee this day for thy good?

Deut. 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's,

thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

Deut. 10:15 Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them; and he

chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

Deut. 10:16 Circumcise, therefore, the foreskin of your heart and be no

more stiff-necked.

Deut. 10:17 For the Lord, your God, is God of gods and Lord of lords, a

great God, a mighty and a terrible, which regardeth not persons nor taketh

reward;

Deut. 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow and

loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Deut. 10:19 Love ye, therefore, the stranger; for ye were strangers in the

land of Egypt.

Deut. 10:20 Thou shalt fear the Lord, thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to

him shalt thou cleave and swear by his name.

Deut. 10:21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee

these great and terrible things which thine eyes have seen.

Deut. 10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten

persons; and now the Lord, thy God, hath made thee as the stars of heaven

for multitude.

Deut. Chapter 11

Exhortation to obedience--Blessing and cursing set before the people

Deut. 11:1 Therefore, thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, and keep his

charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments always.

Deut. 11:2 And know ye this day; for I speak not with your children which

have not known and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord, your

God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched-out arm,

Deut. 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,

Deut. 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 hath destroyed them unto this day,

Deut. 11:5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness until ye came into

this place,

Deut. 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the

son of Reuben--how the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up,

and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their

possession, in the midst of all Israel--

Deut. 11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he

did.

Deut. 11:8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I

command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the

land whither ye go to possess it,

Deut. 11:9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord

sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that

floweth with milk and honey.

Deut. 11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the

land of Egypt from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed and

wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs;

Deut. 11:11 But the land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and

valleys and drinketh water of the rain of heaven.

Deut. 11:12 A land which the Lord, thy God, careth for; the eyes of the

Lord, thy God, are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto

the end of the year.

Deut. 11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto

my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord, your

God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Deut. 11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the

first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy

wine, and thine oil.

Deut. 11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou

mayest eat and be full.

Deut. 11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and

ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Deut. 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 ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.

Deut. 11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in

your soul and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as

frontlets between your eyes.

Deut. 11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when

thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou

liest down, and when thou risest up.

Deut. 11:20 And thou shalt write them upon the doorposts of thine house

and upon thy gates,

Deut. 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your

children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them,

as the days of heaven upon the earth.

Deut. 11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I

command you, to do them, to love the Lord, your God, to walk in all his

ways, and to cleave unto him,

Deut. 11:23 Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you,

and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

Deut. 11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be

yours--from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river

Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

Deut. 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 ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

Deut. 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

Deut. 11:27 A blessing if ye obey the commandments of the Lord, your

God, which I command you this day,

Deut. 11:28 And a curse if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord,

your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to

go after other gods which ye have not known.

Deut. 11:29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord, thy God, hath

brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt

put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

Deut. 11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the

sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the

champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

Deut. 11:31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which

the Lord, your God, giveth you, and ye shall possess it and dwell therein.

Deut. 11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments

which I set before you this day.

Deut. Chapter 12

Places of idolatry to be destroyed--God to choose the place for true

worship--Instruction concerning offerings--Provision made for Levites

Deut. 12:1 These are the statutes and judgments which ye shall observe to

do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it,

all the days that ye live upon the earth.

Deut. 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which

ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the

hills, and under every green tree;

Deut. 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and

burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of

their gods and destroy the names of them out of that place.

Deut. 12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord, your God.

Deut. 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 habitation shall ye

seek, and thither thou shalt come;

Deut. 12:6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your

sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your

vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of

your flocks;

Deut. 12:7 And there ye shall eat before the Lord, your God, and ye shall

rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein

the Lord, thy God, hath blessed thee.

Deut. 12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day,

every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Deut. 12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance

which the Lord, your God, giveth you.

Deut. 12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the

Lord, your God, giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all

your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety,

Deut. 12:11 Then there shall be a place which the Lord, your God, shall

choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I

command you--your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and

the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow

unto the Lord;

Deut. 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord, your God, ye, and your

sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants,

and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no part nor

inheritance with you.

Deut. 12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in

every place that thou seest;

Deut. 12:14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy

tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all

that I command thee.

Deut. 12:15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,

whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord, thy

God, which he hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof,

as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

Deut. 12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth

as water.

Deut. 12:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of

thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any

of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering

of thine hand;

Deut. 12:18 But thou must eat them before the Lord, thy God, in the place

which the Lord, thy God, shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter,

and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy

gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord, thy God, in all that thou

puttest thine hands unto.

Deut. 12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as

thou livest upon the earth.

Deut. 12:20 When the Lord, thy God, shall enlarge thy border, as he hath

promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh (because thy soul longeth

to eat flesh), thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

Deut. 12:21 If the place which the Lord, thy God, hath chosen to put his

name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy

flock which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou

shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

Deut. 12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat

them; the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

Deut. 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the

life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Deut. 12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Deut. 12:25 Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go well with thee and with thy

children after thee when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the

Lord.

Deut. 12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast and thy vows thou shalt

take and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose;

Deut. 12:27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the

blood, upon the altar of the Lord, thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices

shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord, thy God, and thou shalt eat

the flesh.

Deut. 12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that

it may go well with thee and with thy children after thee forever when thou

doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 12:29 When the Lord, thy God, shall cut off the nations from before

thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them and

dwellest in their land,

Deut. 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them

after that they be destroyed from before thee and that thou inquire not after

their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? Even so will I

do likewise.

Deut. 12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord, thy God; for every

abomination to the Lord which he hateth have they done unto their gods; for

even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

Deut. 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it; thou shalt

not add thereto nor diminish from it.

Deut. Chapter 13

Idolatry forbidden

Deut. 13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and

giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

Deut. 13:2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto

thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let

us serve them,

Deut. 13:3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that

dreamer of dreams; for the Lord, your God, proveth you, to know whether

ye love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deut. 13:4 Ye shall walk after the Lord, your God, and fear him, and keep

his commandments, and obey his voice; and ye shall serve him and cleave

unto him.

Deut. 13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to

death because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord, your God,

which brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the

house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord, thy God,

commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst

of thee.

Deut. 13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,

or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice

thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not

known, thou nor thy fathers,

Deut. 13:7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you,

nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto

the other end of the earth,

Deut. 13:8 Thou shalt not consent unto him nor hearken unto him; neither

shall thine eye pity him; neither shalt thou spare; neither shalt thou conceal

him;

Deut. 13:9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him

to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

Deut. 13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die because he

hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord, thy God, which brought thee

out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage.

Deut. 13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any

such wickedness as this is among you.

Deut. 13:12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord, thy

God, hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Deut. 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among

you and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and

serve other gods, which ye have not known,

Deut. 13:14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently;

and behold, if it be truth and the thing certain, that such abomination is

wrought among you,

Deut. 13:15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the

edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle

thereof with the edge of the sword.

Deut. 13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the

street thereof and shalt burn with fire the city and all the spoil thereof, every

whit, for the Lord, thy God; and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be

built again.

Deut. 13:17 And there shall cleave naught of the cursed thing to thine hand,

that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee

mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee as he hath sworn

unto thy fathers,

Deut. 13:18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord, thy God, to

keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that

which is right in the eyes of the Lord, thy God.

Deut. Chapter 14

Dietary restrictions--Tithing

Deut. 14:1 Ye are the children of the Lord, your God; ye shall not cut

yourselves nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Deut. 14:2 For thou art a holy people unto the Lord, thy God; and the Lord

hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations

that are upon the earth.

Deut. 14:3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

Deut. 14:4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and

the goat,

Deut. 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild

goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

Deut. 14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into

two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

Deut. 14:7 Nevertheless, these ye shall not eat: of them that chew the cud

or of them that divide the cloven hoof, as the camel, and the hare, and the

coney; for they chew the cud but divide not the hoof; therefore, they are

unclean unto you.

Deut. 14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof yet cheweth not the

cud, it is unclean unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their

dead carcass.

Deut. 14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins

and scales shall ye eat;

Deut. 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is

unclean unto you.

Deut. 14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

Deut. 14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the

ossifrage, and the ospray,

Deut. 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

Deut. 14:14 And every raven after his kind,

Deut. 14:15 And the owl, and the nighthawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk

after his kind,

Deut. 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

Deut. 14:17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

Deut. 14:18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing,

and the bat.

Deut. 14:19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you; they

shall not be eaten.

Deut. 14:20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

Deut. 14:21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself; thou shalt not

give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou

mayest not sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the Lord, thy

God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Deut. 14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field

bringeth forth year by year.

Deut. 14:23 And thou shalt eat before the Lord, thy God, in the place which

he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine,

and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks, that thou

mayest learn to fear the Lord, thy God, always.

Deut. 14:24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to

carry it, or if the place be too far from thee which the Lord, thy God, shall

choose to set his name there when the Lord, thy God, hath blessed thee,

Deut. 14:25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in

thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord, thy God, shall

choose.

Deut. 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul

lusteth after--for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for

whatsoever thy soul desireth; and thou shalt eat there before the Lord, thy

God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thine household,

Deut. 14:27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake

him, for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

Deut. 14:28 At the end of three years, thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of

thine increase the same year and shalt lay it up within thy gates;

Deut. 14:29 And the Levite (because he hath no part nor inheritance with

thee), and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow which are within

thy gates shall come, and shall eat, and be satisfied, that the Lord, thy God,

may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

Deut. Chapter 15

Release every seven years--Relief for the poor--Firstling male animals to be

sanctified

Deut. 15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

Deut. 15:2 And this is the manner of the release: every creditor that lendeth

aught 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.

Deut. 15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again; but that which is thine

with thy brother thine hand shall release,

Deut. 15:4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall

greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee for an

inheritance, to possess it,

Deut. 15:5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord, thy

God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this

day.

Deut. 15:6 For the Lord, thy God, blesseth thee, as he promised thee; and

thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt

reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

Deut. 15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within

any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee, thou shalt

not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother;

Deut. 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him and shalt surely

lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Deut. 15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying,

The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil

against thy poor brother, and thou givest him naught; and he cry unto the

Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Deut. 15:10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved

when thou givest unto him because that for this thing the Lord, thy God,

shall bless thee in all thy works and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

Deut. 15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore, I

command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to

thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land.

Deut. 15:12 And if thy brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, be sold

unto thee and serve thee six years, then in the seventh year thou shalt let

him go free from thee.

Deut. 15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not

let him go away empty;

Deut. 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy

floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the Lord, thy God, hath

blessed thee, thou shalt give unto him.

Deut. 15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land

of Egypt, and the Lord, thy God, redeemed thee; therefore, I command thee

this thing today.

Deut. 15:16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from

thee, because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee,

Deut. 15:17 Then thou shalt take an awl and thrust it through his ear unto

the door, and he shall be thy servant forever. And also unto thy maidservant

thou shalt do likewise.

Deut. 15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee when thou sendest him away

free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee in

serving thee six years; and the Lord, thy God, shall bless thee in all that

thou doest.

Deut. 15:19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock

thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord, thy God; thou shalt do no work with the

firstling of thy bullock nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

Deut. 15:20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord, thy God, year by year in the

place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy household.

Deut. 15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind,

or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 15:22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates; the unclean and the clean

person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck and as the hart.

Deut. 15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it

upon the ground as water.

Deut. Chapter 16

The passover and other feasts--All males to give offerings--Judges and

justice--Images and groves forbidden

Deut. 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the

Lord, thy God; for in the month of Abib the Lord, thy God, brought thee

forth out of Egypt by night.

Deut. 16:2 Thou shalt, therefore, sacrifice the passover unto the Lord, thy

God, of the flock and the herd, in the place where the Lord shall choose to

place his name there.

Deut. 16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou

eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction (for thou

camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste), that thou mayest remember

the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy

life.

Deut. 16:4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy

coast seven days; neither shall there anything of the flesh, which thou

sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until morning.

Deut. 16:5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates,

which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee;

Deut. 16:6 But at the place which the Lord, thy God, shall choose to place

his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going

down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

Deut. 16:7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the Lord, thy

God, shall choose; and thou shalt turn in the morning and go unto thy tents.

Deut. 16:8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh

day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord, thy God; thou shalt do no work

therein.

Deut. 16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee; begin to number the

seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

Deut. 16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord, thy God,

with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give

unto the Lord, thy God, according as the Lord, thy God, hath blessed thee;

Deut. 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord, thy God, thou, and thy

son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the

Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the

widow that are among you, in the place which the Lord, thy God, hath

chosen to place his name there.

Deut. 16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt;

and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Deut. 16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after

that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine;

Deut. 16:14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy

daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the

stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are within thy gates.

Deut. 16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord, thy

God, in the place which the Lord shall choose; because the Lord, thy God,

shall bless thee in all thine increase and in all the works of thine hands;

therefore, thou shalt surely rejoice.

Deut. 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the

Lord, thy God, in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of

unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles;

and they shall not appear before the Lord empty.

Deut. 16:17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of

the Lord, thy God, which he hath given thee.

Deut. 16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which

the Lord, thy God, giveth thee, throughout thy tribes; and they shall judge

the people with just judgment.

Deut. 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,

neither take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise and pervert the

words of the righteous.

Deut. 16:20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou

mayest live and inherit the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee.

Deut. 16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the

altar of the Lord, thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Deut. 16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any graven image, which the

Lord, thy God, hateth.

Deut. Chapter 17

Only unblemished animals to be sacrificed--Idolaters must be slain--

Difficult controversies to be settled by priests and judges--God to choose a

righteous man to be king

Deut. 17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord, thy God, any bullock or

sheep wherein is blemish or any evil-favoredness; for that is an abomination

unto the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the

Lord, thy God, giveth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wickedness in

the sight of the Lord, thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

Deut. 17:3 And hath 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,

Deut. 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it and inquired

diligently, and behold, it be true and the thing certain that such abomination

is wrought in Israel,

Deut. 17:5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman which have

committed that wicked thing unto thy gates, even that man or that woman,

and shalt stone them with stones till they die.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 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 thou shalt put the evil

away from among you.

Deut. 17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment between

blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke,

being matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and get

thee up into the place which the Lord, thy God, shall choose.

Deut. 17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the

judge that shall be in those days and inquire; and they shall show thee the

sentence of judgment;

Deut. 17:10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence which they of that

place, which the Lord shall choose, shall show thee; and thou shalt observe

to do according to all that they inform thee;

Deut. 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach

thee and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do;

thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the

right hand nor to the left.

Deut. 17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously and will not hearken

unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord, thy God, or

unto the judge, even that man shall die; and thou shalt put away the evil

from Israel.

Deut. 17:13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more

presumptuously.

Deut. 17:14 When thou art come unto the land which the Lord, thy God,

giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will

set a king over me like as all the nations that are about me,

Deut. 17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord,

thy God, shall choose; one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over

thee; thou mayest not set a stranger over thee which is not thy brother.

Deut. 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;

forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no

more that way;

Deut. 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.

Deut. 17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his

kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that

which is before the priests, the Levites;

Deut. 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,

Deut. 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.

Deut. Chapter 18

The Lord is the inheritance of the Levites--Wizardry and divination to be

shunned--God will raise up a prophet--Presumptuous prophets condemned

Deut. 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 and his inheritance.

Deut. 18:2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren;

the Lord is their inheritance as he hath said unto them.

Deut. 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 cheeks, and the maw.

Deut. 18:4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and

the first of the fleece of thy sheep shalt thou give him.

Deut. 18:5 For the Lord, thy God, hath chosen him out of all thy tribes to

stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

Deut. 18:6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel,

where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place

which the Lord shall choose,

Deut. 18:7 Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord, his God, as all

his brethren, the Levites, do which stand there before the Lord.

Deut. 18:8 They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh

of the sale of his patrimony.

Deut. 18:9 When thou art come into the land which the Lord, thy God,

giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those

nations.

Deut. 18:10 There shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his

son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an

observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

Deut. 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard,

or a necromancer.

Deut. 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord;

and because of these abominations, the Lord, thy God, doth drive them out

from before thee.

Deut. 18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 18:14 For these nations which thou shalt possess hearkened unto

observers of times and unto diviners; but as for thee, the Lord, thy God,

hath not suffered thee so to do.

Deut. 18:15 The Lord, thy God, will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the

midst of thee of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken,

Deut. 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord, thy God, in

Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of

the Lord, my God; neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

Deut. 18:17 And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which

they have spoken.

Deut. 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like

unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto

them all that I shall command him.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 18:20 But the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in my

name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the

name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

Deut. 18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word

which the Lord hath not spoken?

Deut. 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing

follow not nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not

spoken; but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously; thou shalt not be

afraid of him.

Deut. Chapter 19

Cities of refuge--Landmarks not to be removed--Two or three witnesses

required in disputes--Punishment of a false witness

Deut. 19:1 When the Lord, thy God, hath cut off the nations whose land the

Lord, thy God, giveth thee, and thou succeedest them and dwellest in their

cities and in their houses,

Deut. 19:2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land

which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee to possess it.

Deut. 19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way and divide the coasts of thy land,

which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every

slayer may flee thither.

Deut. 19:4 And this is the case of the slayer which shall flee thither, that he

may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time

past--

Deut. 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew

wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and

the head slippeth from the helve and lighteth upon his neighbor, that he die-

-he shall flee unto one of those cities and live,

Deut. 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart

is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he

was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

Deut. 19:7 Wherefore, I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three

cities for thee.

Deut. 19:8 And if the Lord, thy God, enlarge thy coast as he hath sworn

unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto

thy fathers,

Deut. 19:9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I

command thee this day, to love the Lord, thy God, and to walk ever in his

ways, then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three,

Deut. 19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord,

thy God, giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

Deut. 19:11 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and

rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one

of these cities,

Deut. 19:12 Then the elders of his city shall send, and fetch him thence,

and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

Deut. 19:13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt

of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

Deut. 19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of

old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land

that the Lord, thy God, giveth thee to possess it.

Deut. 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or

for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth; at the mouth of two witnesses or at

the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be established.

Deut. 19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him

that which is wrong,

Deut. 19:17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall

stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in

those days;

Deut. 19:18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if

the witness be a false witness and hath testified falsely against his brother,

Deut. 19:19 Then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto

his brother; so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

Deut. 19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall

henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

Deut. 19:21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for

eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Deut. Chapter 20

Courage in battle exhorted--Those exempt from war--Proclaim peace before

fighting--Fruit-bearing trees must not be cut down

Deut. 20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies and seest

horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them; for

the Lord, thy God, is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of

Egypt.

Deut. 20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the

priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

Deut. 20:3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel. Ye approach this day

unto battle against your enemies; let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do

not tremble; neither be ye terrified because of them;

Deut. 20:4 For the Lord, your God, is he that goeth with you, to fight for

you against your enemies, to save you.

Deut. 20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man

is there that hath built a new house and hath not dedicated it? Let him go

and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.

Deut. 20:6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard and hath not

yet eaten of it? Let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the

battle and another man eat of it.

Deut. 20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife and hath not

taken her? Let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and

another man take her.

Deut. 20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they

shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go

and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

Deut. 20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking

unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the

people.

Deut. 20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then

proclaim peace unto it.

Deut. 20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace and open unto

thee, then it shall be that all the people that is found therein shall be

tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

Deut. 20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee but will make war

against thee, then thou shalt besiege it.

Deut. 20:13 And when the Lord, thy God, hath delivered it into thine

hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword;

Deut. 20:14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is

in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou

shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies which the Lord, thy God, hath given

thee.

Deut. 20:15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off

from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

Deut. 20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the Lord, thy God, doth

give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;

Deut. 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them: namely, the Hittites, and

the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the

Jebusites as the Lord, thy God, hath commanded thee,

Deut. 20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations,

which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord,

your God.

Deut. 20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time in making war

against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe

against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down

(for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege;

Deut. 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for

meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks

against the city that maketh war with thee until it be subdued.

Deut. Chapter 21

Sacrifices for unsolved murders--Taking a captive to wife--Firstborn not to

be disinherited--Rebellious sons

Deut. 21:1 If one be found slain in the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth

thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him,

Deut. 21:2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall

measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;

Deut. 21:3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man,

even the elders of that city shall take a heifer which hath not been wrought

with and which hath not drawn in the yoke;

Deut. 21:4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a

rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the

heifer's neck there in the valley.

Deut. 21:5 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near; for them the

Lord, thy God, hath chosen to minister unto him and to bless in the name of

the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be

tried;

Deut. 21:6 And all the elders of that city that are next unto the slain man

shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley;

Deut. 21:7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this

blood; neither have our eyes seen it.

Deut. 21:8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast

redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge.

And the blood shall be forgiven them.

Deut. 21:9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among

you when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

Deut. 21:10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the

Lord, thy God, hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken

them captive,

Deut. 21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a

desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife,

Deut. 21:12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall

shave her head and pare her nails;

Deut. 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and

shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full

month; and after that, thou shalt go in unto her and be her husband, and she

shall be thy wife.

Deut. 21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt

let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money; thou

shalt not make merchandise of her because thou hast humbled her.

Deut. 21:15 If a man have 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,

Deut. 21:16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which

he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the

son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn;

Deut. 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn

by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of

his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Deut. 21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not

obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and that, when they

have chastened him, will not hearken unto them,

Deut. 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;

Deut. 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.

Deut. 21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he

die; so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear

and fear.

Deut. 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be

to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree,

Deut. 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt

in any wise bury him that day (for he that is hanged is accursed of God),

that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee for an

inheritance.

Deut. Chapter 22

Livestock to be restored to owners--Different apparel for men and women--

Various temporal rules--Penalties for abusing wives and for sexual offenses

Deut. 22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray and

hide thyself from them; thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy

brother.

Deut. 22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee or if thou know him

not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house; and it shall be with thee

until thy brother seek after it and thou shalt restore it to him again.

Deut. 22:3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do

with his raiment; and with all lost things of thy brother's, which he hath lost

and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise; thou mayest not hide thyself.

Deut. 22:4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the

way and hide thyself from them; thou shalt surely help him to lift them up

again.

Deut. 22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man;

neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for all that do so are

abomination unto the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree or

on the ground, whether they be young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting

upon the young or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the

young;

Deut. 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go and take the young to

thee, that it may be well with thee and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

Deut. 22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a

battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house if any

man fall from thence.

Deut. 22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds, lest the fruit

of thy seed which thou hast sown and the fruit of thy vineyard be defiled.

Deut. 22:10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

Deut. 22:11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolen and

linen together.

Deut. 22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy

vesture wherewith thou coverest thyself.

Deut. 22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

Deut. 22:14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil

name upon her, and say, I took this woman; and when I came to her, I found

her not a maid,

Deut. 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel and her mother take and

bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in

the gate;

Deut. 22:16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my

daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Deut. 22:17 And lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I

found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my

daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the

city.

Deut. 22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

Deut. 22:19 And they shall amerce him in a hundred shekels of silver and

give them unto the father of the damsel because he hath brought up an evil

name upon a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife; he may not put her

away all his days.

Deut. 22:20 But if this thing be true and the tokens of virginity be not found

for the damsel,

Deut. 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's

house; and the men of her city shall stone her with stones, that she die

because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's

house; so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

Deut. 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 shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

Deut. 22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto a husband, and a

man find her in the city and lie with her,

Deut. 22:24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city,

and ye shall stone them with stones, that they die--the damsel because she

cried not, being in the city, and the man because he hath humbled his

neighbor's wife; so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

Deut. 22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man

force her and lie with her, then the man only that lay with her shall die;

Deut. 22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the

damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his

neighbor and slayeth him, even so is this matter;

Deut. 22:27 For he found her in the field; and the betrothed damsel cried,

and there was none to save her.

Deut. 22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed,

and lay hold on her and lie with her, and they be found,

Deut. 22:29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's

father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife because he hath

humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.

Deut. 22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife nor discover his father's

skirt.

Deut. Chapter 23

Various prohibitions

Deut. 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones or hath his privy member cut

off shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

Deut. 23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even

to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

Deut. 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,

Deut. 23:4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way

when ye came forth out of Egypt and because they hired against thee

Balaam, the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

Deut. 23:5 Nevertheless, the Lord, thy God, would not hearken unto

Balaam; but the Lord, thy God, turned the curse into a blessing unto thee

because the Lord, thy God, loved thee.

Deut. 23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days

forever.

Deut. 23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou

shalt not abhor an Egyptian because thou wast a stranger in his land.

Deut. 23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the

congregation of the Lord in their third generation.

Deut. 23:9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee

from every wicked thing.

Deut. 23:10 If there be among you any man that is not clean by reason of

uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the

camp; he shall not come within the camp;

Deut. 23:11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself

with water; and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

Deut. 23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp whither thou

shalt go forth abroad;

Deut. 23:13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be,

when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith and shalt turn

back and cover that which cometh from thee;

Deut. 23:14 For the Lord, thy God, walketh in the midst of thy camp, to

deliver thee and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy

camp be holy, that he see no unclean thing in thee and turn away from thee.

Deut. 23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is

escaped from his master unto thee;

Deut. 23:16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which

he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not

oppress him.

Deut. 23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel nor a

sodomite of the sons of Israel.

Deut. 23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore or the price of a dog

into the house of the Lord, thy God, for any vow; for even both these are

abomination unto the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother: usury of money,

usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury.

Deut. 23:20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy

brother thou shalt not lend upon usury, that the Lord, thy God, may bless

thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to

possess it.

Deut. 23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord, thy God, thou shalt

not slack to pay it; for the Lord, thy God, will surely require it of thee; and

it would be sin in thee.

Deut. 23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

Deut. 23:23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform,

even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord, thy

God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

Deut. 23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou

mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any

in thy vessel.

Deut. 23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then

thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle

unto thy neighbor's standing corn.

Deut. Chapter 24

Rules for divorce--Stealing of brethren condemned--Leprosy--Justice and

charity to the poor and the stranger

Deut. 24:1 When a man hath taken a wife and married her and it come to

pass that she find no favor in his eyes because he hath found some

uncleanness in her, then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it

in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Deut. 24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be

another man's wife.

Deut. 24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of

divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house, or

if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife,

Deut. 24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her

again to be his wife after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before

the Lord; and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord, thy God,

giveth thee for an inheritance.

Deut. 24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war;

neither shall he be charged with any business; but he shall be free at home

one year and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

Deut. 24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge;

for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Deut. 24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of

Israel and maketh merchandise of him or selleth him, then that thief shall

die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

Deut. 24:8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently

and do according to all that the priests, the Levites, shall teach you; as I

commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

Deut. 24:9 Remember what the Lord, thy God, did unto Miriam by the way

after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

Deut. 24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go

into his house to fetch his pledge.

Deut. 24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend

shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

Deut. 24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

Deut. 24:13 In any case, thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the

sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee; and it

shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 24:14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy,

whether he be of thy brethren or of thy strangers that are in thy land within

thy gates;

Deut. 24:15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire--neither shall the sun go

down upon it, for he is poor and setteth his heart upon it--lest he cry against

thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger nor of the

fatherless nor take a widow's raiment to pledge;

Deut. 24:18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt,

and the Lord, thy God, redeemed thee thence; therefore, I command thee to

do this thing.

Deut. 24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast

forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it; it shall be for

the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow, that the Lord, thy God,

may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

Deut. 24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the

boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the

widow.

Deut. 24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not

glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the

widow.

Deut. 24:22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land

of Egypt; therefore, I command thee to do this thing.

Deut. Chapter 25

Rules concerning punishment--Duty of a dead husband's brother--Unjust

weights

Deut. 25:1 If there be a controversy between men and they come unto

judgment, that the judges may judge them, then they shall justify the

righteous and condemn the wicked.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 25:3 Forty stripes he may give him and not exceed, lest, if he should

exceed and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should

seem vile unto thee.

Deut. 25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

Deut. 25:5 If brethren dwell together and one of them die and have no

child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger; her

husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and

perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

Deut. 25:6 And it shall be that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed

in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of

Israel.

Deut. 25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his

brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders and say, My husband's

brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not

perform the duty of my husband's brother.

Deut. 25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak unto him;

and if he stand to it and say, I like not to take her,

Deut. 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.

Deut. 25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that

hath his shoe loosed.

Deut. 25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the

one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that

smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets,

Deut. 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not pity her.

Deut. 25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a

small;

Deut. 25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and

a small;

Deut. 25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight; a perfect and just

measure shalt thou have, that thy days may be lengthened in the land which

the Lord, thy God, giveth thee.

Deut. 25:16 For all that do such things and all that do unrighteously are an

abomination unto the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way when ye

were come forth out of Egypt--

Deut. 25:18 How he met thee by the way and smote the hindmost of thee,

even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and

he feared not God.

Deut. 25:19 Therefore, it shall be, when the Lord, thy God, hath given thee

rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord, thy

God, giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the

remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

Deut. Chapter 26

Firstfruits offered--Third-year tithe--Covenant between God and the people

Deut. 26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the

Lord, thy God, giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and

dwellest therein;

Deut. 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which

thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord, thy God, giveth thee, and shalt

put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord, thy God, shall

choose to place his name there.

Deut. 26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days and

say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord, thy God, that I am come unto

the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.

Deut. 26:4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand and set it

down before the altar of the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord, thy God, A

Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and

sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and

populous;

Deut. 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid

upon us hard bondage;

Deut. 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;

Deut. 26:8 And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand,

and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs,

and with wonders;

Deut. 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place and hath given us this

land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deut. 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land

which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the Lord,

thy God, and worship before the Lord, thy God;

Deut. 26:11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord, thy

God, hath given unto thee and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and

the stranger that is among you.

Deut. 26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine

increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto

the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat

within thy gates and be filled,

Deut. 26:13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord, thy God, I have brought

away the hallowed things out of mine house and also have given them unto

the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow,

according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me; I have

not transgressed thy commandments; neither have I forgotten them.

Deut. 26:14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning; neither have I taken

away aught thereof for any unclean use nor given aught thereof for the

dead; but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord, my God, and have done

according to all that thou hast commanded me.

Deut. 26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless

thy people Israel and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest

unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deut. 26:16 This day the Lord, thy God, hath commanded thee to do these

statutes and judgments; thou shalt, therefore, keep and do them with all

thine heart and with all thy soul.

Deut. 26:17 Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to

walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his

judgments, and to hearken unto his voice;

Deut. 26:18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar

people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his

commandments,

Deut. 26:19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made--

in praise, and in name, and in honor--and that thou mayest be a holy people

unto the Lord, thy God, as he hath spoken.

Deut. Chapter 27

Instructions to write the law and build an altar after crossing the Jordan--

Blessings and cursings

Deut. 27:1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people,

saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.

Deut. 27:2 And it shall be, on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto

the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up

great stones and plaster them with plaster;

Deut. 27:3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law when

thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord,

thy God, giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord

God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

Deut. 27:4 Therefore, it shall be, when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall

set up these stones, which I command you this day, in Mount Ebal; and thou

shalt plaster them with plaster.

Deut. 27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the Lord, thy God, an

altar of stones; thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.

Deut. 27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord, thy God, of whole stones;

and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, thy God;

Deut. 27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and

rejoice before the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law

very plainly.

Deut. 27:9 And Moses and the priests, the Levites, spake unto all Israel,

saying, Take heed and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the

people of the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 27:10 Thou shalt, therefore, obey the voice of the Lord, thy God, and

do his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day.

Deut. 27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

Deut. 27:12 These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people

when ye are come over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar,

and Joseph, and Benjamin;

Deut. 27:13 And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad,

and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deut. 27:14 And the Levites shall speak and say unto all the men of Israel

with a loud voice,

Deut. 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an

abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and

putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Deut. 27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And

all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all

the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way.

And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,

fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he

uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father

or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly. And all the

people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person.

And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. 27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law, to

do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deut. Chapter 28

Blessings for obedience--Curses for disobedience

Deut. 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto

the voice of the Lord, thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments

which I command thee this day, that the Lord, thy God, will set thee on high

above all nations of the earth;

Deut. 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee if

thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the

field.

Deut. 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy

ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of

thy sheep.

Deut. 28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

Deut. 28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt

thou be when thou goest out.

Deut. 28:7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to

be smitten before thy face; they shall come out against thee one way and

flee before thee seven ways.

Deut. 28:8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy

storehouses and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless

thee in the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee.

Deut. 28:9 The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto himself, as he

hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord, thy

God, and walk in his ways.

Deut. 28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the

name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

Deut. 28:11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods: in the fruit of

thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground in the

land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

Deut. 28:12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to

give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine

hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

Deut. 28:13 And the Lord shall make thee the head and not the tail; and

thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath if that thou hearken

unto the commandments of the Lord, thy God, which I command thee this

day, to observe and to do them;

Deut. 28:14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I

command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other

gods, to serve them.

Deut. 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the

voice of the Lord, thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his

statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come

upon thee and overtake thee;

Deut. 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the

field.

Deut. 28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

Deut. 28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land,

the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Deut. 28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt

thou be when thou goest out.

Deut. 28:20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke in

all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do until thou be destroyed and

until thou perish quickly because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby

thou hast forsaken me.

Deut. 28:21 The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee until he

have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deut. 28:22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a

fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the

sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until

thou perish.

Deut. 28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the

earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Deut. 28:24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust;

from heaven shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed.

Deut. 28:25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies;

thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them,

and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deut. 28:26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air and unto

the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

Deut. 28:27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the

emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch whereof thou canst not be

healed.

Deut. 28:28 The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and

astonishment of heart;

Deut. 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday as the blind gropeth in

darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only

oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

Deut. 28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her;

thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a

vineyard and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

Deut. 28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat

thereof; thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face and

shall not be restored to thee; thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies,

and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

Deut. 28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people,

and thine eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all the day long;

and there shall be no might in thine hand.

Deut. 28:33 The fruit of thy land and all thy labors shall a nation, which

thou knowest not, eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed

always,

Deut. 28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou

shalt see.

Deut. 28:35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees and in the legs with a

sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of

thy head.

Deut. 28:36 The Lord shall bring thee and thy king, which thou shalt set

over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and

there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

Deut. 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a

byword among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

Deut. 28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field and shalt gather

but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

Deut. 28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but shalt neither

drink of the wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

Deut. 28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou

shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

Deut. 28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy

them; for they shall go into captivity.

Deut. 28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

Deut. 28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very

high; and thou shalt come down very low.

Deut. 28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall

be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Deut. 28:45 Moreover, all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall

pursue thee, and overtake thee till thou be destroyed because thou

hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord, thy God, to keep his

commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee.

Deut. 28:46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder and

upon thy seed forever,

Deut. 28:47 Because thou servedst not the Lord, thy God, with joyfulness

and with gladness of heart for the abundance of all things;

Deut. 28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies, which the Lord shall

send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of

all things; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck until he have

destroyed thee.

Deut. 28:49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the

end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou

shalt not understand,

Deut. 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the

person of the old nor show favor to the young;

Deut. 28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle and the fruit of thy land

until thou be destroyed--which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or

oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep until he have

destroyed thee.

Deut. 28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates until thy high and

fenced walls come down wherein thou trustedst throughout all thy land; and

he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land which the Lord,

thy God, hath given thee.

Deut. 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy

sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord, thy God, hath given thee, in the

siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee,

Deut. 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you and very delicate, his

eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and

toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave,

Deut. 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his

children whom he shall eat because he hath nothing left him in the siege

and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy

gates.

Deut. 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not

adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and

tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and

toward her son, and toward her daughter,

Deut. 28:57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her

feet, and toward her children which she shall bear; for she shall eat them for

want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine

enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

Deut. 28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are

written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name,

THE LORD, THY GOD,

Deut. 28:59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful and the

plagues of thy seed, even great plagues and of long continuance, and sore

sicknesses and of long continuance.

Deut. 28:60 Moreover, he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt,

which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

Deut. 28:61 Also every sickness and every plague which is not written in

the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee until thou be

destroyed.

Deut. 28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the

stars of heaven for multitude, because thou wouldest not obey the voice of

the Lord, thy God.

Deut. 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 naught; and ye shall be plucked from off the

land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deut. 28:64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one

end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods,

which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

Deut. 28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease; neither shall

the sole of thy foot have rest; but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling

heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind;

Deut. 28:66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear

day and night and shalt have none assurance of thy life.

Deut. 28:67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! And at

even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart

wherewith thou shalt fear and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt

see.

Deut. 28:68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by

the way whereof I spake unto thee: Thou shalt see it no more again; and

there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and

no man shall buy you.

Deut. Chapter 29

God commands Moses to declare covenant with Israelites--Consequences of

forsaking the covenant

Deut. 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.

Deut. 29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel and said unto them, Ye have

seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto

Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land:

Deut. 29:3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and

those great miracles.

Deut. 29:4 Yet the Lord hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to

see, and ears to hear unto this day.

Deut. 29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes

are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Deut. 29:6 Ye have not eaten bread; neither have ye drunk wine or strong

drink, that ye might know that I am the Lord, your God.

Deut. 29:7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon, the king of Heshbon,

and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle; and we smote

them;

Deut. 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.

Deut. 29:9 Keep, therefore, the words of this covenant and do them, that ye

may prosper in all that ye do.

Deut. 29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord, your God; your

captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of

Israel,

Deut. 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy

camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water,

Deut. 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord, thy

God, and into his oath, which the Lord, thy God, maketh with thee this day,

Deut. 29:13 That he may establish thee today for a people unto himself and

that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee and as he hath

sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Deut. 29:14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,

Deut. 29:15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the

Lord, our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day,

Deut. 29:16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt and how

we came through the nations which ye passed by;

Deut. 29:17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood

and stone, silver and gold, which were among them),

Deut. 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or

tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord, our God, to go and

serve the gods of these nations, lest there should be among you a root that

beareth gall and wormwood;

Deut. 29:19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse,

that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk

in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst;

Deut. 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.

Deut. 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,

Deut. 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

hath laid upon it,

Deut. 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and

burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like

the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which the

Lord overthrew in his anger and in his wrath--

Deut. 29:24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus

unto this land? What meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Deut. 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;

Deut. 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;

Deut. 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;

Deut. 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.

Deut. 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.

Deut. Chapter 30

Israelites to be gathered and sanctified--Obedience commanded--Life and

death, blessing and cursing set before them

Deut. 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon

thee, the blessing and the curse which I have set before thee, and thou shalt

call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord, thy God, hath

driven thee,

Deut. 30:2 And shalt return unto the Lord, thy God, and shalt obey his

voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children,

with all thine heart and with all thy soul,

Deut. 30:3 That then the Lord, thy God, will turn thy captivity, and have

compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations,

whither the Lord, thy God, hath scattered thee.

Deut. 30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven,

from thence will the Lord, thy God, gather thee and from thence will he

fetch thee;

Deut. 30:5 And the Lord, thy God, will bring thee into the land which thy

fathers possessed; and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good and

multiply thee above thy fathers.

Deut. 30:6 And the Lord, thy God, will circumcise thine heart and the heart

of thy seed, to love the Lord, thy God, with all thine heart and with all thy

soul, that thou mayest live.

Deut. 30:7 And the Lord, thy God, will put all these curses upon thine

enemies and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

Deut. 30:8 And thou shalt return, and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all

his commandments which I command thee this day.

Deut. 30:9 And the Lord, thy God, will make thee plenteous in every work

of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in

the fruit of thy land, for good; for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for

good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers,

Deut. 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord, thy God, to

keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of

the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord, thy God, with all thine heart and

with all thy soul.

Deut. 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is

not hidden from thee; neither is it far off.

Deut. 30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for

us to heaven and bring it unto us, that we may hear it and do it?

Deut. 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall

go over the sea for us and bring it unto us, that we may hear it and do it?

Deut. 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy

heart, that thou mayest do it.

Deut. 30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death

and evil,

Deut. 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the Lord, thy God, to

walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his

judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply; and the Lord, thy God, shall

bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deut. 30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt

be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them,

Deut. 30:18 I denounce unto you this day that ye shall surely perish and

that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over

Jordan to go to possess it.

Deut. 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I

have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore, choose

life, that both thou and thy seed may live,

Deut. 30:20 That thou mayest love the Lord, thy God, and that thou mayest

obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him; for he is thy life and

the length of thy days--that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord

sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Deut. Chapter 31

Moses exhorts Joshua and encourages the people--Moses delivers the book

of the law and gives warning to the Levites

Deut. 31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.

Deut. 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 hath said unto me,

Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Deut. 31:3 The Lord, thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will

destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them; and

Joshua, he shall go over before thee as the Lord hath said.

Deut. 31:4 And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og,

kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them whom he destroyed.

Deut. 31:5 And the Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may

do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have

commanded you.

Deut. 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage; fear not nor be afraid of them;

for the Lord, thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee

nor forsake thee.

Deut. 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 thou must go with this

people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give

them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

Deut. 31:8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with

thee; he will not fail thee neither forsake thee; fear not; neither be

dismayed.

Deut. 31:9 And Moses wrote this law and delivered it unto the priests, the

sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all

the elders of Israel.

Deut. 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,

Deut. 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord, thy God, in

the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in

their hearing.

Deut. 31:12 Gather the people together--men, and women, and children,

and thy stranger that is within thy gates--that they may hear, and that they

may learn, and fear the Lord, your God, and observe to do all the words of

this law,

Deut. 31:13 And that their children, which have not known anything, may

hear and learn to fear the Lord, your God, as long as ye live in the land

whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Deut. 31:14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that

thou must die; call Joshua and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the

congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went

and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 31:16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with

thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of

the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will

forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Deut. 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?

Deut. 31:18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils

which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Deut. 31:19 Now, therefore, write ye this song for you and teach it the

children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for

me against the children of Israel.

Deut. 31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware

unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey, and they shall have

eaten and filled themselves and waxen fat, then will they turn unto other

gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

Deut. 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 seed; for I know their

imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them

into the land which I sware.

Deut. 31:22 Moses, therefore, wrote this song the same day and taught it

the children of Israel.

Deut. 31:23 And he gave Joshua, the son of Nun, a charge and said, Be

strong and of a good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into

the land which I sware unto them; and I will be with thee.

Deut. 31:24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing

the words of this law in a book until they were finished,

Deut. 31:25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the

covenant of the Lord, saying,

Deut. 31:26 Take this book of the law and put it in the side of the ark of the

covenant of the Lord, your God, that it may be there for a witness against

thee.

Deut. 31:27 For I know thy rebellion and thy stiff neck; behold, while I am

yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord. And

how much more after my death?

Deut. 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 to

record against them.

Deut. 31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt

yourselves and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and

evil will befall you in the latter days because ye will do evil in the sight of

the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

Deut. 31:30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel

the words of this song until they were ended.

Deut. Chapter 32

Moses' song--God sends Moses unto Mount Nebo to see the land and die

Deut. 32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the

words of my mouth.

Deut. 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain; my speech shall distill as the

dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the

grass,

Deut. 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord; ascribe ye

greatness unto our God.

Deut. 32:4 He is the Rock; his work is perfect; for all his ways are

judgment; a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Deut. 32:5 They have corrupted themselves; their spot is not the spot of his

children; they are a perverse and crooked generation.

Deut. 32:6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is

not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and

established thee?

Deut. 32:7 Remember the days of old; consider the years of many

generations; ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will

tell thee.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 32:9 For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his

inheritance.

Deut. 32:10 He found him in a desert land and in the waste howling

wilderness; he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of

his eye.

Deut. 32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,

spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings,

Deut. 32:12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god

with him.

Deut. 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--

Deut. 32:14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams

of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and

thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

Deut. 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked; thou art waxen fat; thou

art grown thick; thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which

made him and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Deut. 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods; with

abominations provoked they him to anger.

Deut. 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God--to gods whom they

knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

Deut. 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful and hast

forgotten God that formed thee.

Deut. 32:19 And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them because of the

provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

Deut. 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 froward generation, children in whom

is no faith.

Deut. 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 which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger

with a foolish nation.

Deut. 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the

lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire

the foundations of the mountains.

Deut. 32:23 I will heap mischief upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon

them.

Deut. 32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger and devoured with burning

heat and with bitter destruction; I will also send the teeth of beasts upon

them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

Deut. 32:25 The sword without and terror within shall destroy both the

young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

Deut. 32:26 I said I would scatter them into corners; I would make the

remembrance of them to cease from among men;

Deut. 32:27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their

adversaries should behave themselves strangely and lest they should say,

Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

Deut. 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel; neither is there any

understanding in them.

Deut. 32:29 Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they

would consider their latter end!

Deut. 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 shut them up?

Deut. 32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves

being judges.

Deut. 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;

Deut. 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons and the cruel venom of

asps.

Deut. 32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me and sealed up among my

treasures?

Deut. 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall

slide in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that

shall come upon them make haste.

Deut. 32:36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his

servants when he seeth that their power is gone and there is none shut up or

left.

Deut. 32:37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom

they trusted,

Deut. 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of

their drink offerings? Let them rise up, and help you, and be your

protection.

Deut. 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he; and there is no god with me; I

kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; neither is there any that can

deliver out of my hand.

Deut. 32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven and say, I live forever.

Deut. 32:41 If I whet my glittering sword and mine hand take hold on

judgment, I will render vengeance to mine enemies and will reward them

that hate me.

Deut. 32:42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood; and my sword shall

devour flesh, and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from

the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

Deut. 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people; for he will avenge the

blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will

be merciful unto his land and to his people.

Deut. 32:44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the

ears of the people, he and Hoshea, the son of Nun.

Deut. 32:45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all

Israel;

Deut. 32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words

which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children

to observe to do, all the words of this law.

Deut. 32:47 For it is not a vain thing for you because it is your life; and

through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over

Jordan to possess it.

Deut. 32:48 And the Lord spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,

Deut. 32:49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto Mount Nebo,

which is in the land of Moab that is over against Jericho, and behold the

land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession,

Deut. 32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered

unto thy people, as Aaron, thy brother, died in Mount Hor and was gathered

unto his people,

Deut. 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel

at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin--because ye

sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

Deut. 32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go

thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.

Deut. Chapter 33

Love and power of God--Moses blesses each tribe

Deut. 33:1 And this is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God,

blessed the children of Israel before his death.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand; and they

sat down at thy feet; everyone shall receive of thy words.

Deut. 33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the

congregation of Jacob.

Deut. 33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people and

the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

Deut. 33:6 Let Reuben live and not die; and let not his men be few.

Deut. 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 thou a help to him from his enemies.

Deut. 33:8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with

thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst

strive at the waters of Meribah,

Deut. 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 thy word and kept thy covenant.

Deut. 33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments and Israel thy law; they

shall put incense before thee and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

Deut. 33:11 Bless, Lord, his substance and accept the work of his hands;

smite through the loins of them that rise against him and of them that hate

him, that they rise not again.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the

precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth

beneath,

Deut. 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the

precious things put forth by the moon,

Deut. 33:15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the

precious things of the lasting hills,

Deut. 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth and fullness thereof,

and for the goodwill 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.

Deut. 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are

like the horns of unicorns; with them he shall push the people together to

the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they

are the thousands of Manasseh.

Deut. 33:18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out,

and Issachar, in thy tents.

Deut. 33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall

offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck of the abundance of the

seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

Deut. 33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad; he

dwelleth as a lion and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

Deut. 33:21 And he provided the first part for himself because there, in a

portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the

people; he executed the justice of the Lord and his judgments with Israel.

Deut. 33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp; he shall leap from

Bashan.

Deut. 33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor and

full with the blessing of the Lord, possess thou the west and the south.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy

strength be.

Deut. 33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon

the heaven in thy help and in his excellency on the sky.

Deut. 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the

everlasting arms; and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee and

shall say, Destroy them.

Deut. 33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone; the fountain of Jacob

shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down

dew.

Deut. 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel; who is like unto thee, O people saved

by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency!

And thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon

their high places.

Deut. Chapter 34

Moses is shown the promised land--He dies at age one hundred twenty--

Joshua succeeds Moses

Deut. 34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain

of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah that is over against Jericho; and the Lord

showed him all the land of Gilead unto Dan,

Deut. 34:2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and

all the land of Judah unto the utmost sea,

Deut. 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of

palm trees, unto Zoar.

Deut. 34:4 And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto

Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed; I

have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

Deut. 34:5 So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of

Moab according to the word of the Lord.

Deut. 34:6 For the Lord took him unto his fathers in a valley in the land of

Moab, over against Beth-peor; therefore, no man knoweth of his sepulcher

unto this day.

Deut. 34:7 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died;

his eye was not dim nor his natural force abated.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 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.

Deut. 34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses,

whom the Lord knew face to face,

Deut. 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,

Deut. 34:12 And in all that mighty hand and in all the great terror which

Moses showed in the sight of all Israel.

Joshua

Josh. Chapter 1

Joshua succeeds Moses--God commands Joshua to lead Israel over Jordan

Josh. 1:1 Now after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, it came to

pass that the Lord spake unto Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' minister,

saying,

Josh. 1:2 Moses, my servant, is dead; now, therefore, arise; go over this

Jordan, thou and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even

to the children of Israel.

Josh. 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I

given unto you as I said unto Moses.

Josh. 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 coast.

Josh. 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days

of thy life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee

nor forsake thee.

Josh. 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage; for unto this people shalt thou

divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give

them.

Josh. 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest

observe to do according to all the law which Moses, my servant,

commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou

mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

Josh. 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou

shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do

according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy way

prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Josh. 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be

not afraid; neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord, thy God, is with thee

whithersoever thou goest.

Josh. 1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

Josh. 1:11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare

you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan to go in to

possess the land which the Lord, your God, giveth you to possess it.

Josh. 1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe

of Manasseh spake Joshua, saying,

Josh. 1:13 Remember the word which Moses, the servant of the Lord,

commanded you, saying, The Lord, your God, hath given you rest and hath

given you this land.

Josh. 1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the

land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before

your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them,

Josh. 1:15 Until the Lord have given your brethren rest as he hath given

you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord, your God,

giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession and enjoy

it, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you on this side Jordan toward the

sunrising.

Josh. 1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us

we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

Josh. 1:17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we

hearken unto thee; only the Lord, thy God, be with thee as he was with

Moses.

Josh. 1:18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment and

will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall

be put to death; only be strong and of a good courage.

Josh. Chapter 2

Israelite spies enter Jericho--Covenant with Rahab

Josh. 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.

Josh. 2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came

men in hither tonight of the children of Israel to search out the country.

Josh. 2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the

men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house; for they be

come to search out all the country.

Josh. 2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus,

There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were;

Josh. 2:5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it

was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went, I know not; pursue

after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords;

and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the

gate.

Josh. 2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the

roof;

Josh. 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you

the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of

the land faint because of you.

Josh. 2:10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red

Sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt, and what ye did unto the two

kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og,

whom ye utterly destroyed.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 2:12 Now, therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord--since I

have showed you kindness--that ye will also show kindness unto my

father's house and give me a true token;

Josh. 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.

Josh. 2:14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours if ye utter not this

our business. And it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that we

will deal kindly and truly with thee.

Josh. 2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her

house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

Josh. 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 ye go your way.

Josh. 2:17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine

oath which thou hast made us swear.

Josh. 2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of

scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by; and thou shalt

bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's

household home unto thee.

Josh. 2:19 And it shall be that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy

house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be

guiltless; and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be

on our head if any hand be upon him.

Josh. 2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine

oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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;

Josh. 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into

our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint

because of us.

Josh. Chapter 3

The Lord prepares the people to cross Jordan--Israelites pass over Jordan

on dry ground

Josh. 3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from

Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged

there before they passed over.

Josh. 3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went

through the host;

Josh. 3:3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of

the covenant of the Lord, your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it,

then ye shall remove from your place and go after it.

Josh. 3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand

cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by

which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

Josh. 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for

tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.

Josh. 3:6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the

covenant and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the

covenant and went before the people.

Josh. 3:7 And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify

thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses,

so I will be with thee.

Josh. 3:8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the

covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye

shall stand still in Jordan.

Josh. 3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither and hear

the words of the Lord, your God.

Josh. 3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is

among you and that he will without fail drive out from before you the

Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the

Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

Josh. 3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth

passeth over before you into Jordan.

Josh. 3:12 Now, therefore, take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel,

out of every tribe a man.

Josh. 3:13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the

priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in

the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the

waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon a heap.

Josh. 3:14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents

to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before

the people,

Josh. 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the

feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water (for

Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest),

Josh. 3:16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up

upon a heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan; and those

that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed and

were cut off; and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Josh. 3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord

stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan; and all the Israelites passed

over on dry ground until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

Josh. Chapter 4

Twelve stones placed for a memorial

Josh. 4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over

Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

Josh. 4:2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

Josh. 4:3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst

of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones;

and ye shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place

where ye shall lodge this night.

Josh. 4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the

children of Israel, out of every tribe a man;

Josh. 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,

Josh. 4:6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask

their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Josh. 4:7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off

before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the

waters of Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto

the children of Israel forever.

Josh. 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 spake unto Joshua,

according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried

them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down

there.

Josh. 4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the

place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood;

and they are there unto this day.

Josh. 4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan

until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak

unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the

people hasted and passed over.

Josh. 4:11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over,

that the ark of the Lord passed over and the priests in the presence of the

people.

Josh. 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 spake unto them;

Josh. 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the

Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 4:15 And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying,

Josh. 4:16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they

come up out of Jordan.

Josh. 4:17 Joshua, therefore, commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up

out of Jordan.

Josh. 4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the

covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles

of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan

returned unto their place and flowed over all his banks as they did before.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did

Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

Josh. 4:21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your

children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these

stones?

Josh. 4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over

this Jordan on dry land.

Josh. 4:23 For the Lord, your God, dried up the waters of Jordan from

before you until ye were passed over, as the Lord, your God, did to the Red

Sea, which he dried up from before us until we were gone over,

Josh. 4:24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord,

that it is mighty--that ye might fear the Lord, your God, forever.

Josh. Chapter 5

Canaanites fear Israel--Circumcision renewed--Passover observed--Manna

ceases--An angel appears to Joshua

Josh. 5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which

were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites,

which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of

Jordan from before the children of Israel until we were passed over, that

their heart melted; neither was there spirit in them any more because of the

children of Israel.

Josh. 5:2 At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives,

and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

Josh. 5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives and circumcised the children

of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Josh. 5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people

that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the

wilderness by the way after they came out of Egypt.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness till

all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were

consumed because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord--unto whom the

Lord sware that he would not show them the land which the Lord sware

unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and

honey.

Josh. 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 by the way.

Josh. 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 whole.

Josh. 5:9 And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the

reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called

Gilgal unto this day.

Josh. 5:10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal and kept the

passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

Josh. 5:11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after

the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

Josh. 5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the

old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but

they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Josh. 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 over against him

with his sword drawn in his hand; and Joshua went unto him and said unto

him, Art thou for us or for our adversaries?

Josh. 5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I

now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and

said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

Josh. 5:15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy

shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And

Joshua did so.

Josh. Chapter 6

Jericho is surrounded--Israel obeys God, and walls of Jericho fall--Rahab

and family saved

Josh. 6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel;

none went out, and none came in.

Josh. 6:2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See; I have given into thine hand

Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.

Josh. 6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round

about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

Josh. 6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of

rams' horns; and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and

the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

Josh. 6:5 And it shall come to pass that when they make a long blast with

the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people

shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat,

and the people shall ascend up, every man straight before him.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 6:7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and

let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the

trumpets, and the rearward came after the ark, the priests going on and

blowing with the trumpets.

Josh. 6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not

shout nor make any noise with your voice; neither shall any word proceed

out of your mouth until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

Josh. 6:11 So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once;

and they came into the camp and lodged in the camp.

Josh. 6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up

the ark of the Lord.

Josh. 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 rearward came after the ark of the

Lord, the priests going on and blowing with the trumpets.

Josh. 6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once and returned

into the camp. So they did six days.

Josh. 6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early about

the dawning of the day and compassed the city after the same manner seven

times; only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

Josh. 6:16 And it came to pass the seventh time, when the priests blew with

the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given

you the city.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 6:18 And ye, in any wise, keep yourselves from the accursed thing,

lest ye make yourselves accursed when ye take of the accursed thing, and

make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

Josh. 6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron are

consecrated unto the Lord; they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and

woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass with the edge of the

sword.

Josh. 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 thence the woman and all

that she hath as ye sware unto her.

Josh. 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 without the camp of

Israel.

Josh. 6:24 And they burnt the city with fire and all that was therein; only

the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron they put into the

treasury of the house of the Lord.

Josh. 6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab, the harlot, alive, and her father's

household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this

day because she hid the messengers which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Josh. 6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the

man before the Lord that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho; he shall

lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he

set up the gates of it.

Josh. 6:27 So the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was noised

throughout all the country.

Josh. Chapter 7

Israelites smitten due to their sins--Joshua despairs--God instructs Joshua--

Achan destroyed for bringing a curse on Israelites

Josh. 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.

Josh. 7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-

aven on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and

view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.

Josh. 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 smite Ai;

and make not all the people to labor thither, for they are but few.

Josh. 7:4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men;

and they fled before the men of Ai.

Josh. 7:5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; for

they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim and smote them

in the going down; wherefore, the hearts of the people melted and became

as water.

Josh. 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face

before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and

put dust upon their heads.

Josh. 7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all

brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites,

to destroy us? Would to God we had been content and dwelt on the other

side Jordan!

Josh. 7:8 O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turneth their backs before

their enemies!

Josh. 7:9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of

it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth. And

what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

Josh. 7:10 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up. Wherefore liest

thou thus upon thy face?

Josh. 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant

which I commanded them; for they have even taken of the accursed thing,

and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among

their own stuff.

Josh. 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, except ye destroy the

accursed from among you.

Josh. 7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against

tomorrow; for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing

in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies

until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

Josh. 7:14 In the morning, therefore, ye shall be brought according to your

tribes; and it shall be that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come

according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take

shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take

shall come man by man.

Josh. 7:15 And it shall be that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall

be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath because he hath transgressed the

covenant of the Lord and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

Josh. 7:16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel by

their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;

Josh. 7:17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of

the Zarhites; and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and

Zabdi was taken;

Josh. 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.

Josh. 7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to

the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him, and tell me now

what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

Josh. 7:20 And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed, I have sinned

against the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

Josh. 7:21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and

two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight,

then I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in

the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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 asses, and his sheep, and his tent,

and all that he had; and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.

Josh. 7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? The Lord shall

trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones and burned them

with fire after they had stoned them with stones.

Josh. 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. Wherefore, the name of

that place was called the valley of Achor unto this day.

Josh. Chapter 8

God directs ambush and desolation of Ai--Altar is built, and sacrifices

made--Law written on altar stones

Josh. 8:1 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not; neither be thou

dismayed; take all the people of war with thee and arise; go up to Ai; see, I

have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his

land;

Josh. 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho

and her king; only the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof shall ye take for a

prey unto yourselves; lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait

against the city, even behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye

all ready;

Josh. 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,

Josh. 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.

Josh. 8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush and seize upon the city; for

the Lord, your God, will deliver it into your hand.

Josh. 8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the

city on fire; according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I

have commanded you.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 8:11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him,

went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north

side of Ai; now there was a valley between them and Ai.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 8:13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on

the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua

went that night into the midst of the valley.

Josh. 8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted

and rose up early; and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle,

he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not

that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

Josh. 8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before

them and fled by the way of the wilderness.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 8:18 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in

thy hand toward Ai, for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched

out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

Josh. 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 hasted, and set the city on fire.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 8:22 And the other issued out of the city against them, so they were in

the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side; and they smote

them so that they let none of them remain or escape.

Josh. 8:23 And the king of Ai they took alive and brought him to Joshua.

Josh. 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 wherein they chased

them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword until they

were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai and smote it with the

edge of the sword.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 8:26 For Joshua drew not his hand back wherewith he stretched out

the spear until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai and made it a heap forever, even a

desolation unto this day.

Josh. 8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide; and as

soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his

carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city,

and raise thereon a great heap of stones that remaineth unto this day.

Josh. 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in Mount

Ebal--

Josh. 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 hath lifted up any iron--and they offered thereon

burnt offerings unto the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 8:33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges

stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests, the Levites,

which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger as he

that was born among them; half of them over against Mount Gerizim and

half of them over against Mount Ebal as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had

commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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 conversant among them.

Josh. Chapter 9

Gibeonites deceive Israel and are condemned to perpetual bondage

Josh. 9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side

Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea

over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the

Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard thereof,

Josh. 9:2 That they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and

with Israel with one accord.

Josh. 9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done

unto Jericho and to Ai,

Josh. 9:4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been

ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses and wine bottles, old, and

rent, and bound up,

Josh. 9:5 And old shoes, and clouted upon their feet, and old garments

upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.

Josh. 9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal and said unto

him and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country; now,

therefore, make ye a league with us.

Josh. 9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye

dwell among us. And how shall we make a league with you?

Josh. 9:8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said

unto them, Who are ye? And from whence come ye?

Josh. 9:9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are

come because of the name of the Lord, thy God; for we have heard the fame

of him and all that he did in Egypt,

Josh. 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,

which was at Ashtaroth.

Josh. 9:11 Wherefore, our elders and all the inhabitants of our country

spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet

them, and say unto them, We are your servants; therefore, now make ye a

league with us.

Josh. 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;

Josh. 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and

behold, they be rent; and these our garments and our shoes are become old

by reason of the very long journey.

Josh. 9:14 And the men took of their victuals and asked not counsel at the

mouth of the Lord.

Josh. 9:15 And Joshua made peace with them and made a league with

them, to let them live; and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

Josh. 9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made

a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors and that

they dwelt among them.

Josh. 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 Kirjath-jearim.

Josh. 9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not because the princes of

the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all

the congregation murmured against the princes.

Josh. 9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have

sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel; now, therefore, we may not

touch them.

Josh. 9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath

be upon us because of the oath which we sware unto them.

Josh. 9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be

hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation as the

princes had promised them.

Josh. 9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying,

Wherefore have ye beguiled us--saying, We are very far from you--when ye

dwell among us?

Josh. 9:23 Now, therefore, ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be

freed from being bondmen and hewers of wood and drawers of water for

the house of my God.

Josh. 9:24 And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly

told thy servants how that the Lord, thy God, commanded his servant

Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land

from before you; therefore, we were sore afraid of our lives because of you

and have done this thing.

Josh. 9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand; as it seemeth good and

right unto thee to do unto us, do.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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.

Josh. Chapter 10

Five Amorite kings attack Gibeon--Joshua defends Gibeon--God sends

hailstones to destroy the kings' forces--Sun and moon stand still

Josh. 10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek, 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,

Josh. 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.

Josh. 10:3 Wherefore, Adoni-zedek, 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,

Josh. 10:4 Come up unto me and help me, that we may smite Gibeon; for it

hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

Josh. 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 hosts,

and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

Josh. 10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua, to the camp to Gilgal,

saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and

save us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the

mountains are gathered together against us.

Josh. 10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war

with him, and all the mighty men of valor.

Josh. 10:8 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not; for I have

delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before

thee.

Josh. 10:9 Joshua, therefore, came unto them suddenly and went up from

Gilgal all night.

Josh. 10:10 And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them

with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth

up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah and unto Makkedah.

Josh. 10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel and were in

the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from

heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more which died

with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

Josh. 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord

delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the

sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the

valley of Ajalon.

Josh. 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 hasted not to go

down about a whole day.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 10:15 And Joshua returned and all Israel with him unto the camp to

Gilgal.

Josh. 10:16 But these five kings fled and hid themselves in a cave at

Makkedah.

Josh. 10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in

a cave at Makkedah.

Josh. 10:18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave,

and set men by it for to keep them,

Josh. 10:19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the

hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities; for the Lord,

your God, hath delivered them into your hand.

Josh. 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

consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave and bring out

those five kings unto me out of the cave.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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 which went with him, Come near; put your feet

upon the necks of these kings. And they came near and put their feet upon

the necks of them.

Josh. 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 ye fight.

Josh. 10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged

them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

Josh. 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 wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the

cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

Josh. 10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah and smote it with the edge

of the sword; and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them and all the

souls that were therein; he let none remain; and he did to the king of

Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

Josh. 10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him,

unto Libnah and fought against Libnah;

Josh. 10:30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the

hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls

that were therein; he let none remain in it but did unto the king thereof as he

did unto the king of Jericho.

Josh. 10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto

Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it;

Josh. 10:32 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.

Josh. 10:33 Then Horam, king of Gezer, came up to help Lachish; and

Joshua smote him and his people until he had left him none remaining.

Josh. 10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel

with him; and they encamped against it and fought against it;

Josh. 10:35 And they took it on that day and smote it with the edge of the

sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day,

according to all that he had done to Lachish.

Josh. 10:36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto

Hebron; and they fought against it;

Josh. 10:37 And they took it and smote it with the edge of the sword, and

the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were

therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon,

but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

Josh. 10:38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir and

fought against it;

Josh. 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof;

and they smote them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all

the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; as he had done to

Hebron, so he did to Debir and to the king thereof, as he had done also to

Libnah and to her king.

Josh. 10:40 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.

Josh. 10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea, even unto Gaza,

and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

Josh. 10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time

because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

Josh. 10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to

Gilgal.

Josh. Chapter 11

Other kings defeated--Joshua takes the whole land

Josh. 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,

Josh. 11:2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of

the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor

on the west,

Josh. 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 Mizpeh.

Josh. 11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much

people, even as the sand that is upon the seashore in multitude, with horses

and chariots very many.

Josh. 11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and

pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

Josh. 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;

thou shalt hough their horses and burn their chariots with fire.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 11:8 And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote

them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and

unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them until they left

them none remaining.

Josh. 11:9 And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him; he houghed

their horses and burnt their chariots with fire.

Josh. 11:10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and

smote the king thereof with the sword; for Hazor beforetime was the head

of all those kingdoms.

Josh. 11:11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of

the sword, utterly destroying them; there was not any left to breathe; and he

burnt Hazor with fire.

Josh. 11:12 And all the cities of those kings and all the kings of them did

Joshua take and smote them with the edge of the sword; and he utterly

destroyed them as Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded.

Josh. 11:13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel

burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

Josh. 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 smote with the

edge of the sword until they had destroyed them; neither left they any to

breathe.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 11:16 So Joshua took all that land--the hills, and all the south country,

and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain

of Israel, and the valley of the same,

Josh. 11:17 Even from the Mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto

Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon--and all their kings

he took, and smote them, and slew them.

Josh. 11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

Josh. 11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of

Israel, save the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon; all other they took in

battle.

Josh. 11:20 For it was of the Lord to destroy them utterly because they

hardened their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that

they might have no favor, that they might destroy them in battle as the Lord

commanded Moses.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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 there remained.

Josh. 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.

Josh. Chapter 12

The kings and lands overcome by the Israelites

Josh. 12:1 Now these are the kings of the land which the children of Israel

smote and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of

the sun, from the river Arnon unto Mount Hermon and all the plain on the

east:

Josh. 12:2 Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon and ruled

from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle

of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the

border of the children of Ammon;

Josh. 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 Beth-jeshimoth;

and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah;

Josh. 12:4 And the coast of Og, king of Bashan, which was of the remnant

of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

Josh. 12:5 And reigned in Mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan

unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the

border of Sihon, king of Heshbon.

Josh. 12:6 Them did Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the children of

Israel smite; and Moses, the servant, of the Lord gave it for a possession

unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Josh. 12:7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the

children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in

the valley of Lebanon even unto the Mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir,

which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to

their divisions--

Josh. 12:8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the

springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the

Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

Josh. 12:9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel,

one;

Josh. 12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

Josh. 12:11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

Josh. 12:12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

Josh. 12:13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

Josh. 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Josh. 12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

Josh. 12:16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

Josh. 12:17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

Josh. 12:18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

Josh. 12:19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

Josh. 12:20 The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

Josh. 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

Josh. 12:22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

Josh. 12:23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the

nations of Gilgal, one;

Josh. 12:24 The king of Tirzah, one--all the kings, thirty and one.

Josh. Chapter 13

Boundaries of the lands not yet conquered--Inheritances of the tribes

Josh. 13:1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said

unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very

much land to be possessed.

Josh. 13:2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the

Philistines, and all Geshuri,

Josh. 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of

Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanites; five lords of the

Philistines, the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the

Gitites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites;

Josh. 13:4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah, that

is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites;

Josh. 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon toward the

sunrising, from Baal-gad under Mount Hermon unto the entering into

Hamath.

Josh. 13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto

Misrephoth-maim and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out before the

children of Israel; only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an

inheritance as I have commanded thee.

Josh. 13:7 Now, therefore, divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine

tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh,

Josh. 13:8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their

inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond Jordan eastward, even as

Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave them--

Josh. 13:9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the

city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;

Josh. 13:10 And all the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites, which reigned

in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

Josh. 13:11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites,

and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

Josh. 13:12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth

and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants; for these did

Moses smite and cast them out.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 13:14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the

sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance as he

said unto them.

Josh. 13:15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben

inheritance according to their families:

Josh. 13:16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river

Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by

Medeba;

Josh. 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and

Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

Josh. 13:18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

Josh. 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount

of the valley,

Josh. 13:20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,

Josh. 13:21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon,

king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with

the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which

were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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 after

their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

Josh. 13:24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto

the children of Gad according to their families:

Josh. 13:25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half

the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

Josh. 13:26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim; and

from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

Josh. 13:27 And in the valley, Betharam, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth,

and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, Jordan and

his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side

Jordan eastward.

Josh. 13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their

families, the cities, and their villages.

Josh. 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 by

their families:

Josh. 13:30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the

kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in

Bashan--threescore cities;

Josh. 13:31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the

kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir, the

son of Manasseh, even to the one-half of the children of Machir by their

families.

Josh. 13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for

inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan by Jericho

eastward.

Josh. 13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance; the

Lord God of Israel was their inheritance as he said unto them.

Josh. Chapter 14

Tribes to receive their inheritance by lot--Caleb is given Hebron

Josh. 14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited

in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun,

and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed

for inheritance to them.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half

tribe on the other side Jordan; but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance

among them.

Josh. 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and

Ephraim; therefore, they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save

cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

Josh. 14:5 As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did,

and they divided the land.

Josh. 14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal; and

Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, the Kenezite, said unto him, Thou knowest the

thing that the Lord said unto Moses, the man of God, concerning me and

thee in Kadesh-barnea.

Josh. 14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses, the servant of the Lord, sent

me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again

as it was in mine heart.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon

thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance and thy children's forever

because thou hast wholly followed the Lord, my God.

Josh. 14:10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these

forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses while

the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day

fourscore and five years old.

Josh. 14:11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses

sent me; as my strength was then, even so is my strength now for war, both

to go out and to come in.

Josh. 14:12 Now, therefore, give me this mountain whereof the Lord spake

in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there and

that the cities were great and fenced; if so be the Lord will be with me, then

I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said.

Josh. 14:13 And Joshua blessed him and gave unto Caleb, the son of

Jephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance.

Josh. 14:14 Hebron, therefore, became the inheritance of Caleb, the son of

Jephunneh, the Kenezite, unto this day because that he wholly followed the

Lord God of Israel.

Josh. 14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba, which Arba

was a great man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

Josh. Chapter 15

Borders of Judah--Caleb's portion--Cities of Judah

Josh. 15:1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by

their families; even to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin southward

was the uttermost part of the south coast.

Josh. 15:2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea from

the bay that looketh southward;

Josh. 15:3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and

passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea,

and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to

Karkaa;

Josh. 15:4 From thence it passed toward Azmon and went out unto the

river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea; this shall be

your south coast.

Josh. 15:5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of

Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at

the uttermost part of Jordan;

Josh. 15:6 And the border went up to Bethhogla and passed along by the

north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan, the son

of Reuben;

Josh. 15:7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor

and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to

Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed

toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-

rogel;

Josh. 15:8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto

the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem; and the border went up

to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward,

which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward;

Josh. 15:9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the

fountain of the water of Nephtoah and went out to the cities of Mount

Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim;

Josh. 15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto Mount

Seir, and passed along unto the side of Mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on

the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah;

Josh. 15:11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and

the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and

went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

Josh. 15:12 And the west border was to the great sea and the coast thereof.

This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their

families.

Josh. 15:13 And unto Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among

the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to

Joshua, even the city of Arba, the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

Josh. 15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and

Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Josh. 15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir; and the

name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

Josh. 15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher and taketh it, to

him will I give Achsah, my daughter, to wife.

Josh. 15:17 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it;

and he gave him Achsah, his daughter, to wife.

Josh. 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 lighted off her ass. And Caleb said unto

her, What wouldest thou?

Josh. 15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a

south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper

springs and the nether springs.

Josh. 15:20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah

according to their families.

Josh. 15:21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah

toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

Josh. 15:22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,

Josh. 15:23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,

Josh. 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

Josh. 15:25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is

Hazor,

Josh. 15:26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

Josh. 15:27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,

Josh. 15:28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,

Josh. 15:29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

Josh. 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

Josh. 15:31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

Josh. 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon. All the

cities are twenty and nine, with their villages;

Josh. 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

Josh. 15:34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

Josh. 15:35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

Josh. 15:36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim--

fourteen cities with their villages;

Josh. 15:37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,

Josh. 15:38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

Josh. 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

Josh. 15:40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,

Josh. 15:41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah--

sixteen cities with their villages;

Josh. 15:42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

Josh. 15:43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

Josh. 15:44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah--nine cities with their

villages;

Josh. 15:45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages;

Josh. 15:46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with

their villages;

Josh. 15:47 Ashdod, with her towns and her villages; Gaza, with her towns

and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border

thereof;

Josh. 15:48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

Josh. 15:49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,

Josh. 15:50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,

Josh. 15:51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh--eleven cities with their

villages;

Josh. 15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

Josh. 15:53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,

Josh. 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron and Zior--nine

cities with their villages;

Josh. 15:55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

Josh. 15:56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,

Josh. 15:57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah--ten cities with their villages;

Josh. 15:58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

Josh. 15:59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon--six cities with their

villages;

Josh. 15:60 Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah--two cities

with their villages;

Josh. 15:61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

Josh. 15:62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi--six cities with

their villages.

Josh. 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.

Josh. Chapter 16

Borders of the sons of Joseph

Josh. 16:1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho,

unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from

Jericho throughout Mount Bethel,

Josh. 16:2 And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the

borders of Archi to Ataroth,

Josh. 16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the

coast of Beth-horon, the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are

at the sea.

Josh. 16:4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their

inheritance.

Josh. 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

Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon, the upper;

Josh. 16:6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the

north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh and

passed by it on the east to Janohah;

Josh. 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and to Naarath, and

came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

Josh. 16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river

Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of

the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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

tribute.

Josh. Chapter 17

Inheritances of Manasseh and Ephraim--Some Canaanites remain

Josh. 17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the

firstborn of Joseph--to wit, for Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father

of Gilead; because he was a man of war, therefore, he had Gilead and

Bashan.

Josh. 17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by

their families: for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and

for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the

children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida; these were the male

children of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, by their families.

Josh. 17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of

Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters; and these are the

names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Josh. 17:4 And they came near before Eleazar, the priest, and before

Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord

commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren.

Therefore, according to the commandment of the Lord, he gave them an

inheritance among the brethren of their father.

Josh. 17:5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh besides the land of

Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan,

Josh. 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.

Josh. 17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that

lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the

inhabitants of En-tappuah.

Josh. 17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah; but Tappuah, on the

border of Manasseh, belonged to the children of Ephraim;

Josh. 17:9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the

river; these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh; the coast of

Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it

were at the sea;

Josh. 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's;

and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north and in

Issachar on the east.

Josh. 17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her

towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns,

and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach

and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three

countries.

Josh. 17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the

inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

Josh. 17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen

strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute but did not utterly drive them

out.

Josh. 17:14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why

hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a

great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?

Josh. 17:15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get

thee up to the wood country and cut down for thyself there in the land of the

Perizzites and of the giants if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

Josh. 17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us;

and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of

iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns and they who are of

the valley of Jezreel.

Josh. 17:17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim

and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people and hast great power; thou

shalt not have one lot only;

Josh. 17:18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt

cut it down; and the outgoings of it shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out

the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and though they be strong.

Josh. Chapter 18

Tabernacle at Shiloh--Remainder of land divided by lot--Benjamin's lot

Josh. 18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled

together at Shiloh and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there; and

the land was subdued before them.

Josh. 18:2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes

which had not yet received their inheritance.

Josh. 18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye

slack to go to possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers hath

given you?

Josh. 18:4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe, and I will

send them; and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it

according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

Josh. 18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts; Judah shall abide in

their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts

on the north.

Josh. 18:6 Ye shall, therefore, describe the land into seven parts and bring

the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the

Lord, our God.

Josh. 18:7 But the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of

the Lord is their inheritance; and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of

Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which

Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave them.

Josh. 18:8 And the men arose and went away; and Joshua charged them

that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and

describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before

the Lord in Shiloh.

Josh. 18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it

by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at

Shiloh.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up

according to their families; and the coast of their lot came forth between the

children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

Josh. 18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the

border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side and went up through

the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness

of Beth-aven.

Josh. 18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side

of Luz, which is Bethel southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-

adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.

Josh. 18:14 And the border was drawn thence and compassed the corner of

the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and

the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city

of the children of Judah; this was the west quarter.

Josh. 18:15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and

the border went out on the west and went out to the well of waters of

Nephtoah.

Josh. 18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth

before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is the valley of the giants

on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi

on the south, and descended to En-rogel,

Josh. 18:17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh,

and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of

Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben,

Josh. 18:18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah

northward, and went down unto Arabah;

Josh. 18:19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah

northward; and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt

sea at the south end of Jordan; this was the south coast.

Josh. 18:20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the

inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about,

according to their families.

Josh. 18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin

according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of

Keziz,

Josh. 18:22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

Josh. 18:23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Josh. 18:24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba--twelve cities

with their villages;

Josh. 18:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Josh. 18:26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,

Josh. 18:27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,

Josh. 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and

Kirjath--fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the

children of Benjamin according to their families.

Josh. Chapter 19

Lots of Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan, and Joshua

Josh. 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.

Josh. 19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and

Moladah,

Josh. 19:3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,

Josh. 19:4 And Eltolad, and Beth-ul, and Hormah,

Josh. 19:5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,

Josh. 19:6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen--thirteen cities and their

villages;

Josh. 19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan--four cities and their

villages;

Josh. 19:8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to

Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the

children of Simeon according to their families.

Josh. 19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of

the children of Simeon; for the part of the children of Judah was too much

for them; therefore, the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the

inheritance of them.

Josh. 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;

Josh. 19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and

reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam,

Josh. 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the

border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to

Japhia,

Josh. 19:13 And from thence passeth on along the east to Gittah-hepher, to

Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;

Josh. 19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon;

and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el;

Josh. 19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and

Bethlehem--twelve cities with their villages.

Josh. 19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to

their families, these cities with their villages.

Josh. 19:17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of

Issachar according to their families.

Josh. 19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and

Shunem,

Josh. 19:19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,

Josh. 19:20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,

Josh. 19:21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-

pazzez;

Josh. 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-

shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan--sixteen cities

with their villages.

Josh. 19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar

according to their families, the cities and their villages.

Josh. 19:24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher

according to their families.

Josh. 19:25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and

Achshaph,

Josh. 19:26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal, and reacheth to

Carmel westward and to Shihor-libnath,

Josh. 19:27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth

to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north side of

Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

Josh. 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto

great Zidon;

Josh. 19:29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah and to the strong city

Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the

sea from the coast to Achzib;

Josh. 19:30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob--twenty and two cities

with their villages.

Josh. 19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher

according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Josh. 19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the

children of Naphtali according to their families.

Josh. 19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim,

and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof

were at Jordan;

Josh. 19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and

goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south

side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side and to Judah upon Jordan

toward the sunrising.

Josh. 19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath,

and Chinnereth,

Josh. 19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

Josh. 19:37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,

Josh. 19:38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-

shemesh--nineteen cities with their villages.

Josh. 19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali

according to their families, the cities and their villages.

Josh. 19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of

Dan according to their families.

Josh. 19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and

Ir-shemesh,

Josh. 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

Josh. 19:43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

Josh. 19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,

Josh. 19:45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,

Josh. 19:46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

Josh. 19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for

them; therefore, the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and

took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt

therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan, their father.

Josh. 19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan

according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Josh. 19:49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for

inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to

Joshua, the son of Nun, among them;

Josh. 19:50 According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city

which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim; and he built the

city and dwelt therein.

Josh. 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 the congregation. So they made an end

of dividing the country.

Josh. Chapter 20

At God's command, six cities of refuge are appointed

Josh. 20:1 The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,

Josh. 20:2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities

of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses,

Josh. 20:3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly

may flee thither; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Josh. 20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at

the entering of the gate of the city and shall declare his cause in the ears of

the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them and give

him a place, that he may dwell among them.

Josh. 20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not

deliver the slayer up into his hand because he smote his neighbor

unwittingly and hated him not beforetime.

Josh. 20:6 And he shall dwell in that city until he stand before the

congregation for judgment and until the death of the high priest that shall be

in those days; then shall the slayer return and come unto his own city, and

unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

Josh. 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and

Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the

mountain of Judah.

Josh. 20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned

Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and

Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the

tribe of Manasseh.

Josh. 20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and

for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any

person at unawares might flee thither and not die by the hand of the avenger

of blood until he stood before the congregation.

Josh. Chapter 21

Forty-eight cities given to Levites--Instructions for distribution of lands--

God gives rest and peace to the Israelites

Josh. 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;

Josh. 21:2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan,

saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to

dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

Josh. 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 suburbs.

Josh. 21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the

children of Aaron, the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of

the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of

Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these

cities with their suburbs as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

Josh. 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,

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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 suburbs thereof round

about it.

Josh. 21:12 But the fields of the city and the villages thereof gave they to

Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his possession.

Josh. 21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron, the priest, Hebron

with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Libnah with her

suburbs,

Josh. 21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and

Beth-shemesh with her suburbs--nine cities out of those two tribes.

Josh. 21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs,

Geba with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs--four

cities.

Josh. 21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen

cities with their suburbs.

Josh. 21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which

remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out

of the tribe of Ephraim.

Josh. 21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount

Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Gezer with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her

suburbs--four cities.

Josh. 21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs,

Gibbethon with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs--four

cities.

Josh. 21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs

and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs--two cities.

Josh. 21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the

children of Kohath that remained.

Josh. 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 her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Beeshterah with

her suburbs--two cities.

Josh. 21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs,

Dabareh with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs--four

cities.

Josh. 21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon

with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs--four

cities.

Josh. 21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her

suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Hammoth-dor with her

suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs--three cities.

Josh. 21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families

were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

Josh. 21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the

Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah

with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs--four

cities.

Josh. 21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and

Jahazah with her suburbs,

Josh. 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs--

four cities.

Josh. 21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her

suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer, and Mahanaim with her

suburbs,

Josh. 21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs--four cities

in all.

Josh. 21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,

which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot

twelve cities.

Josh. 21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the

children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

Josh. 21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about

them; thus were all these cities.

Josh. 21:43 And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to

give unto their fathers; and they possessed it and dwelt therein.

Josh. 21:44 And the Lord gave them rest round about according to all that

he sware unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies

before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Josh. 21:45 There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had

spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

Josh. Chapter 22

Two and a half tribes sent back across Jordan--Altar built as a memorial

Josh. 22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half

tribe of Manasseh,

Josh. 22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses, the servant of

the Lord, commanded you and have obeyed my voice in all that I

commanded you;

Josh. 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but

have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord, your God.

Josh. 22:4 And now the Lord, your God, hath given rest unto your brethren

as he promised them; therefore, now return ye and get you unto your tents

and unto the land of your possession, which Moses, the servant of the Lord,

gave you on the other side Jordan.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 22:6 So Joshua blessed them and sent them away; and they went unto

their tents.

Josh. 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 Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them

away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

Josh. 22:8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto

your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with

brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment; divide the spoil of your

enemies with your brethren.

Josh. 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 whereof they were possessed according to the

word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

Josh. 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 Jordan, a great altar to see to.

Josh. 22:11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of

Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh have built

an altar over against the land of Canaan in the borders of Jordan, at the

passage of the children of Israel.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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,

Josh. 22:14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince

throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was a head of the house of

their fathers among the thousands of Israel.

Josh. 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

spake with them, saying,

Josh. 22:16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass

is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this

day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye

might rebel this day against the Lord?

Josh. 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,

Josh. 22:18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord?

And it will be, seeing ye rebel today against the Lord, that tomorrow he will

be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

Josh. 22:19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean,

then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord wherein the

Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us; but rebel not

against the Lord nor rebel against us in building you an altar besides the

altar of the Lord, our God.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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,

Josh. 22:22 The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and

Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion or if in transgression against the

Lord (save us not this day),

Josh. 22:23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord,

or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace

offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it;

Josh. 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 ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?

Josh. 22:25 For the Lord hath made Jordan a border between us and you,

ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord; so

shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord.

Josh. 22:26 Therefore, we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not

for burnt offering nor for sacrifice,

Josh. 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, Ye

have no part in the Lord.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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 meat

offerings, or for sacrifices besides the altar of the Lord, our God, that is

before his tabernacle.

Josh. 22:30 And when Phinehas, the priest, and the princes of the

congregation, and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him

heard the words that the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and

the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

Josh. 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 ye have

not committed this trespass against the Lord; now ye have delivered the

children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.

Josh. 22:32 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the priest, and the princes

returned from the children of Reuben and from the children of Gad out of

the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan to the children of Israel, and

brought them word again.

Josh. 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 wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

Josh. 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.

Josh. Chapter 23

Joshua's exhortation

Josh. 23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest

unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and

stricken in age.

Josh. 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;

Josh. 23:3 And ye have seen all that the Lord, your God, hath done unto all

these nations because of you; for the Lord, your God, is he that hath fought

for you.

Josh. 23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain,

to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I

have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

Josh. 23:5 And the Lord, your God, he shall expel them from before you

and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land as the

Lord, your God, hath promised unto you.

Josh. 23:6 Be ye, therefore, very courageous to keep and to do all that is

written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to

the right hand or to the left,

Josh. 23:7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among

you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by

them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them;

Josh. 23:8 But cleave unto the Lord, your God, as ye have done unto this

day.

Josh. 23:9 For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and

strong; but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this

day.

Josh. 23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for the Lord, your

God, he it is that fighteth for you as he hath promised you.

Josh. 23:11 Take good heed, therefore, unto yourselves, that ye love the

Lord, your God.

Josh. 23:12 Else, if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant

of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make

marriages with them, and go in unto them and they to you,

Josh. 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 ye

perish from off this good land which the Lord, your God, hath given you.

Josh. 23:14 And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth; and

ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing hath

failed of all the good things which the Lord, your God, spake concerning

you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Josh. 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 have destroyed you from off this good land

which the Lord, your God, hath given you.

Josh. 23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord, your

God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and

bowed yourselves to them, then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled

against you; and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he

hath given unto you.

Josh. Chapter 24

Joshua assembles the tribes and covenants with them--Stone set up as a

witness--Joshua dies--Joseph's bones buried--Eleazar dies

Josh. 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.

Josh. 24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of

Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even

Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor; and they served

other gods.

Josh. 24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood,

and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and

gave him Isaac.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 24:6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt; and ye came unto the

sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and

horsemen unto the Red Sea.

Josh. 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 ye dwelt in the

wilderness a long season.

Josh. 24:8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on

the other side Jordan; and they fought with you; and I gave them into your

hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before

you.

Josh. 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;

Josh. 24:10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore, he blessed

you still; so I delivered you out of his hand.

Josh. 24:11 And ye went over Jordan and came unto Jericho; and the men

of Jericho fought against you--the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the

Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the

Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

Josh. 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 thy sword nor

with thy bow.

Josh. 24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor and

cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and olive

yards which ye planted not do ye eat.

Josh. 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 flood and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

Josh. 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this

day whom ye will serve--whether the gods which your fathers served that

were on the other side of the flood or the gods of the Amorites in whose

land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. 24:16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should

forsake the Lord to serve other gods;

Josh. 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 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;

Josh. 24:18 And the Lord drove 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.

Josh. 24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord, for

he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your

transgressions nor your sins.

Josh. 24:20 If ye forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, then he will turn,

and do you hurt, and consume you after that he hath done you good.

Josh. 24:21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the

Lord.

Josh. 24:22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against

yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said,

We are witnesses.

Josh. 24:23 Now, therefore, put away, said he, the strange gods which are

among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.

Josh. 24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord, our God, will we

serve, and his voice will we obey.

Josh. 24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day and set

them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be

a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake

unto us; it shall be, therefore, a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

Josh. 24:28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

Josh. 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.

Josh. 24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in

Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim on the north side of the hill of

Gaash.

Josh. 24:31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the

days of the elders that overlived Joshua and which had known all the works

of the Lord that he had done for Israel.

Josh. 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 of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of

silver; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

Josh. 24:33 And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, died; and they buried him in a

hill that pertained to Phinehas, his son, which was given him in mount

Ephraim.

Judges

Judg. Chapter 1

Judah and Simeon chosen to fight the Canaanites--Jerusalem, Hebron,

Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken--Canaanites who were not

destroyed pay tribute

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 lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I, likewise, will go

with thee into thy lot. 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 Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against

him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

Judg. 1:6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught

him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

Judg. 1:7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their

thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table; as I

have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem,

and there he died.

Judg. 1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had

taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

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 Kirjath-arba; and they slew Sheshai,

and Ahiman, and Talmai.

Judg. 1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir; and

the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher;

Judg. 1:12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher and taketh it, to

him will I give Achsah, my daughter, to wife.

Judg. 1:13 And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it;

and he gave him Achsah, his daughter, to 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 lighted from off her ass. And Caleb said

unto her, What wilt thou?

Judg. 1:15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given

me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the

upper springs and the nether springs.

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 lieth in 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 the coast thereof, and Askelon with

the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

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 thence 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 unto 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 descry 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 thee, the entrance into the city, and we will

show thee mercy.

Judg. 1:25 And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote

the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his

family.

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 the name thereof unto this day.

Judg. 1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean

and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and

her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants

of Megiddo and her towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

Judg. 1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the

Canaanites to tribute 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

tributaries.

Judg. 1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the

inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of

Aphik, nor of Rehob;

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 Beth-shemesh

nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the

inhabitants of the land; nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of

Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.

Judg. 1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain;

for they would not suffer 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

tributaries.

Judg. 1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to

Akrabbim, from the rock and upward.

Judg. Chapter 2

An angel rebukes the people--Israelites follow strange gods, provoking God

to anger

Judg. 2:1 And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim and

said, I made you to go up out of Egypt and have brought you unto the land

which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant

with you.

Judg. 2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye

shall throw down their altars; but ye have not obeyed my voice. Why have

ye done this?

Judg. 2:3 Wherefore, I also said, I will not drive them out from before you;

but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto

you.

Judg. 2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these

words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice and

wept.

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 Timnath-

heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

Judg. 2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers;

and there arose another generation after them which knew not the Lord nor

yet the works which he had done for Israel.

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, which brought

them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the

people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and

provoked the Lord to anger.

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 spoilers that spoiled them; and he sold

them into the hands of their enemies round about so that they could not any

longer stand before their enemies.

Judg. 2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against

them for evil as the Lord had said and as the Lord had sworn unto them;

and they were greatly distressed.

Judg. 2:16 Nevertheless, the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them

out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

Judg. 2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went

a whoring after other gods and bowed themselves unto them; they turned

quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the

commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

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 hearkened because of their groanings by

reason 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 that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I

commanded their fathers and have not hearkened unto my voice,

Judg. 2:21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the

nations which Joshua left when he died,

Judg. 2:22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep

the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

Judg. 2:23 Therefore, the Lord left those nations without driving them out

hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

Judg. Chapter 3

Israelites live among Canaanites and worship their gods--Israelites are

taken captive by kings of Mesopotamia and Moab--Freedom from captivity

Judg. 3:1 Now these are the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel by

them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan--

Judg. 3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know to

teach them war, at the least such as 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

Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

Judg. 3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they

would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord which he commanded

their fathers by the hand of Moses.

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 groves.

Judg. 3:8 Therefore, the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he

sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and

the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim 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 Chushan-rishathaim, king of

Mesopotamia, into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-

rishathaim.

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 smote 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 left-

handed; and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon, the

king of Moab.

Judg. 3:16 But Ehud made him a dagger, which had two edges, of a cubit

length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

Judg. 3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon, king of Moab; and

Eglon was a very fat man.

Judg. 3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away

the people that bare the present.

Judg. 3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by

Gilgal and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O King, who said, Keep

silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

Judg. 3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer

parlor, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message

from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.

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 haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed

upon the blade so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the

dirt came out.

Judg. 3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of

the parlor upon him, and locked them.

Judg. 3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw

that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he

covereth his feet in his summer chamber.

Judg. 3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened

not the doors of the parlor; therefore, they took a key and opened them; and

behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

Judg. 3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the

quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.

Judg. 3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet

in the mountain of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him

from the mount, and he before them.

Judg. 3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me; for the Lord hath

delivered your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand. And they went down

after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a

man to pass over.

Judg. 3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all

lusty and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man.

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, which slew of

the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad; and he also delivered

Israel.

Judg. Chapter 4

Deborah and Barak deliver Israel from captivity

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 host was Sisera, which dwelt in

Harosheth of the Gentiles.

Judg. 4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord; for he had nine

hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the

children of Israel.

Judg. 4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she 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-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel

commanded, saying, Go and draw toward Mount Tabor and take with thee

ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of

Zebulun?

Judg. 4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain

of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him

into thine hand.

Judg. 4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go;

but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

Judg. 4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee, notwithstanding the

journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for the Lord shall sell

Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose and went with Barak

to Kedesh.

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, which was of the children of Hobab, the

father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites and pitched

his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

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 Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.

Judg. 4:14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which

the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand. Is not the Lord gone out

before thee? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor and ten thousand men

after him.

Judg. 4:15 And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his

host with the edge of the sword before Barak, so that Sisera lighted down

off his chariot and fled away on his feet.

Judg. 4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots and after the host unto

Harosheth of the Gentiles; and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of

the sword; and there was not a man left.

Judg. 4:17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael, the wife

of Heber, the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin, the king of Hazor,

and the house of Heber, the Kenite.

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 mantle.

Judg. 4:19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to

drink, for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink,

and covered him.

Judg. 4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent; and it shall

be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee and say, Is there any man

here? that thou shalt say, No.

Judg. 4:21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a nail of the tent, and took a

hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his

temples, and fastened it into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary.

So he died.

Judg. 4:22 And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him

and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest.

And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was

in his temples.

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.

Judg. Chapter 5

Deborah and Barak sing praises to God

Judg. 5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, on that day,

saying,

Judg. 5:2 Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel when the people

willingly offered themselves.

Judg. 5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto

the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.

Judg. 5:4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of

the field of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped; the clouds

also dropped water.

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

that 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 governors of Israel that offered

themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.

Judg. 5:10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye 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 thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

Judg. 5:13 Then he made him that remaineth 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

thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors,

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 thoughts of heart.

Judg. 5:16 Why abodest thou 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 Jordan. And why did Dan remain in

ships? Asher continued on the seashore and abode in his breaches.

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, thou hast trodden down strength.

Judg. 5:22 Then were the horse hooves broken by the means of the

prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.

Judg. 5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the

inhabitants thereof because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the

help of the Lord against the mighty.

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 nail and her right hand to the workmen's

hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera; she smote off his head

when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

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 prey--to every

man a damsel or two, to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers

colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, meet

for the necks of them that take the spoil?

Judg. 5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord; but let them that love

him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest

forty years.

Judg. Chapter 6

Israelites are oppressed for their sins--An angel calls Gideon to deliver

them--Gideon builds altar to God and destroys altar to Baal--Sign of the

fleece

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 them 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 thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel--neither

sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

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, which

said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from

Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

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 ye dwell; but ye 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 Abi-ezrite; 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 thee, thou mighty man of valor.

Judg. 6:13 And Gideon said unto him, O my Lord, if the Lord be with us,

why then is all this befallen us? And where be all his miracles which our

fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But

now the Lord hath forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the

Midianites.

Judg. 6:14 And the Lord looked upon him and said, Go in this thy might,

and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have not I sent

thee?

Judg. 6:15 And he said unto him, O 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 thee, and thou

shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

Judg. 6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight,

then show me a sign that thou talkest with me.

Judg. 6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring

forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou

come again.

Judg. 6:19 And Gideon went in and made ready a kid and unleavened

cakes of an ephah of flour; the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth

in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

Judg. 6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the

unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And

he did so.

Judg. 6:21 Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was

in his hand and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose

up fire out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes.

Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

Judg. 6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord,

Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the

Lord face to face.

Judg. 6:23 And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not; thou

shalt not die.

Judg. 6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord and called it

Jehovah-shalom; unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

Judg. 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him,

Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old,

and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the

grove that is by it;

Judg. 6:26 And build an altar unto the Lord, thy God, upon the top of this

rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt

sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

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 grove 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 hath done this thing? And

when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon, the son of Joash, hath

done this thing.

Judg. 6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that

he may die because he hath cast down the altar of Baal and because he hath

cut down the grove that was by it.

Judg. 6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for

Baal? Will ye save him? He that will plead for him, let him be put to death

whilst it is yet morning; if he be a god, let him plead for himself because

one hath cast down his altar.

Judg. 6:32 Therefore, on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal

plead against him because he hath 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 pitched in the valley of

Jezreel.

Judg. 6:34 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a

trumpet; and Abi-ezer 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 thou wilt save Israel by mine

hand as thou hast 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 besides, then shall I know

that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand as thou hast said.

Judg. 6:38 And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the

fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece--a bowl full of water.

Judg. 6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against

me, and I will speak but this once; let me prove, I pray thee, but this once

with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the

ground let there be dew.

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.

Judg. Chapter 7

Gideon's army of three hundred--God delivers Midianite army into

Gideon's hands

Judg. 7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with

him rose up early and pitched beside the well of Harod; so that the host of

the Midianites were on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the

valley.

Judg. 7:2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are

too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt

themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

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 try them for thee there; and it

shall be that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same

shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go

with thee, the same shall not go.

Judg. 7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water; and the Lord said

unto Gideon, Everyone that lappeth of the water with his tongue as a dog

lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise, everyone that boweth 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 thine hand; and let all

the other people go, every man unto his place.

Judg. 7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets; and

he sent all the rest of Israel, every man, unto his tent and retained those

three hundred men; and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

Judg. 7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him,

Arise; get thee down unto the host, for I have delivered it into thine hand.

Judg. 7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah, thy servant,

down to the host,

Judg. 7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine

hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with

Phurah, his servant, unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

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 seaside 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

smote it, that it fell and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

Judg. 7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the

sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, a man of Israel; for into his hand hath

God delivered Midian and all the host.

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 hath 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 ye do.

Judg. 7:18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then

blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and say, The sword

of the Lord and of Gideon.

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 brake the pitchers

that were in their hands.

Judg. 7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the

pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands and the trumpets in their

right hands to blow withal; and they cried, The sword of the Lord and of

Gideon.

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 Beth-shittah in Zererath and to the border of Abel-meholah, 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 before them the waters

unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered

themselves together and took the waters unto Beth-barah 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 Jordan.

Judg. Chapter 8

Gideon's army pursues Midianites--Requests for food rejected--Succoth and

Penuel destroyed--Gideon refuses to rule Israel--Gideon dies--Israelites

return to idolatry

Judg. 8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us

thus, that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the

Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.

Judg. 8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of

you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of

Abi-ezer?

Judg. 8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb

and Zeeb. And what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their

anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

Judg. 8:4 And Gideon came to 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 be 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 thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

Judg. 8:7 And Gideon said, Therefore, when the Lord hath delivered Zebah

and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of

the wilderness and with briers.

Judg. 8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel and spake unto them likewise;

and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered

him.

Judg. 8:9 And he spake 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 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 smote the host; for the host was 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 discomfited 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 ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of

Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy

men that are weary?

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 ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, 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 liveth, if ye 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 thou, and fall upon us; for

as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and

Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.

Judg. 8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us,

both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, also; for thou hast delivered us

from the hand of Midian.

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 ye would give me, every man, the earrings of his prey. (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 prey.

Judg. 8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a

thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides ornaments, and

collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian and besides the

chains that were about their camels' necks.

Judg. 8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof and put it in his city, even

in Ophrah; and all Israel went thither a whoring after it, which thing became

a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

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 of his body begotten,

for he had many wives.

Judg. 8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a

son, whose name he called Abimelech.

Judg. 8:32 And Gideon, the son of Joash, died in a good old age, and was

buried in the sepulcher of Joash, his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judg. 8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the

children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made

Baal-berith 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.

Judg. Chapter 9

Abimelech becomes king through conspiracy and murder--Jotham's

prophecy--City of Shechem rebels against Abimelech--Abimelech is killed

Judg. 9:1 And Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem unto his

mother's brethren and communed with them and with all the family of the

house of his mother's father, saying,

Judg. 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem,

Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are

threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you?

Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

Judg. 9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men

of Shechem all these words; and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech,

for they said, He is our brother.

Judg. 9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the

house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons

which 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; notwithstanding, 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 plain 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, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

Judg. 9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and

they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

Judg. 9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,

wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the

trees?

Judg. 9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou 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 thou and reign over us.

Judg. 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which

cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Judg. 9:14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign

over us.

Judg. 9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me

king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let

fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

Judg. 9:16 Now, therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye

have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his

house and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands,

Judg. 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and

delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

Judg. 9:18 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have

slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made

Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem

because he is your brother),

Judg. 9:19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with

his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in

you;

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, which

slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of

his brethren.

Judg. 9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of

the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them; and it

was told Abimelech.

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 trode 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 these people were under my hand! Then

would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine 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 privily, saying,

Behold, Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brethren be come to Shechem; and

behold, they fortify the city against thee.

Judg. 9:32 Now, therefore, up by night, thou and the people that is with

thee, 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,

thou shalt rise early and set upon the city; and behold, when he and the

people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them

as thou shalt find occasion.

Judg. 9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him,

by night; and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

Judg. 9:35 And Gaal, the son of Ebed, went out and stood in the entering of

the gate of the city; and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with

him, from lying in wait.

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,

Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

Judg. 9:37 And Gaal spoke again and said, See; there come people down

by the middle of the land and another company come along by the plain of

Meonenim.

Judg. 9:38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith

thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Is not this the

people that thou hast despised? Go out, I pray now, and fight with them.

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 entering 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 on the morrow, 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 smote them.

Judg. 9:44 And Abimelech and the company that was with him rushed

forward and stood in the entering of the gate of the city; and the two other

companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields and slew them.

Judg. 9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took

the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and

sowed it with salt.

Judg. 9:46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they

entered into a hold 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 gat him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the

people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut

down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and

said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make

haste, and do as I have done.

Judg. 9:49 And all the people, likewise, cut down every man his bough,

and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire

upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a

thousand men and women.

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 thither fled all

the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat

them up to the top of the tower.

Judg. 9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and

went hard 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 all to break his skull.

Judg. 9:54 Then he called hastily unto the young man, his armorbearer, and

said unto him, Draw thy sword and slay me, that the 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.

Judg. Chapter 10

Israel ruled by judges--Israelites sin and are oppressed by Philistines and

Ammonites--Israelites put away strange gods

Judg. 10:1 And after Abimelech, there arose to defend Israel Tola, the son

of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in

mount Ephraim.

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 ass colts, and they had

thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the

land of Gilead.

Judg. 10:5 And Jair died and was buried in Camon.

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 him not.

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 vexed and oppressed the children of Israel--

eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan

in the land of the Amorites which is in Gilead.

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 sore distressed.

Judg. 10:10 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have

sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God and also served

Baalim.

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 ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.

Judg. 10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me and served other gods; wherefore, I

will deliver you no more.

Judg. 10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them

deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

Judg. 10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned;

do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we

pray thee, this day.

Judg. 10:16 And they put away the strange 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 Mizpeh.

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.

Judg. Chapter 11

Covenant between Jephthah and elders of Gilead--Jephthah's vow--He

defeats Ammonites

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 bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up,

and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in

our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

Judg. 11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren and dwelt in the land of

Tob; and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah and went out with him.

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 fetch 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 ye hate me

and expel me out of my father's house? And why are ye come unto me now

when ye are in distress?

Judg. 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore, we turn

again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the

children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judg. 11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me

home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver

them before me, shall I be your head?

Judg. 11:10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be

witness between us if we do not so according to thy 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 Mizpeh.

Judg. 11:12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of

Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against

me to fight in my land?

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 saith 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 thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom would not

hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab; but he

would not consent; and Israel abode in Kadesh.

Judg. 11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed

the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the

land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within

the border of Moab; for Arnon was the border of Moab.

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 thee,

through thy land into my place.

Judg. 11:20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast; but

Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought

against Israel.

Judg. 11:21 And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people

into the hand of Israel, and they smote them; so Israel possessed all the land

of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

Judg. 11:22 And they possessed all the coasts 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 hath dispossessed the Amorites

from before his people Israel. And shouldest thou possess it?

Judg. 11:24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh, thy god, giveth

thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord, our God, shall drive out from

before us, them will we possess.

Judg. 11:25 And now art thou 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 her towns, and in Aroer and

her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three

hundred years? Why, therefore, did ye not recover them within that time?

Judg. 11:27 Wherefore, I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me

wrong to war against me; the Lord, the Judge, be judge this day between the

children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

Judg. 11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened 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 Mizpeh of Gilead; and from

Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

Judg. 11:30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord and said, If thou

shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,

Judg. 11:31 Then it shall be that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of

my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon,

shall surely be the Lord's; and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

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 smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to

Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very

great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the

children of Israel.

Judg. 11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and behold, his

daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was

his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

Judg. 11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes,

and said, Alas, my daughter! Thou hast brought me very low, and thou art

one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord,

and I cannot go back.

Judg. 11:36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy

mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out

of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine

enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

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

bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

Judg. 11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months; and

she went with her companions and bewailed her virginity upon the

mountains.

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.

Judg. Chapter 12

Ephraimites defeated by Gileadites--Jephthah judges--Three others succeed

him

Judg. 12:1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and

went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to

fight against the children of Ammon and didst not call us to go with thee?

We will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

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, ye delivered me

not out of their hands.

Judg. 12:3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my

hands and passed over against the children of Ammon; and the Lord

delivered them into my hand. Wherefore then are ye come up unto me this

day to fight against me?

Judg. 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and

fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim because they

said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and

among the Manassites.

Judg. 12:5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the

Ephraimites; and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were

escaped said, Let me go over, that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art

thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay,

Judg. 12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said

Sibboleth, for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him

and slew him at the passages of Jordan; and there fell at that time of the

Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

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

abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad 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 Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged

Israel ten years.

Judg. 12:12 And Elon, the Zebulonite, 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 nephews that rode on

threescore and ten ass 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.

Judg. Chapter 13

Israel delivered again to Philistines--Angel appears to Manoah and his

wife--Samson is born

Judg. 13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord;

and the Lord delivered them into the hands 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, thou art barren and bearest not; but thou shalt

conceive and bear a son.

Judg. 13:4 Now, therefore, beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor

strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing;

Judg. 13:5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and no razor shall

come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the

womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

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 terrible; but I asked him not whence he was; neither told

he me his name;

Judg. 13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a

son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink; neither eat any unclean thing;

for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his

death.

Judg. 13:8 Then Manoah entreated the Lord and said, O my Lord, let the

man of God which thou didst send come again unto us and teach us what

we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

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 hath 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, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman?

And he said, I am.

Judg. 13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy 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 anything that cometh of the vine; neither let

her drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing; all that I

commanded her let her observe.

Judg. 13:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, Let

us detain thee until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

Judg. 13:16 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou

detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering,

thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel

of the Lord.

Judg. 13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy

name, that when thy sayings come to pass, we may do thee honor?

Judg. 13:18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus

after my name, seeing it is secret?

Judg. 13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering and offered it upon

a rock unto the Lord; and the angel did wondrously; 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 meat offering at our

hands; neither would he have showed us all these things nor would as at this

time have told us such things as these.

Judg. 13:24 And the woman bare 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.

Judg. Chapter 14

Samson kills a lion--Samson takes a wife--He robs and slays thirty

Philistines

Judg. 14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath and saw a woman in

Timnath 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 Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines; now,

therefore, get her for me to wife.

Judg. 14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a

woman among the daughters of thy brethren or among all my people, that

thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson

said unto his father, Get her for me, for she pleaseth me well.

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

Timnath and came to the vineyards of Timnath; and behold, a young lion

roared against him.

Judg. 14:6 And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent

him as he would have rent a kid; and he had nothing in his hand; but he told

not his father or his mother what he had done.

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 carcass of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees and

honey in the carcass of the lion.

Judg. 14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came

to his father and mother; and he gave them, and they did eat; but he told not

them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

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 ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast and

find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments;

Judg. 14:13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty

sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy

riddle that we may hear it.

Judg. 14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and

out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days

expound the riddle.

Judg. 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto

Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle,

lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye called us to take

that we have? Is it not so?

Judg. 14:16 And Samson's wife wept before him and said, Thou dost but

hate me and lovest me not; thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of

my people and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not

told it my father nor my mother. And shall I tell it thee?

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

lay sore upon him; 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 ye had not plowed with my

heifer, ye had not 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

change of garments unto them which 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 friend.

Judg. Chapter 15

Samson is denied his wife--He burns the Philistines' corn--Men of Judah

deliver him to the Philistines--Samson kills a thousand Philistines with a

jawbone--He rules Israel twenty years

Judg. 15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat

harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to

my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

Judg. 15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated

her; therefore, I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer

than she? Take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

Judg. 15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more

blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

Judg. 15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took

firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between

two tails.

Judg. 15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the

standing corn of the Philistines and burnt up both the shocks, and also the

standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

Judg. 15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they

answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his

wife and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up and burnt

her and her father with fire.

Judg. 15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will

I be avenged of you; and after that I will cease.

Judg. 15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he

went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

Judg. 15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread

themselves in Lehi.

Judg. 15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us?

And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he

hath done to us.

Judg. 15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock

Etam and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers

over us? What is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them,

As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

Judg. 15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that

we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto

them, Swear unto me that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

Judg. 15:13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee

fast and deliver thee into their hand; but surely we will not kill thee. And

they bound him with two new cords and brought him up from the rock.

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 an ass, and put forth his hand,

and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

Judg. 15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon

heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

Judg. 15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking,

that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand and called that place

Ramathlehi.

Judg. 15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou

hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant. And now shall

I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

Judg. 15:19 But God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there

came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he

revived; wherefore, he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi

unto this day.

Judg. 15:20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty

years.

Judg. Chapter 16

Philistines conspire to kill Samson--Delilah entices him--Samson's head

shaved; his eyes are put out--He destroys a house, killing himself and many

Philistines

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 is come hither. And

they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the

city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning when it is day, we

shall kill him.

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 wherein his great strength lieth and by what means

we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we

will give thee, every one of us, eleven hundred pieces of silver.

Judg. 16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy

great strength lieth and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

Judg. 16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green

withs 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

withs 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 thee, Samson.

And he brake the withs as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the

fire. So his strength was not known.

Judg. 16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me

and told me lies; now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be

bound.

Judg. 16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that

never were occupied, then shall I be weak and be as another man.

Judg. 16:12 Delilah, therefore, took new ropes, and bound him therewith,

and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were

liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms

like a thread.

Judg. 16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me

and told me lies; tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said

unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

Judg. 16:14 And she fastened it with the pin and said unto him, The

Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep and went

away with the pin of the beam and with the web.

Judg. 16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when

thine heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times and hast

not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

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 hath not

come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my

mother's womb; if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I

shall become weak and be like any other man.

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 hath 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 thee, Samson. And he

awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at other times before and

shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

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 brass; and he did grind in

the prison house.

Judg. 16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was

shaven.

Judg. 16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to

offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon, their god, and to rejoice; for they said,

Our god hath delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hand.

Judg. 16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they

said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy and the destroyer of

our country, which slew many of us.

Judg. 16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they

said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for

Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport; and they set him

between the pillars.

Judg. 16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand,

Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I

may lean upon them.

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 thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O

God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

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 the 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 which he slew at his

death were more than they which 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 burying place of Manoah, his father. And he judged Israel

twenty years.

Judg. Chapter 17

Micah's stolen money made into images--He hires a Levite to be his priest

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 thee, about which thou cursedst and spakest of

also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother

said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.

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 thee.

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 founder, 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 house of gods, and made an ephod

and teraphim, 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 Bethlehem-judah 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 Bethlehem-judah 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, Whence comest thou? And he said

unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-judah, 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 thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and

a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. 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 to my priest.

Judg. Chapter 18

Danites seek an inheritance--They rob Micah and set up idolatry

Judg. 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the

tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in, for unto that day

all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

Judg. 18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their

coasts, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and

to search it--and they said unto them, Go; search the land--who, when they

came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

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 thither and said unto him,

Who brought thee hither? And what makest thou in this place? And what

hast thou here?

Judg. 18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me

and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

Judg. 18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that

we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

Judg. 18:6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace; before the Lord is

your way wherein ye go.

Judg. 18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the

people that were therein, how they dwelt careless after the manner of the

Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land that

might put them to shame in 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 ye?

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 ye still? Be not

slothful to go and to enter to possess the land.

Judg. 18:10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure and to a large

land; for God hath given it into your hands, a place where there is no want

of anything that is in the earth.

Judg. 18:11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of

Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

Judg. 18:12 And they went up and pitched in Kirjath-jearim in Judah;

wherefore, they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day; behold, it is

behind Kirjath-jearim.

Judg. 18:13 And they passed thence 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 ye know that there is in these houses

an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? Now,

therefore, consider what ye have to do.

Judg. 18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the

young man, the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

Judg. 18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,

which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.

Judg. 18:17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and

came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the

teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood in the entering of the

gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.

Judg. 18:18 And these went into Micah's house and fetched the carved

image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the

priest unto them, What do ye?

Judg. 18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace. Lay thine hand upon

thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for

thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a

tribe and a family in Israel?

Judg. 18:20 And the priest's heart was glad; and he took the ephod, and the

teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.

Judg. 18:21 So they turned, and departed, and put the little ones, and the

cattle, and the carriage before 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 aileth thee, that thou comest with such a

company?

Judg. 18:24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made and

the priest, and ye are gone away. And what have I more? And what is this

that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

Judg. 18:25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be

heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee and thou lose thy life,

with the lives of thy household.

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

which he had and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and

secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword and burnt the city

with fire.

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 lieth by

Beth-rehob. And they built a city and dwelt therein.

Judg. 18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan after the name of

Dan, their father, who was born unto Israel; howbeit the name of the city

was Laish at the first.

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.

Judg. Chapter 19

A Levite and his concubine go to Gibeah--She is abused and dies

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 Bethlehem-judah.

Judg. 19:2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went

away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehem-judah, 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

asses; and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of

the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

Judg. 19:4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he

abode with him three days; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

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 damsel's father said unto his

son-in-law, Comfort thine 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 damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and

tarry all night, and let thine 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 damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. 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 damsel's father, said unto him, Behold,

now the day draweth toward evening; I pray you tarry all night; behold, the

day groweth to an end; lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and

tomorrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

Judg. 19:10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up, and

departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were

with him two asses saddled; his concubine also was with him.

Judg. 19:11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the

servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in, into this

city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

Judg. 19:12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither

into the city of a stranger that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass

over to Gibeah.

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 by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

Judg. 19:15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah;

and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city; for there was

no man that took them into his house to lodging.

Judg. 19:16 And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the

field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in

Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

Judg. 19:17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in

the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? And

whence comest thou?

Judg. 19:18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehem-judah

toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I. And I went to

Bethlehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is

no man that receiveth me to house.

Judg. 19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there

is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man

which is with thy servants; there is no want of anything.

Judg. 19:20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever, let all

thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

Judg. 19:21 So he brought him into his house and gave provender unto the

asses; 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 spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring

forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

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 mine 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 ye them, and do with them what

seemeth 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 spring, 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 none

answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up and

gat him 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 coasts 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 of it, take advice, and speak your

minds.

Judg. Chapter 20

The Levite declares his grievance to the Israelites--Israelite army defeats

Benjamites and destroys Gibeah

Judg. 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation

was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the

land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.

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 Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was

this wickedness?

Judg. 20:4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain,

answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and

my concubine, to lodge.

Judg. 20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house

round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me; and my

concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

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 folly in Israel.

Judg. 20:7 Behold, ye 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 fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come

to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in

Israel.

Judg. 20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit

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,

which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and put away evil from

Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their

brethren, the children of Israel;

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 were numbered at that time out

of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the

inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

Judg. 20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men

left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hairbreadth and not miss.

Judg. 20:17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were 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, Which 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

destroyed 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 even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to

battle against the children of Benjamin, my brother? And the Lord said, Go

up against him.

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 destroyed 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 even, 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 thine hand.

Judg. 20:29 And Israel set liers in wait 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 smite of the people and

kill--as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house

of God and the other to Gibeah in the field--about thirty men of Israel.

Judg. 20:32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down

before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee and draw

them from the city unto the highways.

Judg. 20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place and put

themselves in array at Baal-tamar; and the liers in wait of 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 sore; but they knew not that evil was near

them.

Judg. 20:35 And the Lord smote 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 smitten; for

the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites because they trusted unto the

liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

Judg. 20:37 And the liers in wait hasted and rushed upon Gibeah; and the

liers in wait drew themselves along and smote all the city with the edge of

the sword.

Judg. 20:38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel

and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up

out of the city.

Judg. 20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin

began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they

said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

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 them,

which came out of the cities, they destroyed in the midst of them.

Judg. 20:43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased

them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah, toward the

sunrising.

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 gleaned 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 which 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 smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of

every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand; also they set on fire all

the cities that they came to.

Judg. Chapter 21

Israelites have compassion for Benjamites and provide wives for them

Judg. 21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall

not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

Judg. 21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till

even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore,

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 on the morrow 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

Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

Judg. 21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin, their

brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

Judg. 21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have

sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

Judg. 21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came

not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And behold, there came none to the camp

from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

Judg. 21:9 For the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of

the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.

Judg. 21:10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the

valiantest and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of

Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

Judg. 21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do: Ye shall utterly destroy

every male and every woman that hath lain by man.

Judg. 21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 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 Jabesh-gilead; and yet so

they sufficed them not.

Judg. 21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin because that the

Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

Judg. 21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for

wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of

Benjamin?

Judg. 21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be

escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

Judg. 21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters; for the

children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to

Benjamin.

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 goeth 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 ye 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 favorable unto them for our

sakes because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war; for ye did

not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

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 thence at that time, every

man to his tribe and to his family; and they went out from thence 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

Ruth Chapter 1

Elimelech's household goes to Moab--He and his sons die--Naomi returns

home, accompanied by Ruth

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 Bethlehem-judah 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 Bethlehem-judah. 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 dwelt there

about ten years.

Ruth 1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman

was left of 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 bread.

Ruth 1:7 Wherefore, she went forth out of the place where she was, and her

two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the

land of Judah.

Ruth 1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go; return each

to her mother's house; the Lord deal kindly with you as ye have dealt with

the dead and with me.

Ruth 1:9 The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house

of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice and

wept.

Ruth 1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy

people.

Ruth 1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Why will ye go with

me? Are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your

husbands?

Ruth 1:12 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 ye tarry for them till they were grown? Would ye stay for

them from having husbands? Nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much

for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

Ruth 1:14 And they lifted up their voice and wept again; and Orpah kissed

her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.

Ruth 1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her

people and unto her gods; return thou after thy sister-in-law.

Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from

following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou

lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.

Ruth 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord

do so to me and more also if aught but death part thee and me.

Ruth 1:18 When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her,

then she left 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 moved about

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 hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Ruth 1:21 I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty;

why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and

the Almighty hath afflicted me?

Ruth 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth, the Moabitess, her daughter-in-

law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab; and they came to

Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Ruth Chapter 2

Ruth gleans in the fields of Boaz--Boaz shows her great favor--Ruth shares

gleanings with Naomi

Ruth 2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a mighty man of

wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

Ruth 2:2 And Ruth, the Moabitess, said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the

field and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And

she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

Ruth 2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the

reapers; and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz,

who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

Ruth 2:4 And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said unto the

reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless

thee.

Ruth 2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,

Whose damsel is this?

Ruth 2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said,

It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of

Moab;

Ruth 2:7 And she said, I pray thee, let me glean and gather after the reapers

among the sheaves; so she came, and hath continued even from the morning

until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

Ruth 2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not

to glean in another field; neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my

maidens;

Ruth 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after

them. Have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? And

when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels and drink of that which the young

men have drawn.

Ruth 2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and

said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest

take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

Ruth 2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed

me all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thine

husband, and how thou hast left thy father, and thy mother, and the land of

thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

Ruth 2:12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee

of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

Ruth 2:13 Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, for that

thou hast comforted me and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine

handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

Ruth 2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat

of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the

reapers; and he reached her parched corn; and she did eat, and was sufficed,

and left.

Ruth 2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his

young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her

not;

Ruth 2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and

leave them, that she may glean them; and rebuke her not.

Ruth 2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even and beat out that she had

gleaned; and it was about an ephah of barley.

Ruth 2:18 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 that she

had reserved after she was sufficed.

Ruth 2:19 And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned

today? And where wroughtest thou? Blessed be he that did take knowledge

of thee. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought

and said, The man's name with whom I wrought today is Boaz.

Ruth 2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the

Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And

Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next

kinsmen.

Ruth 2:21 And Ruth, the Moabitess, said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt

keep fast by my young men until they have ended all my harvest.

Ruth 2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth, her daughter-in-law, It is good, my

daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any

other field.

Ruth 2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of

barley harvest and of wheat harvest and dwelt with her mother-in-law.

Ruth Chapter 3

Ruth lies at Boaz' feet--Boaz gives her a present

Ruth 3:1 Then Naomi, her mother-in-law, said unto her, My daughter, shall

I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

Ruth 3:2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou

wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley tonight in the threshing floor.

Ruth 3:3 Wash thyself, therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon

thee, and get thee down to the floor; but make not thyself known unto the

man until he shall have done eating and drinking.

Ruth 3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place

where he shall lie; and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee

down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

Ruth 3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest 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 corn; and she came softly, and

uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

Ruth 3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid and

turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

Ruth 3:9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth, thine

handmaid; spread, therefore, thy skirt over thine handmaid, for thou art a

near kinsman.

Ruth 3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter; for thou

hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch

as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

Ruth 3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou

requirest; for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous

woman.

Ruth 3:12 And now, it is true that I am thy near kinsman; howbeit 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 thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part.

But if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of

a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth; lie down until the morning.

Ruth 3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before

one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman

came into the floor.

Ruth 3:15 Also he said, Bring the veil that thou hast upon thee and hold it.

And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley and laid it on

her; and she went into the city.

Ruth 3:16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art

thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

Ruth 3:17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he

said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.

Ruth 3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the

matter will fall; for the man will not be in rest until he have finished the

thing this day.

Ruth Chapter 4

Boaz marries Ruth--She bears Obed, grandfather of David

Ruth 4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate and sat him down there; and

behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by, unto whom he said, Ho,

such a one! Turn aside; sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down.

Ruth 4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, Sit ye

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, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother

Elimelech's;

Ruth 4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the

inhabitants and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it,

redeem it; but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for

there is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I

will redeem it.

Ruth 4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of

Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead,

to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

Ruth 4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar

mine own inheritance; redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem

it.

Ruth 4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning

redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things: a man

plucked off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor; and this was a testimony in

Israel.

Ruth 4:8 Therefore, the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he

drew off his shoe.

Ruth 4:9 And Boaz said unto the elders and unto all the people, Ye are

witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech's and all that

was Chilion's and Mahlon's of the hand of Naomi.

Ruth 4:10 Moreover, Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I

purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his

inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his

brethren and from the gate of his place. Ye are witnesses this day.

Ruth 4:11 And all the people that were in the gate and the elders said, We

are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like

Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou

worthily in Ephratah and be famous in Bethlehem;

Ruth 4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare

unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young

woman.

Ruth 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife; and when he went in

unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.

Ruth 4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which

hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous

in Israel.

Ruth 4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life and a nourisher of

thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is better to

thee than seven sons, hath 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 Pharez: Pharez 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.

First Samuel

1 Sam. Chapter 1

Hannah is barren and prays for a child--She bears Samuel and presents him

to the Lord

1 Sam. 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount

Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu,

the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite;

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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;

1 Sam. 1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved

Hannah; but the Lord had shut up her womb.

1 Sam. 1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,

because the Lord had shut up her womb.

1 Sam. 1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of

the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore, she wept and did not eat.

1 Sam. 1:8 Then said Elkanah, her husband, to her, Hannah, why weepest

thou? And why eatest thou not? And why is thy heart grieved? Am not I

better to thee than ten sons?

1 Sam. 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 post of the temple of the

Lord.

1 Sam. 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord,

and wept sore.

1 Sam. 1:11 And she vowed a vow and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt,

indeed, look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not

forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man-child, then

I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life; and there shall no razor

come upon his head.

1 Sam. 1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord,

that Eli marked her mouth.

1 Sam. 1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but

her voice was not heard; therefore, Eli thought she had been drunken.

1 Sam. 1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? Put

away thy wine from thee.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial; for out of

the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

1 Sam. 1:17 And Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel

grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

1 Sam. 1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So

the woman went her way and did eat; and her countenance was no more

sad.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 1:20 Wherefore, it came to pass, when the time was come about

after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son and called his name

Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

1 Sam. 1:21 And the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer unto

the Lord the yearly sacrifice and his vow.

1 Sam. 1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will

not go up until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may

appear before the Lord and there abide forever.

1 Sam. 1:23 And Elkanah, her husband, said unto her, Do what seemeth

thee good; tarry until thou hast weaned him; only the Lord establish his

word. So the woman abode and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

1 Sam. 1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with

three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought

him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh; and the child was young.

1 Sam. 1:25 And they slew a bullock and brought the child to Eli.

1 Sam. 1:26 And she said, O my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the

woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition

which I asked of him;

1 Sam. 1:28 Therefore, also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth

he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshiped the Lord there.

1 Sam. Chapter 2

Hannah's song--The sin of Eli's sons--Eli reproves his sons--A prophecy

against Eli's house

1 Sam. 2:1 And Hannah prayed and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord;

mine horn is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies

because I rejoice in thy salvation.

1 Sam. 2:2 There is none holy as the Lord, for there is none besides thee;

neither is there any rock like our God.

1 Sam. 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out

of your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are

weighed.

1 Sam. 2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled

are girded with strength.

1 Sam. 2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and

they that were hungry ceased, so that the barren hath borne seven; and she

that hath many children is waxed feeble.

1 Sam. 2:6 The Lord killeth and maketh alive; he bringeth down to the

grave and bringeth up.

1 Sam. 2:7 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich; he bringeth low and

lifteth up.

1 Sam. 2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the beggar

from the dunghill, to set them among princes and to make them inherit the

throne of glory; for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the

world upon them.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did

minister unto the Lord before Eli, the priest.

1 Sam. 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the

Lord.

1 Sam. 2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any

man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in

seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

1 Sam. 2:14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all

that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in

Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

1 Sam. 2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came and

said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, for he will

not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

1 Sam. 2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat

presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth, then he would answer

him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.

1 Sam. 2:17 Wherefore, the sin of the young men was very great before the

Lord, for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

1 Sam. 2:18 But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded

with a linen ephod.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife and said, The Lord give

thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they

went unto their own home.

1 Sam. 2:21 And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bare

three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

1 Sam. 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 the congregation.

1 Sam. 2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? For I hear of

your evil dealings by all this people.

1 Sam. 2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the

Lord's people to transgress.

1 Sam. 2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him; but

if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding,

they hearkened not unto the voice of their father because the Lord would

slay them.

1 Sam. 2:26 And the child Samuel grew on and was in favor, both with the

Lord and also with men.

1 Sam. 2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli and said unto him,

Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father when

they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

1 Sam. 2:28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my

priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before

me? And did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by

fire of the children of Israel?

1 Sam. 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which

I have commanded in my habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to

make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel, my

people?

1 Sam. 2:30 Wherefore, the Lord God of Israel saith, I said, indeed, that thy

house and the house of thy father should walk before me forever; but now

the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and

they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Sam. 2:31 Behold, the days come that I will cut off thine arm and the arm

of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

1 Sam. 2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth

which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thine

house forever.

1 Sam. 2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar,

shall be to consume thine eyes and to grieve thine heart; and all the increase

of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

1 Sam. 2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee that shall come upon thy two

sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die, both of them.

1 Sam. 2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest that shall do according

to that which is in mine heart and in my mind; and I will build him a sure

house; and he shall walk before mine Anointed forever.

1 Sam. 2:36 And it shall come to pass that everyone that is left in thine

house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of

bread and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I

may eat a piece of bread.

1 Sam. Chapter 3

God speaks to Samuel--Samuel tells Eli his vision

1 Sam. 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And

the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

1 Sam. 3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his

place and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see,

1 Sam. 3:3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord,

where the ark of God was and Samuel was laid down to sleep,

1 Sam. 3:4 That the Lord called Samuel. And he answered, Here am I.

1 Sam. 3:5 And he ran unto Eli and said, Here am I, for thou calledst me.

And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

1 Sam. 3:6 And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose, and

went to Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou didst call me. And he answered, I

called not, my son; lie down again.

1 Sam. 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord; neither was the word

of the Lord yet revealed unto him.

1 Sam. 3:8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose,

and went to Eli, and said, Here am I, for thou didst call me. And Eli

perceived that the Lord had called the child.

1 Sam. 3:9 Therefore, Eli said unto Samuel, Go; lie down. And it shall be if

he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth. So

Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Sam. 3:10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times,

Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak, for thy servant heareth.

1 Sam. 3:11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel

at which both the ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle.

1 Sam. 3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have

spoken concerning his house; when I begin, I will also make an end.

1 Sam. 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the

iniquity which he knoweth--because his sons made themselves vile, and he

restrained them not.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning and opened the doors of the

house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

1 Sam. 3:16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, Samuel, my son. And he

answered, Here am I.

1 Sam. 3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto

thee? I pray thee hide it not from me; God do so to thee, and more also, if

thou hide anything from me of all the things that he said unto thee.

1 Sam. 3:18 And Samuel told him every whit and hid nothing from him.

And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good.

1 Sam. 3:19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and did let none

of his words fall to the ground.

1 Sam. 3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel

was established to be a prophet of the Lord.

1 Sam. 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 Sam. Chapter 4

The Philistines overcome Israel--The ark of the covenant is taken

1 Sam. 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out

against the Philistines to battle and pitched beside Eben-ezer; and the

Philistines pitched in Aphek.

1 Sam. 4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel; and

when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they

slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

1 Sam. 4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of

Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us today before the Philistines?

Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that,

when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

1 Sam. 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence

the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the

cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with

the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,

What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?

And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

1 Sam. 4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into

the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! For there hath not been such a thing

heretofore.

1 Sam. 4:8 Woe unto us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these

mighty gods? These are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all the

plagues in the wilderness.

1 Sam. 4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye

be not servants unto the Hebrews as they have been to you; quit yourselves

like men and fight.

1 Sam. 4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten; and they

fled, every man into his tent; and there was a very great slaughter, for there

fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

1 Sam. 4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni

and Phinehas, were slain.

1 Sam. 4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army and came to

Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent and with earth upon his head.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What

meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily and told Eli.

1 Sam. 4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were

dim, that he could not see.

1 Sam. 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?

1 Sam. 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the

Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people; and

thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is

taken.

1 Sam. 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

brake, and he died; for he was an old man and heavy. And he had judged

Israel forty years.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her

said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But she answered not;

neither did she regard it.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of

God is taken.

1 Sam. Chapter 5

The Philistines set the ark in the house of Dagon--The curse of God follows

1 Sam. 5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from

Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.

1 Sam. 5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into

the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

1 Sam. 5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold,

Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And

they took Dagon and set him in his place again.

1 Sam. 5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold,

Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord;

and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon

the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 5:6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod; and

he destroyed them and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the

coasts thereof.

1 Sam. 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 sore upon us

and upon Dagon, our god.

1 Sam. 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 about thither.

1 Sam. 5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of

the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction; and he smote the

men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret

parts.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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 his own place, that it slay us not and our people; for there was a

deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy

there.

1 Sam. 5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods; and

the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Sam. Chapter 6

The Philistines send back the ark--Fifty thousand Israelites smitten for

looking into it

1 Sam. 6:1 And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines

seven months.

1 Sam. 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 wherewith we shall

send it to his place.

1 Sam. 6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send

it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering; then ye shall be

healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

1 Sam. 6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we

shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods and five golden

mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague

was on you all and on your lords.

1 Sam. 6:5 Wherefore, ye shall make images of your emerods and images

of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of

Israel; peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off

your gods, and from off your land.

1 Sam. 6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts as the Egyptians and

Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among

them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

1 Sam. 6:7 Now, therefore, make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on

which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their

calves home from them;

1 Sam. 6:8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put

the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer

by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

1 Sam. 6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-

shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know

that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

1 Sam. 6:10 And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to

the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

1 Sam. 6:11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer

with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

1 Sam. 6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-

shemesh, 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 Beth-shemesh.

1 Sam. 6:13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in

the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see

it.

1 Sam. 6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and

stood there, where there was a great stone; and they clave the wood of the

cart and offered the kine, a burnt offering unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the coffer

that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great

stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed

sacrifices the same day unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they

returned to Ekron the same day.

1 Sam. 6:17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines

returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord: for Ashdod one, for Gaza

one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

1 Sam. 6:18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities

of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities and of

country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down

the ark of the Lord, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of

Joshua, the Beth-shemite.

1 Sam. 6:19 And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh because they had

looked into the ark of the Lord; even he smote of the people fifty thousand

and threescore and ten men; and the people lamented because the Lord had

smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

1 Sam. 6:20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand

before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall he go up from us?

1 Sam. 6:21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim,

saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord; come ye

down, and fetch it up to you.

1 Sam. Chapter 7

The ark kept in the house of Eleazar--Samuel calls the Israelites to repent--

He prays and offers sacrifice--The Philistines are subdued--Samuel judges

Israel

1 Sam. 7:1 And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of

the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and

sanctified Eleazar, his son, to keep the ark of the Lord.

1 Sam. 7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that

the time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel

lamented after the Lord.

1 Sam. 7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do

return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods

and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and

serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth

and served the Lord only.

1 Sam. 7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray

for you unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and

poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We

have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in

Mizpeh.

1 Sam. 7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were

gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against

Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the

Philistines.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 7:9 And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it for a burnt

offering wholly unto the Lord; and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel;

and the Lord heard him.

1 Sam. 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 discomfited them; and

they were smitten before Israel.

1 Sam. 7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the

Philistines, and smote them until they came under Beth-car.

1 Sam. 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and

Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord

helped us.

1 Sam. 7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into

the coast of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all

the days of Samuel.

1 Sam. 7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were

restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did

Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace

between Israel and the Amorites.

1 Sam. 7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

1 Sam. 7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal,

and Mizpeh and judged Israel in all those places.

1 Sam. 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 Sam. Chapter 8

The Israelites desire a king--Samuel's warning--God directs Samuel to yield

to the people

1 Sam. 8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his

sons judges over Israel.

1 Sam. 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his

second, Abiah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.

1 Sam. 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after

lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

1 Sam. 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and

came to Samuel unto Ramah,

1 Sam. 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not

in thy ways; now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

1 Sam. 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king

to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 8:7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the

people in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but

they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

1 Sam. 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, wherewith they have

forsaken me and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

1 Sam. 8:9 Now, therefore, hearken unto their voice; howbeit yet protest

solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign

over them.

1 Sam. 8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that

asked of him a king.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands and captains

over fifties and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and

to make his instruments of war and instruments of his chariots.

1 Sam. 8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to

be cooks, and to be bakers.

1 Sam. 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your

olive yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

1 Sam. 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards

and give to his officers and to his servants.

1 Sam. 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants,

and your goodliest young men, and your asses and put them to his work.

1 Sam. 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep; and ye shall be his

servants.

1 Sam. 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye

shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

1 Sam. 8:19 Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel;

and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us,

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he

rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

1 Sam. 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 ye, every

man unto his city.

1 Sam. Chapter 9

Saul comes to Samuel

1 Sam. 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the

son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a

Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

1 Sam. 9:2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice young man,

and a goodly; and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier

person than he; from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of

the people.

1 Sam. 9:3 And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to

Saul, his son, Take now one of the servants with thee and arise; go seek the

asses.

1 Sam. 9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim and passed through the

land of Shalisha, but they found them not; then they passed through the land

of Shalim, and there they were not; and he passed through the land of the

Benjamites, but they found them not.

1 Sam. 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 leave

caring for the asses and take thought for us.

1 Sam. 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 saith cometh surely to pass;

now let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should

go.

1 Sam. 9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But behold, if we go, what shall

we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a

present to bring to the man of God. What have we?

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus

he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a prophet

was beforetime called a seer.)

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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?

1 Sam. 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;

1 Sam. 9:13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find

him before he go up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until

he come because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be

bidden. Now, therefore, get you up, for about this time ye shall find him.

1 Sam. 9:14 And they went up into the city; and when they were come into

the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high

place.

1 Sam. 9:15 Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul

came, saying,

1 Sam. 9:16 Tomorrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the

land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be a captain over my people

Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I

have looked upon my people because their cry is come unto me.

1 Sam. 9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold

the man whom I spake to thee of! This same shall reign over my people.

1 Sam. 9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate and said, Tell me, I

pray thee, where the seer's house is.

1 Sam. 9:19 And Samuel answered Saul and said, I am the seer; go up

before me unto the high place, for ye shall eat with me today; and tomorrow

I will let thee go and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

1 Sam. 9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy

mind on them, for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel?

Is it not on thee and on all thy father's house?

1 Sam. 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? Wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

1 Sam. 9:22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into

the parlor, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were

bidden, which were about thirty persons.

1 Sam. 9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I

gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

1 Sam. 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 thee and eat; for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said,

I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

1 Sam. 9:25 And when they were come down from the high place into the

city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

1 Sam. 9:26 And they arose early; and it came to pass about the spring of

the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I

may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out, both of them, he

and Samuel, abroad.

1 Sam. 9:27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel

said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand

thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God.

1 Sam. Chapter 10

Samuel anoints Saul--Saul's heart is changed--Saul chosen to be king

1 Sam. 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 hath anointed thee to be

captain over his inheritance?

1 Sam. 10:2 When thou art departed from me today, then thou shalt find

two men by Rachel's sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. And

they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and

lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses and sorroweth for you, saying,

What shall I do for my son?

1 Sam. 10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt

come to the plain of Tabor; and there shall meet thee three men going up to

God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of

bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine.

1 Sam. 10:4 And they will salute thee and give thee two loaves of bread,

which thou shalt receive of their hands.

1 Sam. 10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the

garrison of the Philistines; and it shall come to pass, when thou art come

thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down

from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp

before them; and they shall prophesy;

1 Sam. 10:6 And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee; and thou shalt

prophesy with them and shalt be turned into another man.

1 Sam. 10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou

do as occasion serve thee, for God is with thee.

1 Sam. 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will

come down unto thee to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of

peace offerings; seven days shalt thou tarry till I come to thee and show

thee what thou shalt do.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of

prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied

among them.

1 Sam. 10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw

that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to

another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among

the prophets?

1 Sam. 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?

1 Sam. 10:13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to

the high place.

1 Sam. 10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither

went ye? And he said, To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were

nowhere, we came to Samuel.

1 Sam. 10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said

unto you.

1 Sam. 10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses

were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he

told him not.

1 Sam. 10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to

Mizpeh,

1 Sam. 10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God

of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt and delivered you out of the hand

of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that

oppressed you;

1 Sam. 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved

you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto

him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now, therefore, present yourselves before

the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.

1 Sam. 10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come

near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 10:22 Therefore, they inquired of the Lord further if the man should

yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself

among the stuff.

1 Sam. 10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence; and when he stood

among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders

and upward.

1 Sam. 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the

Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all

the people shouted and said, God save the king!

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him

a band of men whose hearts God had touched.

1 Sam. 10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us?

And they despised him and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

1 Sam. Chapter 11

Saul proves himself as a leader--Ammonites are slain--The people make

Saul king in Gilgal

1 Sam. 11:1 Then Nahash, the Ammonite, came up and encamped against

Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a

covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

1 Sam. 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 in all Israel.

1 Sam. 11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days'

respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel; and then,

if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 11:5 And behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul

said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings

of the men of Jabesh.

1 Sam. 11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those

tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

1 Sam. 11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and

sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers,

saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it

be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they

came out with one consent.

1 Sam. 11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel

were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

1 Sam. 11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye

say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by that time the sun be hot,

ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of

Jabesh; and they were glad.

1 Sam. 11:10 Therefore, the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come

out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

1 Sam. 11:11 And it was so on the morrow that Saul put the people in three

companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch

and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day; and it came to pass that

they which remained were scattered so that two of them were not left

together.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day;

for today the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.

1 Sam. 11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal

and renew the kingdom there.

1 Sam. 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 Sam. Chapter 12

Samuel reproves the people--He exhorts them to serve God

1 Sam. 12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened

unto your voice in all that ye said unto me and have made a king over you.

1 Sam. 12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old

and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked

before you from my childhood unto this day.

1 Sam. 12:3 Behold, here I am; witness against me before the Lord, and

before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Or

whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I

received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restore it you.

1 Sam. 12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us nor oppressed us;

neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

1 Sam. 12:5 And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and

his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand.

And they answered, He is witness.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt and your fathers cried unto

the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your

fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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 thee.

1 Sam. 12:11 And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and

Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side;

and ye dwelt safe.

1 Sam. 12:12 And when ye saw that Nahash, the king of the children of

Ammon, came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign

over us--when the Lord, your God, was your king.

1 Sam. 12:13 Now, therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen and

whom ye have desired! And behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

1 Sam. 12:14 If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice,

and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and

also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord, your God.

1 Sam. 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against

the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against

you as it was against your fathers.

1 Sam. 12:16 Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing which the Lord

will do before your eyes.

1 Sam. 12:17 Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the Lord, and he

shall send thunder and rain, that ye may perceive and see that your

wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking

you a king.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants

unto the Lord, thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins

this evil, to ask us a king.

1 Sam. 12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not; ye have done all

this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the

Lord with all your heart;

1 Sam. 12:21 And turn ye not aside; for then should ye go after vain things

which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

1 Sam. 12:22 For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's

sake because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

1 Sam. 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;

1 Sam. 12:24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart;

for consider how great things he hath done for you.

1 Sam. 12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both

ye and your king.

1 Sam. Chapter 13

Philistines gather to fight Israel--Saul sacrifices--Samuel prophesies the

end of Saul's kingdom--Israelites lack weapons

1 Sam. 13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years

over Israel,

1 Sam. 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel--whereof two

thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in Mount Bethel, and a thousand

were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the rest of the people he

sent, every man to his tent.

1 Sam. 13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in

Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout

all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

1 Sam. 13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the

Philistines and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines.

And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

1 Sam. 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 seashore in multitude; and they came up and

pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.

1 Sam. 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the

people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and

in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace

offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

1 Sam. 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 salute him.

1 Sam. 13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said,

Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest

not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves

together at Michmash,

1 Sam. 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 forced

myself, therefore, and offered a burnt offering.

1 Sam. 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast

not kept the commandment of the Lord, thy God, which he commanded

thee; for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel

forever.

1 Sam. 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue--the Lord hath

sought him a man after his own heart; and the Lord hath commanded him to

be captain over his people--because thou hast not kept that which the Lord

commanded thee.

1 Sam. 13:15 And Samuel arose and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of

Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about

six hundred men.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in

three companies; one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah,

unto the land of Shual;

1 Sam. 13:18 And another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and

another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley

of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

1 Sam. 13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of

Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or

spears.

1 Sam. 13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen,

every man, his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

1 Sam. 13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and

for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

1 Sam. 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, was there found.

1 Sam. 13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of

Michmash.

1 Sam. Chapter 14

Jonathan attacks the Philistines' garrison--Saul commands followers to

fast--Jonathan eats honey--He is saved by the people

1 Sam. 14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan, the son of Saul,

said unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over to

the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side. But he told not his father.

1 Sam. 14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a

pomegranate tree which is in Migron; and the people that were with him

were about six hundred men,

1 Sam. 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of

Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And

the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

1 Sam. 14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go

over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side

and a sharp rock on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and

the name of the other Seneh.

1 Sam. 14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against

Michmash and the other southward over against Gibeah.

1 Sam. 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor,

Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may

be that the Lord will work for us, for there is no restraint to the Lord to save

by many or by few.

1 Sam. 14:7 And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart;

turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

1 Sam. 14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men,

and we will discover ourselves unto them.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us, then we will go up; for

the Lord hath delivered them into our hand; and this shall be a sign unto us.

1 Sam. 14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of

the Philistines; and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out

of the holes where they had hid themselves.

1 Sam. 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 hath

delivered them into the hand of Israel.

1 Sam. 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 slew after him.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among

all the people; the garrison and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the

earth quaked, so it was a very great trembling.

1 Sam. 14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked;

and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one

another.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For

the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

1 Sam. 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 thine hand.

1 Sam. 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 discomfiture.

1 Sam. 14:21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before

that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round

about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and

Jonathan.

1 Sam. 14:22 Likewise, all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in

mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also

followed hard after them in the battle.

1 Sam. 14:23 So the Lord saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over

unto Beth-aven.

1 Sam. 14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had

adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until

evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people

tasted any food.

1 Sam. 14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey

upon the ground.

1 Sam. 14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the

honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared

the oath.

1 Sam. 14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people

with the oath; wherefore, he put forth the end of the rod that was in his

hand, and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his

eyes were enlightened.

1 Sam. 14:28 Then answered one of the people and said, Thy father straitly

charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any

food this day. And the people were faint.

1 Sam. 14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land; see, I

pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened because I tasted a little of

this honey.

1 Sam. 14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely today

of the spoil of their enemies which they found? For had there not been now

a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

1 Sam. 14:31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to

Aijalon; and the people were very faint.

1 Sam. 14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and

oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them

with the blood.

1 Sam. 14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against

the Lord in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed;

roll a great stone unto me this day.

1 Sam. 14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people and say

unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and

slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the

blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night and

slew them there.

1 Sam. 14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the Lord; the same was the first

altar that he built unto the Lord.

1 Sam. 14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night

and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.

And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest,

Let us draw near hither unto God.

1 Sam. 14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the

Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered

him not that day.

1 Sam. 14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither all the chief of the people;

and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

1 Sam. 14:39 For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in

Jonathan, my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all

the people that answered him.

1 Sam. 14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and

Jonathan, my son, will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul,

Do what seemeth good unto thee.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan, my son.

And Jonathan was taken.

1 Sam. 14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And

Jonathan told him and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the

rod that was in mine hand, and lo, I must die.

1 Sam. 14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also; for thou shalt

surely die, Jonathan.

1 Sam. 14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath

wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid; as the Lord liveth, there

shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with

God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

1 Sam. 14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the

Philistines went to their own place.

1 Sam. 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 whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

1 Sam. 14:48 And he gathered a host, and smote the Amalekites, and

delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

1 Sam. 14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-

shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the

firstborn Merab and the name of the younger Michal.

1 Sam. 14:50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of

Ahimaaz; and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner,

Saul's uncle.

1 Sam. 14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner, the father of

Abner, was the son of Abiel.

1 Sam. 14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of

Saul; and when Saul saw any strong man or any valiant man, he took him

unto him.

1 Sam. Chapter 15

Samuel sends Saul to destroy Amalek--Saul is disobedient by sparing Agag

and the best of the spoil--God rejects Saul--Samuel and Saul part

1 Sam. 15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to

be king over his people, over Israel; now, therefore, hearken thou unto the

voice of the words of the Lord.

1 Sam. 15:2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek

did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from

Egypt.

1 Sam. 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they

have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and

suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

1 Sam. 15:4 And Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in

Telaim--two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

1 Sam. 15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek and laid wait in the valley.

1 Sam. 15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go; depart; get you down

from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed

kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So

the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

1 Sam. 15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou

comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

1 Sam. 15:8 And he took Agag, the king of the Amalekites, alive and

utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

1 Sam. 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 vile and

refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

1 Sam. 15:10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying,

1 Sam. 15:11 I have set up Saul to be a king, and he repenteth not that he

hath sinned; for he is turned back from following me and hath not

performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto

the Lord all night.

1 Sam. 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 is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

1 Sam. 15:13 And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, Blessed

be thou of the Lord; I have performed the commandment of the Lord.

1 Sam. 15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the

sheep in mine ears and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

1 Sam. 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, thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

1 Sam. 15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what

the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

1 Sam. 15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight,

wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed

thee king over Israel?

1 Sam. 15:18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly

destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be

consumed.

1 Sam. 15:19 Wherefore, then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord,

but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of

the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the

Lord, thy God, in Gilgal.

1 Sam. 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt

offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to

obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

1 Sam. 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is

as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he

hath also rejected thee from being king.

1 Sam. 15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have

transgressed the commandment of the Lord and thy words because I feared

the people and obeyed their voice.

1 Sam. 15:25 Now, therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin and turn again

with me, that I may worship the Lord.

1 Sam. 15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee, for

thou hast rejected the word of the Lord; and the Lord hath rejected thee

from being king over Israel.

1 Sam. 15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon

the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

1 Sam. 15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom

of Israel from thee this day and hath given it to a neighbor of thine that is

better than thou.

1 Sam. 15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he

is not a man, that he should repent.

1 Sam. 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned; yet honor me now, I pray thee,

before the elders of my people and before Israel, and turn again with me,

that I may worship the Lord, thy God.

1 Sam. 15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped the

Lord.

1 Sam. 15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag, the king of

the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said,

Surely the bitterness of death is past.

1 Sam. 15:33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless,

so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in

pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

1 Sam. 15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house

to Gibeah of Saul.

1 Sam. 15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his

death; nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul; and the Lord rent the

kingdom from Saul whom he had made king over Israel.

1 Sam. Chapter 16

Samuel comes to Bethlehem to find a new king--The Lord selects David--

Samuel anoints him--David plays the harp, relieving Saul of an evil spirit

1 Sam. 16:1 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for

Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thine horn

with oil and go. I will send thee to Jesse, the Bethlehemite, for I have

provided me a king among his sons.

1 Sam. 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hear it, he will kill

me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with thee and say, I am come to

sacrifice to the Lord.

1 Sam. 16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou

shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

1 Sam. 16:4 And Samuel did that which the Lord spake and came to

Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming and said,

Comest thou peaceably?

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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 seeth

not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord

looketh on the heart.

1 Sam. 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before

Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.

1 Sam. 16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither

hath the Lord chosen this.

1 Sam. 16:10 Again Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.

And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.

1 Sam. 16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And

he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the

sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit

down till he come hither.

1 Sam. 16:12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and

withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said,

Arise; anoint him; for this is he.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 16:14 But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil

spirit which was not of the Lord troubled him.

1 Sam. 16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit

which is not of God troubleth thee.

1 Sam. 16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before

thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on a harp; and it shall come

to pass, when the evil spirit which is not of God is upon thee, that he shall

play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

1 Sam. 16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that

can play well, and bring him to me.

1 Sam. 16:18 Then answered one of the servants and said, Behold, I have

seen a son of Jesse, the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a

mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely

person; and the Lord is with him.

1 Sam. 16:19 Wherefore, Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said, Send

me David, thy son, which is with the sheep.

1 Sam. 16:20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine,

and a kid and sent them by David, his son, unto Saul.

1 Sam. 16:21 And David came to Saul and stood before him; and he loved

him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

1 Sam. 16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand

before me; for he hath found favor in my sight.

1 Sam. 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit which was not of

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 Sam. Chapter 17

Goliath's challenge--David slays the giant

1 Sam. 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle,

and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and

pitched between Shochoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.

1 Sam. 17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and

pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the

Philistines.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the

Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

1 Sam. 17:5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed

with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of

brass.

1 Sam. 17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs and a target of brass

between his shoulders.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 17:8 And he stood, and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said

unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? Am not I a

Philistine and ye servants to Saul? Choose you a man for you, and let him

come down to me.

1 Sam. 17:9 If he be able to fight with me and to kill me, then will we be

your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then shall ye be our

servants and serve us.

1 Sam. 17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day;

give me a man, that we may fight together.

1 Sam. 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,

they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

1 Sam. 17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-

judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man went

among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 17:14 And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed

Saul.

1 Sam. 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's

sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Sam. 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening and

presented himself forty days.

1 Sam. 17:17 And Jesse said unto David, his son, Take now for thy

brethren an ephah of this parched corn and these ten loaves, and run to the

camp to thy brethren,

1 Sam. 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their

thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Sam. 17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the

valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

1 Sam. 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 trench as the host was going forth to the fight and shouted for

the battle.

1 Sam. 17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army

against army.

1 Sam. 17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the

carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.

1 Sam. 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 spake according to the same words; and David heard them.

1 Sam. 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from

him and were sore afraid.

1 Sam. 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is

come up? Surely to defy Israel is he come up; and it shall be that the man

who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give

him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

1 Sam. 17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What

shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine and taketh away the

reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he

should defy the armies of the living God?

1 Sam. 17:27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So

shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

1 Sam. 17:28 And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard when he spake unto the

men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest

thou down hither? And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the

wilderness? I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art

come down that thou mightest see the battle.

1 Sam. 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

1 Sam. 17:30 And he turned from him toward another and spake after the

same manner; and the people answered him again after the former manner.

1 Sam. 17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they

rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

1 Sam. 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of

him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

1 Sam. 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this

Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war

from his youth.

1 Sam. 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's

sheep, and there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock;

1 Sam. 17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out

of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and

smote him, and slew him.

1 Sam. 17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear; and this

uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the

armies of the living God.

1 Sam. 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

thee.

1 Sam. 17:38 And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of

brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

1 Sam. 17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armor, and he assayed

to go, for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with

these, for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

1 Sam. 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 scrip; and his sling was in his hand; and he drew near to the

Philistine.

1 Sam. 17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and

the man that bare the shield went before him.

1 Sam. 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he

disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

1 Sam. 17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou

comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

1 Sam. 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give

thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the field.

1 Sam. 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a

sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of

the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

1 Sam. 17:46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will

smite thee and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the

host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air and to the wild

beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

1 Sam. 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not

with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into

our hands.

1 Sam. 17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and

drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted and ran toward the army to

meet the Philistine.

1 Sam. 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone,

and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk

into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

1 Sam. 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a

stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the

hand of David.

1 Sam. 17:51 Therefore, David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took

his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off

his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead,

they fled.

1 Sam. 17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and

pursued the Philistines until thou come to the valley and to the gates of

Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to

Shaaraim, even unto Gath and unto Ekron.

1 Sam. 17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the

Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

1 Sam. 17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to

Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

1 Sam. 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he

said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth?

And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O King, I cannot tell.

1 Sam. 17:56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man?

And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite.

1 Sam. Chapter 18

Great friendship of Jonathan and David--David is praised, and Saul is

angry--Saul seeks David's life--David becomes Saul's son-in-law

1 Sam. 18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking

unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David; and

Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Sam. 18:2 And Saul took him that day and would let him go no more

home to his father's house.

1 Sam. 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved

him as his own soul.

1 Sam. 18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him

and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow,

and to his girdle.

1 Sam. 18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him and behaved

himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted

in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

1 Sam. 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 tabrets, with joy, and

with instruments of music.

1 Sam. 18:7 And the women answered one another as they played and said,

Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

1 Sam. 18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him. And

he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have

ascribed but thousands. And what can he have more but the kingdom?

1 Sam. 18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

1 Sam. 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow that the evil spirit which

was not of God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the

house; and David played with his hand as at other times; and there was a

javelin in Saul's hand.

1 Sam. 18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even

to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.

1 Sam. 18:12 And Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him

and was departed from Saul.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the

Lord was with him.

1 Sam. 18:15 Wherefore, when Saul saw that he behaved himself very

wisely, he was afraid of him.

1 Sam. 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David because he went out and

came in before them.

1 Sam. 18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab.

Her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's

battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of

the Philistines be upon him.

1 Sam. 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?

1 Sam. 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, to wife.

1 Sam. 18:20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul,

and the thing pleased him.

1 Sam. 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. Wherefore,

Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law in the one of the

twain.

1 Sam. 18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with

David secretly and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his

servants love thee; now, therefore, be the king's son-in-law.

1 Sam. 18:23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David.

And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law,

seeing that I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?

1 Sam. 18:24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner

spake David.

1 Sam. 18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth

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.

1 Sam. 18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased

David well to be the king's son-in-law; and the days were not expired.

1 Sam. 18:27 Wherefore, David arose, and went, he and his men, and slew

of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and

they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-

law. And Saul gave him Michal, his daughter, to wife.

1 Sam. 18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David and

that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

1 Sam. 18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became

David's enemy continually.

1 Sam. 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 set by.

1 Sam. Chapter 19

Jonathan reveals Saul's design--Saul attempts to kill David--Michal helps

David escape

1 Sam. 19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan, his son, and to all his servants,

that they should kill David.

1 Sam. 19:2 But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David; and

Jonathan told David, saying, Saul, my father, seeketh to kill thee; now,

therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a

secret place, and hide thyself;

1 Sam. 19:3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where

thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I

will tell thee.

1 Sam. 19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul, his father, and

said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David,

because he hath not sinned against thee and because his works have been to

thee-ward very good;

1 Sam. 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand and slew the Philistine; and

the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel; thou sawest it and didst

rejoice. Wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David

without a cause?

1 Sam. 19:6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan; and Saul

sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 19:9 And the evil spirit which was not of the Lord was upon Saul,

as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand; and David played with his

hand.

1 Sam. 19:10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the

javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin

into the wall; and David fled and escaped that night.

1 Sam. 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 thou save not thy life tonight, tomorrow thou shalt be slain.

1 Sam. 19:12 So Michal let David down through a window; and he went,

and fled, and escaped.

1 Sam. 19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a

pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

1 Sam. 19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is

sick.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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 bolster.

1 Sam. 19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so

and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul,

He said unto me, Let me go. Why should I kill thee?

1 Sam. 19:18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah,

and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and

dwelt in Naioth.

1 Sam. 19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in

Ramah.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 19:22 Then went he also to Ramah and came to a great well that is

in Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one

said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

1 Sam. 19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of

God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied until he came to

Naioth in Ramah.

1 Sam. 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.

Wherefore, they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

1 Sam. Chapter 20

David and Jonathan covenant--Saul attacks Jonathan

1 Sam. 20:1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came, and said

before Jonathan, What have I done? What is mine iniquity? And what is my

sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

1 Sam. 20:2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die; behold,

my father will do nothing either great or small but that he will show it me.

And why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.

1 Sam. 20:3 And David sware, moreover, and said, Thy father certainly

knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not

Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; but truly, as the Lord liveth and as

thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

1 Sam. 20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth,

I will even do it for thee.

1 Sam. 20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new

moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat; but let me go, that I

may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

1 Sam. 20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked

leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem, his city; for there is a yearly

sacrifice there for all the family.

1 Sam. 20:7 If he say thus, It is well, thy servant shall have peace; but if he

be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

1 Sam. 20:8 Therefore, thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou

hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee;

notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself. For why

shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

1 Sam. 20:9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee. For if I knew certainly

that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I

tell it thee?

1 Sam. 20:10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? Or what if

thy father answer thee roughly?

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I

have sounded my father about tomorrow any time, or the third day, and

behold, if there be good toward David and I then send not unto thee and

show it thee,

1 Sam. 20:13 The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan; but if it please

my father to do thee evil, then I will show it thee and send thee away, that

thou mayest go in peace; and the Lord be with thee as he hath been with my

father.

1 Sam. 20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness

of the Lord, that I die not,

1 Sam. 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house

forever--no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David, every

one, from the face of the earth.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again because he loved

him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

1 Sam. 20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the new moon;

and thou shalt be missed because thy seat will be empty.

1 Sam. 20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go

down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the

business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

1 Sam. 20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof as though I

shot at a mark.

1 Sam. 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 thee,

take them; then come thou; for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as the

Lord liveth.

1 Sam. 20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are

beyond thee, go thy way; for the Lord hath sent thee away.

1 Sam. 20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,

behold, the Lord be between thee and me forever.

1 Sam. 20:24 So David hid himself in the field; and when the new moon

was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 20:26 Nevertheless, Saul spake not anything that day; for he

thought, Something hath befallen him; he is not clean; surely he is not

clean.

1 Sam. 20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second

day of the month, that David's place was empty; and Saul said unto

Jonathan, his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither

yesterday nor today?

1 Sam. 20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of

me to go to Bethlehem;

1 Sam. 20:29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a

sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there;

and now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee,

and see my brethren. Therefore, he cometh not unto the king's table.

1 Sam. 20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said

unto him, Thou son of the perverse, rebellious woman! Do not I know that

thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion and unto the

confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

1 Sam. 20:31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou

shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore, now send and fetch

him unto me, for he shall surely die.

1 Sam. 20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul, his father, and said unto him,

Wherefore shall he be slain? What hath he done?

1 Sam. 20:33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him, whereby

Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

1 Sam. 20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger and did eat

no meat the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David because

his father had done him shame.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which

Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad and said, Is not the arrow

beyond thee?

1 Sam. 20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed! Haste! Stay

not! And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows and came to his master.

1 Sam. 20:39 But the lad knew not anything; only Jonathan and David

knew the matter.

1 Sam. 20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad and said unto

him, Go; carry them to the city.

1 Sam. 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 exceeded.

1 Sam. 20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we

have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be

between me and thee and between my seed and thy seed forever. And he

arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

1 Sam. Chapter 21

David eats the showbread--He takes Goliath's sword--David feigns madness

before Achish

1 Sam. 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 art

thou alone and no man with thee?

1 Sam. 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech, the priest, The king hath

commanded me a business and hath said unto me, Let no man know

anything of the business whereabout I send thee and what I have

commanded thee; and I have appointed my servants to such and such a

place.

1 Sam. 21:3 Now, therefore, what is under thine hand? Give me five loaves

of bread in mine hand or what there is present.

1 Sam. 21:4 And the priest answered David and said, There is no common

bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread--if the young men have

kept themselves at least from women.

1 Sam. 21:5 And David answered the priest and said unto him, Of a truth,

women have been kept from us about these three days since I came out, and

the vessels of the young men are holy; and the bread is in a manner

common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

1 Sam. 21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread; for there was no bread

there but the showbread that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot

bread in the day when it was taken away.

1 Sam. 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 chiefest

of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.

1 Sam. 21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under

thine hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my

weapons with me because the king's business required haste.

1 Sam. 21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath, the Philistine,

whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a

cloth behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other

save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

1 Sam. 21:10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went

to Achish, the king of Gath.

1 Sam. 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 hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Sam. 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart and was sore

afraid of Achish, the king of Gath.

1 Sam. 21:13 And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned

himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let

his spittle fall down upon his beard.

1 Sam. 21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is

mad. Wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

1 Sam. 21:15 Have I need of madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to

play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?

1 Sam. Chapter 22

Saul pursues David--Saul kills the priests who helped David

1 Sam. 22:1 David, therefore, departed thence and escaped to the cave

Adullam; and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they

went down thither to him.

1 Sam. 22:2 And everyone that was in distress, and everyone that was in

debt, and everyone that was discontented gathered themselves unto him;

and he became a captain over them; and there were with him about four

hundred men.

1 Sam. 22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said unto

the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth and

be with you till I know what God will do for me.

1 Sam. 22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they dwelt

with him all the while that David was in the hold.

1 Sam. 22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold;

depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed and came

into the forest of Hareth.

1 Sam. 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),

1 Sam. 22:7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear

now, ye Benjamites. Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and

vineyards and make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds-

1 Sam. 22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none

that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and

there is none of you that is sorry for me or showeth unto me that my son

hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

1 Sam. 22:9 Then answered Doeg, the Edomite which was set over the

servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to

Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub.

1 Sam. 22:10 And he inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals,

and gave him the sword of Goliath, the Philistine.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he

answered, Here I am, my lord.

1 Sam. 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me,

thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread and a sword and

hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait,

as at this day?

1 Sam. 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so

faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son-in-law, and

goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house?

1 Sam. 22:15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? Be it far from

me; let not the king impute anything unto his servant nor to all the house of

my father; for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

1 Sam. 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou

and all thy father's house.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou and fall upon the

priests. And Doeg, the Edomite, turned, and he fell upon the priests and

slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

1 Sam. 22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of

the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and

asses, and sheep with the edge of the sword.

1 Sam. 22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named

Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.

1 Sam. 22:21 And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the Lord's

priests.

1 Sam. 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 occasioned the

death of all the persons of thy father's house.

1 Sam. 22:23 Abide thou with me; fear not; for he that seeketh my life

seeketh thy life; but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

1 Sam. Chapter 23

David saves the city of Keilah--Saul continues to hunt David until

Philistines invade

1 Sam. 23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight

against Keilah, and they rob the threshing floors.

1 Sam. 23:2 Therefore, David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and

smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the

Philistines, and save Keilah.

1 Sam. 23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in

Judah. How much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the

Philistines?

1 Sam. 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 thine hand.

1 Sam. 23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the

Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great

slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul

said, God hath delivered him into mine hand, for he is shut in by entering

into a town that hath gates and bars.

1 Sam. 23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to

Keilah to besiege David and his men.

1 Sam. 23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against

him; and he said to Abiathar, the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

1 Sam. 23:10 Then said David, O Lord God of Israel, thy servant hath

certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah to destroy the city for

my sake.

1 Sam. 23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul

come down as thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee,

tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.

1 Sam. 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 thee up.

1 Sam. 23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred,

arose, and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go.

And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to

go forth.

1 Sam. 23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds and

remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him

every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

1 Sam. 23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and

David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

1 Sam. 23:16 And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the

wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

1 Sam. 23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not, for the hand of Saul, my

father, shall not find thee. And thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be

next unto thee; and that also Saul, my father, knoweth.

1 Sam. 23:18 And they two made a covenant before the Lord; and David

abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

1 Sam. 23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth

not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood, in the hill of

Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

1 Sam. 23:20 Now, therefore, O King, come down according to all the

desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into

the king's hand.

1 Sam. 23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have

compassion on me.

1 Sam. 23:22 Go, I pray you; prepare yet, and know, and see his place

where his haunt is and who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he

dealeth very subtly.

1 Sam. 23:23 See, therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places

where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty; and I

will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will

search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David;

wherefore, he came down into a rock and abode in the wilderness of Maon.

And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of

Maon.

1 Sam. 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 compassed David and his men round

about, to take them.

1 Sam. 23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee and

come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

1 Sam. 23:28 Wherefore, Saul returned from pursuing after David and went

against the Philistines; therefore, they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

1 Sam. 23:29 And David went up from thence and dwelt in strongholds at

En-gedi.

1 Sam. Chapter 24

David spares Saul's life and swears to preserve his seed

1 Sam. 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 En-gedi.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave;

and Saul went in to cover his feet; and David and his men remained in the

sides of the cave.

1 Sam. 24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which

the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand,

that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David

arose and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.

1 Sam. 24:5 And it came to pass afterward that David's heart smote him

because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

1 Sam. 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 mine hand

against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.

1 Sam. 24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words and suffered

them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of his cave and went on

his way.

1 Sam. 24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried

after Saul, saying, My lord, the king. And when Saul looked behind him,

David stooped with his face to the earth and bowed himself.

1 Sam. 24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words,

saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

1 Sam. 24:10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had

delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave. And some bade me kill

thee, but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand

against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.

1 Sam. 24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my

hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe and killed thee not, know thou

and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have

not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

1 Sam. 24:12 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge

me of thee; but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

1 Sam. 24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth

from the wicked; but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

1 Sam. 24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom dost

thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

1 Sam. 24:15 The Lord, therefore, be judge, and judge between me and

thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

1 Sam. 24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of

speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son

David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

1 Sam. 24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for

thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

1 Sam. 24:18 And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well

with me; forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thy hand, thou

killedst me not.

1 Sam. 24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away?

Wherefore, the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this

day.

1 Sam. 24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king

and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

1 Sam. 24:21 Swear now, therefore, unto me by the Lord that thou wilt not

cut off my seed after me and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my

father's house.

1 Sam. 24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David

and his men gat them up unto the hold.

1 Sam. Chapter 25

Samuel dies--David is provoked by Nabal--Nabal dies--David takes Abigail

and Ahinoam to be his wives--Michal is given to Phalti

1 Sam. 25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together,

and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose

and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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 churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of

the house of Caleb.

1 Sam. 25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his

sheep.

1 Sam. 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;

1 Sam. 25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be

both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou

hast.

1 Sam. 25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers; now thy

shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not; neither was there aught

missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

1 Sam. 25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore, let

the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day; give, I

pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants and to thy son

David.

1 Sam. 25:9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal

according to all those words in the name of David and ceased.

1 Sam. 25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is

David? And who is the son of Jesse? There be many servants nowadays that

break away, every man, from his master.

1 Sam. 25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I

have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men whom I know not whence

they be?

1 Sam. 25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and

came and told him all those sayings.

1 Sam. 25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his

sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on

his sword; and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two

hundred abode by the stuff.

1 Sam. 25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying,

Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master;

and he railed on them.

1 Sam. 25:15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt;

neither missed we anything as long as we were conversant with them when

we were in the fields.

1 Sam. 25:16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day all the while

we were with them keeping the sheep.

1 Sam. 25:17 Now, therefore, know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil

is determined against our master, and against all his household; for he is

such a son of Belial that a man cannot speak to him.

1 Sam. 25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and

two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of

parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of

figs, and laid them on asses.

1 Sam. 25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I

come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

1 Sam. 25:20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by

the covert of the hill; and behold, David and his men came down against

her; and she met them.

1 Sam. 25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this

fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that

pertained unto him; and he hath requited me evil for good.

1 Sam. 25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David if I leave

of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the

wall.

1 Sam. 25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the

ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

1 Sam. 25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let

this iniquity be; and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine

audience; and hear the words of thine handmaid.

1 Sam. 25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even

Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him;

but I, thine handmaid, saw not the young men of my lord whom thou didst

send.

1 Sam. 25:26 Now, therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth and as thy soul

liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood and

from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies and they

that seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.

1 Sam. 25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought

unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

1 Sam. 25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid; for the

Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house because my lord fighteth the

battles of the Lord and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

1 Sam. 25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul; but the

soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord, thy God;

and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle

of a sling.

1 Sam. 25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to

my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee and

shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel,

1 Sam. 25:31 That this shall be no grief unto thee nor offense of heart unto

my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless or that my lord hath

avenged himself; but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord,

then remember thine handmaid.

1 Sam. 25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

which sent thee this day to meet me;

1 Sam. 25:33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast

kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with

mine own hand.

1 Sam. 25:34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath

kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet

me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that

pisseth against the wall.

1 Sam. 25:35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought

him and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see; I have hearkened

to thy voice and have accepted thy person.

1 Sam. 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 drunken; wherefore, she told him nothing, less or more, until

the morning light.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 25:38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote

Nabal, that he died.

1 Sam. 25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed

be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of

Nabal and hath kept his servant from evil; for the Lord hath returned the

wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed

with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

1 Sam. 25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to

Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee to take thee to

him to wife.

1 Sam. 25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth,

and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the

servants of my lord.

1 Sam. 25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with

five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers

of David and became his wife.

1 Sam. 25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also, both

of them, his wives.

1 Sam. 25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to

Phalti, the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

1 Sam. Chapter 26

Saul comes against David--David enters Saul's camp but refuses to kill the

Lord's anointed--David chastens Abner and exhorts Saul--Saul

acknowledges his sin

1 Sam. 26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not

David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before

Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that

Saul came after him into the wilderness.

1 Sam. 26:4 David, therefore, sent out spies and understood that Saul was

come in very deed.

1 Sam. 26:5 And David arose and came to the place where Saul had

pitched; and David beheld the place where Saul lay and Abner, the son of

Ner, the captain of his host; and Saul lay in the trench, and the people

pitched round about him.

1 Sam. 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 thee.

1 Sam. 26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and

behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the

ground at his bolster; but Abner and the people lay round about him.

1 Sam. 26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy

into thine hand this day; now, therefore, let me smite him, I pray thee, with

the spear even to the earth at once; and I will not smite him the second time.

1 Sam. 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?

1 Sam. 26:10 David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall

smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle and

perish.

1 Sam. 26:11 The Lord forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against

the Lord's anointed; but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his

bolster and the cruse of water, and let us go.

1 Sam. 26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's

bolster; and they gat them away; and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither

awaked; for they were all asleep because a deep sleep from the Lord was

fallen upon them.

1 Sam. 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;

1 Sam. 26:14 And David cried to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner,

saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who

art thou that criest to the king?

1 Sam. 26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? And

who is like to thee in Israel? Wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord, the

king? For there came one of the people in to destroy the king, thy lord.

1 Sam. 26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth,

ye are worthy to die because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's

anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the cruse of water that

was at his bolster.

1 Sam. 26:17 And Saul knew David's voice and said, Is this thy voice, my

son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O King.

1 Sam. 26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his

servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in mine hand?

1 Sam. 26:19 Now, therefore, I pray thee, let my lord, the king, hear the

words of his servant. If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, let him

accept an offering; but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before

the Lord; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the

inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go; serve other gods.

1 Sam. 26:20 Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the

face of the Lord; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when

one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

1 Sam. 26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned; return, my son David; for I

will no more do thee harm because my soul was precious in thine eyes this

day; behold, I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly.

1 Sam. 26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! And

let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

1 Sam. 26:23 The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his

faithfulness; for the Lord delivered thee into my hand today, but I would not

stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed.

1 Sam. 26:24 And behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine

eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him

deliver me out of all tribulation.

1 Sam. 26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David;

thou shalt both do great things and also shalt still prevail. So David went on

his way, and Saul returned to his place.

1 Sam. Chapter 27

David flees to Gath--Saul abandons his search

1 Sam. 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 coast of Israel; so shall I escape out of his hand.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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 wife.

1 Sam. 27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath; and he

sought no more again for him.

1 Sam. 27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in

thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may

dwell there. For why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

1 Sam. 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day; wherefore, Ziklag

pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

1 Sam. 27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines

was a full year and four months.

1 Sam. 27:8 And David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites,

and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were of old the

inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

1 Sam. 27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman

alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels,

and the apparel and returned, and came to Achish.

1 Sam. 27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road today? And

David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the

Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

1 Sam. 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 manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the

Philistines.

1 Sam. 27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people

Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore, he shall be my servant forever.

1 Sam. Chapter 28

Achish trusts in David--Saul seeks Samuel's advice through a witch--Samuel

prophesies Israel's defeat and Saul's death

1 Sam. 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 thou assuredly that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou

and thy men.

1 Sam. 28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy

servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee

keeper of mine head forever.

1 Sam. 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 those

that had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.

1 Sam. 28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came,

and pitched in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they

pitched in Gilboa.

1 Sam. 28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid,

and his heart greatly trembled.

1 Sam. 28:6 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him

not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

1 Sam. 28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a

familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said

to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.

1 Sam. 28:8 And Saul disguised himself and put on other raiment, and he

went, and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night; and he

said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up

whom I shall name unto thee.

1 Sam. 28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what

Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits and the

wizards out of the land. Wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to

cause me to die also, who hath not a familiar spirit?

1 Sam. 28:10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord

liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

1 Sam. 28:11 Then said the woman, The word of whom shall I bring up

unto thee? And he said, Bring me up the word of Samuel.

1 Sam. 28:12 And when the woman saw the words of Samuel, she cried

with a loud voice. And the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou

deceived me? For thou art Saul.

1 Sam. 28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid. For what sawest

thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw the words of Samuel ascending

out of the earth. And she said, I saw Samuel also.

1 Sam. 28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, I

saw an old man coming up, covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that

it was Samuel; and he stooped, his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

1 Sam. 28:15 And these are the words of Samuel unto Saul: Why hast thou

disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for

the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me and

answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams; therefore, I

have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

1 Sam. 28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me,

seeing the Lord is departed from thee and is become thine enemy?

1 Sam. 28:17 And the Lord hath done to him as he spake by me; for the

Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand and given it to thy neighbor,

even to David,

1 Sam. 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord nor

executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek; therefore hath the Lord done this

thing unto thee this day.

1 Sam. 28:19 Moreover, the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the

hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me;

the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth and was sore

afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him,

for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night.

1 Sam. 28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore

troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice,

and I have put my life in my hand and have hearkened unto thy words

which thou spakest unto me.

1 Sam. 28:22 Now, therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice

of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat,

that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way.

1 Sam. 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 rose from the earth and sat upon the bed.

1 Sam. 28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted,

and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread

thereof;

1 Sam. 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 Sam. Chapter 29

Achish commends David and sends him away from the battle

1 Sam. 29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to

Aphek; and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

1 Sam. 29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by

thousands; but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.

1 Sam. 29:3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these

Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not

this David, the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, which hath been with me

these days or these years? And I have found no fault in him since he fell

unto me unto this day.

1 Sam. 29:4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and

the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he

may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him; and let him not

go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us. For

wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? Should it not be

with the heads of these men?

1 Sam. 29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,

saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Sam. 29:6 Then Achish called David and said unto him, Surely, as the

Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in

with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee

since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day; nevertheless, the lords

favor thee not.

1 Sam. 29:7 Wherefore, now return, and go in peace, that thou displease

not the lords of the Philistines.

1 Sam. 29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? And what

hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this

day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord, the king?

1 Sam. 29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art

good in my sight, as an angel of God; notwithstanding, the princes of the

Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

1 Sam. 29:10 Wherefore, now rise up early in the morning with thy

master's servants that are come with thee; and as soon as ye be up early in

the morning and have light, depart.

1 Sam. 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 Sam. Chapter 30

The Amalekites burn Ziklag--David recovers the spoil and captives--He

justly divides the spoil

1 Sam. 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,

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their

voices and wept until they had no more power to weep.

1 Sam. 30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam, the

Jezreelitess, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal, the Carmelite.

1 Sam. 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of

stoning him because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for

his sons and for his daughters; but David encouraged himself in the Lord,

his God.

1 Sam. 30:7 And David said to Abiathar, the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray

thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to

David.

1 Sam. 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 thou

shalt surely overtake them and without fail recover all.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two

hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the

brook Besor.

1 Sam. 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;

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 30:13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? And

whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an

Amalekite; and my master left me because three days agone I fell sick.

1 Sam. 30:14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and

upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and

we burned Ziklag with fire.

1 Sam. 30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this

company? And he said, Swear unto me by God that thou wilt neither kill me

nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to

this company.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the

evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four

hundred young men, which rode upon camels and fled.

1 Sam. 30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried

away; and David rescued his two wives.

1 Sam. 30:19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor

great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had

taken to them; David recovered all.

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 30:21 And David came to the two hundred men which were so faint

that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the

brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David and to meet the people that

were with him; and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

1 Sam. 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 aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every

man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart.

1 Sam. 30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that

which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us and delivered the

company that came against us into our hand.

1 Sam. 30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? But as his part

is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff;

they shall part alike.

1 Sam. 30:25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute

and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

1 Sam. 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:

1 Sam. 30:27 To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in

south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir;

1 Sam. 30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in

Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa;

1 Sam. 30:29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were

in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the

Kenites;

1 Sam. 30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were

in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach;

1 Sam. 30:31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places

where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

1 Sam. Chapter 31

Saul and his armorbearer kill themselves--The Philistines triumph over

Israel--Men of Jabesh-gilead recover the bodies of Saul and his sons

1 Sam. 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.

1 Sam. 31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his

sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchi-shua,

Saul's sons.

1 Sam. 31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him;

and he was sore wounded of the archers.

1 Sam. 31:4 Then said Saul unto his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and

thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come, and thrust me

through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not, for he was sore

afraid. Therefore, Saul took a sword and fell upon it.

1 Sam. 31:5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell

likewise upon his sword and died with him.

1 Sam. 31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all

his men that same day together.

1 Sam. 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 Jordan saw that the men of Israel

fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled;

and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

1 Sam. 31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came

to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Mount

Gilboa.

1 Sam. 31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent

into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of

their idols and among the people.

1 Sam. 31:10 And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth; and they

fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

1 Sam. 31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that

which the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Sam. 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 Beth-shan, and

came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

1 Sam. 31:13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at

Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Second Samuel

2 Sam. Chapter 1

An Amalekite brings news of the deaths of Saul and Jonathan--David and

the people lament

2 Sam. 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,

2 Sam. 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 rent and earth upon his head; and

so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth and did

obeisance.

2 Sam. 1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he

said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

2 Sam. 1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell

me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of

the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan, his son, are dead

also.

2 Sam. 1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How

knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan, his son, be dead?

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me and called unto

me. And I answered, Here am I.

2 Sam. 1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am

an Amalekite.

2 Sam. 1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me and slay me;

for anguish is come upon me because my life is yet whole in me.

2 Sam. 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 hither

unto my lord.

2 Sam. 1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes and rent them, and

likewise all the men that were with him.

2 Sam. 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even for Saul,

and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house

of Israel because they were fallen by the sword.

2 Sam. 1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art

thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

2 Sam. 1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch

forth thine hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?

2 Sam. 1:15 And David called one of the young men and said, Go near and

fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

2 Sam. 1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy

mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed.

2 Sam. 1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over

Jonathan, his son--

2 Sam. 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the

bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jasher)--

2 Sam. 1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places. How are the

mighty fallen!

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew; neither let there

be rain upon you nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty is

vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with

oil.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in

scarlet with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your

apparel.

2 Sam. 1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O

Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

2 Sam. 1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant

hast thou been unto me; thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of

women.

2 Sam. 1:27 How are the mighty fallen and the weapons of war perished!

2 Sam. Chapter 2

David made king of Judah--Ishbosheth made king of Israel--Israel and

Judah fight--Asahel is slain

2 Sam. 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, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto

Hebron.

2 Sam. 2:2 So David went up thither and his two wives also, Ahinoam, the

Jezreelitess, and Abigail, Nabal's wife, the Carmelite.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king

over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying that the men of

Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Sam. 2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead and

said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have showed this

kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

2 Sam. 2:6 And now the Lord show kindness and truth unto you; and I also

will requite you this kindness because ye have done this thing.

2 Sam. 2:7 Therefore, now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye

valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have

anointed me king over them.

2 Sam. 2:8 But Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took

Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim,

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 2:10 Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to

reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed

David.

2 Sam. 2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of

Judah was seven years and six months.

2 Sam. 2:12 And Abner, the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth, the

son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and play

before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

2 Sam. 2:15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of

Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and twelve of the

servants of David.

2 Sam. 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; wherefore, that

place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

2 Sam. 2:17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was

beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and, in going, he turned not

to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

2 Sam. 2:20 Then Abner looked behind him and said, Art thou Asahel?

And he answered, I am.

2 Sam. 2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to

thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor.

But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

2 Sam. 2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from

following me. Wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? How then

should I hold up my face to Joab, thy brother?

2 Sam. 2:23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside; wherefore, Abner with the

hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came

out behind him; and he fell down there and died in the same place; and it

came to pass that as many as came to the place, where Asahel fell down and

died, stood still.

2 Sam. 2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went

down when they were come to the hill of Ammah that lieth before Giah by

the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

2 Sam. 2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together

after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.

2 Sam. 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour

forever? Knowest thou not that it will be a bitterness in the latter end? How

long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their

brethren?

2 Sam. 2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely

then in the morning the people had gone up, everyone from following his

brother.

2 Sam. 2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still and

pursued after Israel no more; neither fought they any more.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin and of

Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

2 Sam. 2:32 And they took up Asahel and buried him in the sepulcher of

his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night,

and they came to Hebron at break of day.

2 Sam. Chapter 3

David becomes stronger--Abner joins David--Joab kills Abner--David

curses Joab and mourns Abner

2 Sam. 3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the

house of David; but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of

Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

2 Sam. 3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron; and his firstborn

was Amnon, of Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess;

2 Sam. 3:3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail, the wife of Nabal, the

Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of

Talmai, king of Geshur;

2 Sam. 3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith; and the fifth,

Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

2 Sam. 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah, David's wife. These were born

to David in Hebron.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the

daughter of Aiah; and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone

in unto my father's concubine?

2 Sam. 3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth and

said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do show kindness this day

unto the house of Saul, thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends and

have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me today

with a fault concerning this woman?

2 Sam. 3:9 So do God to Abner and more also, except, as the Lord hath

sworn to David, even so I do to him,

2 Sam. 3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul and to set up

the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-

sheba.

2 Sam. 3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again because he

feared him.

2 Sam. 3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying,

Whose is the land? Saying also, Make thy league with me, and behold, my

hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

2 Sam. 3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee; but one

thing I require of thee; that is, thou shalt not see my face except thou first

bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

2 Sam. 3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying,

Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for a hundred

foreskins of the Philistines.

2 Sam. 3:15 And Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, even from

Phaltiel, the son of Laish.

2 Sam. 3:16 And her husband went with her along, weeping behind her to

Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go; return. And he returned.

2 Sam. 3:17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel,

saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you;

2 Sam. 3:18 Now then do it; for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By

the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand

of the Philistines and out of the hand of all their enemies.

2 Sam. 3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner

went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to

Israel and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

2 Sam. 3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him.

And David made Abner and his men that were with him a feast.

2 Sam. 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

thee and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David

sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they

told Joab, saying, Abner, the son of Ner, came to the king; and he hath sent

him away, and he is gone in peace.

2 Sam. 3:24 Then Joab came to the king and said, What hast thou done?

Behold, Abner came unto thee. Why is it that thou hast sent him away, and

he is quite gone?

2 Sam. 3:25 Thou knowest Abner, the son of Ner, that he came to deceive

thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that

thou doest.

2 Sam. 3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers

after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah; but David

knew it not.

2 Sam. 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside

in the gate to speak with him quietly and smote him there under the fifth

rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel, his brother.

2 Sam. 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;

2 Sam. 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 hath an issue, or that is a

leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh

bread.

2 Sam. 3:30 So Joab and Abishai, his brother, slew Abner because he had

slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

2 Sam. 3:31 And David said to Joab and to all the people that were with

him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before

Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 3:33 And the king lamented over Abner and said, Died Abner as a

fool dieth?

2 Sam. 3:34 Thy hands were not bound nor thy feet put into fetters; as a

man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept

again over him.

2 Sam. 3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat

while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me and more also

if I taste bread or aught else till the sun be down.

2 Sam. 3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as

whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is

a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

2 Sam. 3:39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men,

the sons of Zeruiah, be too hard for me; the Lord shall reward the doer of

evil according to his wickedness.

2 Sam. Chapter 4

Rechab and Baanah slay Ishbosheth--David has them killed

2 Sam. 4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his

hands were feeble; and all the Israelites were troubled.

2 Sam. 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;

2 Sam. 4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and were sojourners there

until this day).

2 Sam. 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet.

He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of

Jezreel. And his nurse took him up and fled; and it came to pass, as she

made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. And his name was

Mephibosheth.

2 Sam. 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 Ishbosheth, who

lay on a bed at noon.

2 Sam. 4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house as though

they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib; and

Rechab and Baanah, his brother, escaped.

2 Sam. 4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his

bedchamber; and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and

took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

2 Sam. 4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron

and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, thine

enemy which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord, the king,

this day of Saul and of his seed.

2 Sam. 4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah, his brother, the sons

of Rimmon, the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who

hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

2 Sam. 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;

2 Sam. 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?

2 Sam. 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 Ishbosheth and buried it in the sepulcher

of Abner in Hebron.

2 Sam. Chapter 5

David anointed king of all Israel--He takes Jerusalem and defeats

Philistines

2 Sam. 5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron and

spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Sam. 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that

leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt

feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

2 Sam. 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and King

David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they

anointed David king over Israel.

2 Sam. 5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned forty years.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites,

the inhabitants of the land, which spake unto David, saying, Except thou

take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither, thinking,

David cannot come in hither.

2 Sam. 5:7 Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the

city of David.

2 Sam. 5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter

and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame, and the blind that are hated of

David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore, they said, The blind

and the lame shall not come into the house.

2 Sam. 5:9 So David dwelt in the fort and called it the city of David. And

David built round about from Millo and inward.

2 Sam. 5:10 And David went on and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts

was with him.

2 Sam. 5:11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, and cedar

trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of

Jerusalem after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and

daughters born to David.

2 Sam. 5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in

Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

2 Sam. 5:15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

2 Sam. 5:16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

2 Sam. 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 hold.

2 Sam. 5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley

of Rephaim.

2 Sam. 5:19 And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the

Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto

David, Go up; for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

2 Sam. 5:20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there

and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me as the

breach of waters. Therefore, he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

2 Sam. 5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men

burned them.

2 Sam. 5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again and spread themselves

in the valley of Rephaim.

2 Sam. 5:23 And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not

go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against

the mulberry trees.

2 Sam. 5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the

tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then shall

the Lord go out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

2 Sam. 5:25 And David did so as the Lord had commanded him and smote

the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

2 Sam. Chapter 6

David moves the ark to Jerusalem--Uzzah is smitten--Ark is placed in a

tabernacle

2 Sam. 6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel,

thirty thousand.

2 Sam. 6:2 And David arose and went with all the people that were with

him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose

name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the

cherubim.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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 timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

2 Sam. 6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put

forth his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

2 Sam. 6:7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God

smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

2 Sam. 6:8 And David was displeased because the Lord had made a breach

upon Uzzah; and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.

2 Sam. 6:9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, How shall

the ark of the Lord come to me?

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 6:12 And it was told King David, saying, The Lord hath 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.

2 Sam. 6:13 And it was so that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had

gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

2 Sam. 6:14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and

David was girded with a linen ephod.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 6:17 And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in his place,

in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it; and David

offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole

multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to everyone a cake of

bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people

departed, everyone to his house.

2 Sam. 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 vain fellows shamelessly

uncovereth himself!

2 Sam. 6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which

chose me before thy father and before all his house, to appoint me ruler

over the people of the Lord, over Israel; therefore will I play before the

Lord.

2 Sam. 6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus and will be base in mine

own sight; and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall

I be had in honor.

2 Sam. 6:23 Therefore, Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child unto the

day of her death.

2 Sam. Chapter 7

David desires to build a house unto God--God forbids him--David's prayer

of praise and gratitude

2 Sam. 7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house and the Lord

had given him rest round about from all his enemies,

2 Sam. 7:2 That the king said unto Nathan, the prophet, See now, I dwell in

a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

2 Sam. 7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go; do all that is in thine heart, for

the Lord is with thee.

2 Sam. 7:4 And it came to pass that night that the word of the Lord came

unto Nathan, saying,

2 Sam. 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou

build me a house for me to dwell in?

2 Sam. 7:6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I

brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have

walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

2 Sam. 7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of

Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to

feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me a house of cedar?

2 Sam. 7:8 Now, therefore, so shalt thou say unto my servant David: Thus

saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the

sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel;

2 Sam. 7:9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut

off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like

unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

2 Sam. 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

beforetime,

2 Sam. 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my

people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the

Lord telleth thee that he will make thee a house.

2 Sam. 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy

fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy

bowels; and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Sam. 7:13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will stablish the

throne of his kingdom forever.

2 Sam. 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit

iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the

children of men.

2 Sam. 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him as I took it from

Saul, whom I put away before thee.

2 Sam. 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever

before thee; thy throne shall be established forever.

2 Sam. 7:17 According to all these words and according to all this vision,

so did Nathan speak unto David.

2 Sam. 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 thou hast brought me

hitherto?

2 Sam. 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but

thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And

is this the manner of man, O Lord God?

2 Sam. 7:20 And what can David say more unto thee? For thou, Lord God,

knowest thy servant.

2 Sam. 7:21 For thy word's sake and according to thine own heart hast thou

done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

2 Sam. 7:22 Wherefore, thou art great, O Lord God; for there is none like

thee; neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have

heard with our ears.

2 Sam. 7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like

Israel--whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him

a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land before thy

people--which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and

their gods?

2 Sam. 7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a

people unto thee forever; and thou, Lord, art become their God.

2 Sam. 7:25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken

concerning thy servant and concerning his house, establish it forever, and

do as thou hast said.

2 Sam. 7:26 And let thy name be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of

hosts is the God over Israel; and let the house of thy servant David be

established before thee.

2 Sam. 7:27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy

servant, saying, I will build thee a house; therefore hath thy servant found in

his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

2 Sam. 7:28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God; and thy words be

true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;

2 Sam. 7:29 Therefore, now let it please thee to bless the house of thy

servant, that it may continue forever before thee; for thou, O Lord God, hast

spoken it; and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed

forever.

2 Sam. Chapter 8

David defeats Hadadezer, and the Philistines, Moabites, and Syrians--

David's officers named

2 Sam. 8:1 And after this, it came to pass that David smote the Philistines

and subdued them; and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the

Philistines.

2 Sam. 8:2 And he smote Moab and measured them with a line, casting

them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death,

and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's

servants and brought gifts.

2 Sam. 8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah,

as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.

2 Sam. 8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven

hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all

the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.

2 Sam. 8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer,

king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

2 Sam. 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

whithersoever he went.

2 Sam. 8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of

Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 8:8 And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King

David took exceeding much brass.

2 Sam. 8:9 When Toi, king of Hamath, heard that David had smitten all the

hosts of Hadadezer,

2 Sam. 8:10 Then Toi sent Joram, his son, unto King David, to salute him

and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him;

for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of

silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass,

2 Sam. 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:

2 Sam. 8:12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of

the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob,

king of Zobah.

2 Sam. 8:13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of

the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.

2 Sam. 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 whithersoever he went.

2 Sam. 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed

judgment and justice unto all his people.

2 Sam. 8:16 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was over the host; and

Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was recorder;

2 Sam. 8:17 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, the son of

Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

2 Sam. 8:18 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over both the

Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

2 Sam. Chapter 9

David restores all of Saul's lands to Mephibosheth and provides for his

livelihood

2 Sam. 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?

2 Sam. 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,

Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

2 Sam. 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 hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 9:5 Then King David sent and fetched him out of the house of

Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

2 Sam. 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 thy servant!

2 Sam. 9:7 And David said unto him, Fear not; for I will surely show thee

kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of

Saul, thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

2 Sam. 9:8 And he bowed himself and said, What is thy servant, that thou

shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

2 Sam. 9:9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I

have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his

house.

2 Sam. 9:10 Thou, therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants shall till the

land for him; and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may

have food to eat; but Mephibosheth, thy master's son, shall eat bread always

at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

2 Sam. 9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord,

the king, hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for

Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table as one of the king's

sons.

2 Sam. 9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha.

And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

2 Sam. 9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat

continually at the king's table and was lame on both his feet.

2 Sam. Chapter 10

Ammonites abuse David's messengers--Ammonites and Syrians defeated

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun,

their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent

comforters unto thee? Hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee to

search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

2 Sam. 10:4 Wherefore, Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the

one-half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to

their buttocks, and sent them away.

2 Sam. 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 be grown, and then return.

2 Sam. 10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank 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.

2 Sam. 10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of

the mighty men.

2 Sam. 10:8 And the children of Ammon came out and put the battle in

array at the entering in of the gate; and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob,

and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

2 Sam. 10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him

before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel and put them in

array against the Syrians;

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou

shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I

will come and help thee.

2 Sam. 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people

and for the cities of our God; and the Lord do that which seemeth him good.

2 Sam. 10:13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto

the battle against the Syrians; and they fled before him.

2 Sam. 10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were

fled, then fled they also before Abishai and entered into the city. So Joab

returned from the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before

Israel, they gathered themselves together.

2 Sam. 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

host of Hadarezer, went before them.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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

smote Shobach, the captain of their host, who died there.

2 Sam. 10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw

that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served

them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

2 Sam. Chapter 11

David commits adultery with Bath-sheba--David and Joab conspire to have

Uriah killed in battle--David takes Bath-sheba to wife

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 11:2 And it came to pass in an eventide that David arose from off

his bed and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he

saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look

upon.

2 Sam. 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?

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent, and told David, and said,

I am with child.

2 Sam. 11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah, the Hittite.

And Joab sent Uriah to David.

2 Sam. 11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him

how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

2 Sam. 11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house and wash thy

feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a

mess of meat from the king.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down

unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey?

Why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

2 Sam. 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 mine house, to eat and drink, and to

lie with my wife? As thou livest and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this

thing.

2 Sam. 11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here today also, and

tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day and

the morrow.

2 Sam. 11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before

him; and he made him drunk; and at even he went out to lie on his bed with

the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the

forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him that he may be smitten

and die.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 11:18 Then Joab sent, and told David all the things concerning the

war,

2 Sam. 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an

end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

2 Sam. 11:20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise and he say unto thee,

Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? Knew ye

not that they would shoot from the wall?

2 Sam. 11:21 Who smote Abimelech, the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a

woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in

Thebez? Why went ye nigh the wall? Then say thou, Thy servant Uriah, the

Hittite, is dead also.

2 Sam. 11:22 So the messenger went, and came, and showed David all that

Joab had sent him for.

2 Sam. 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 entering of the gate.

2 Sam. 11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants;

and some of the king's servants be dead; and thy servant Uriah, the Hittite,

is dead also.

2 Sam. 11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto

Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well

as another; make thy battle more strong against the city and overthrow it;

and encourage thou him.

2 Sam. 11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah, her husband,

was dead, she mourned for her husband.

2 Sam. 11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her

to his house; and she became his wife and bare him a son. But the thing that

David had done displeased the Lord.

2 Sam. Chapter 12

David is reproved by Nathan--Firstborn of David and Bathsheba dies--

Solomon is born--David tortures the Ammonites

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds;

2 Sam. 12:3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which

he had bought and nourished up; and it grew up together with him and with

his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in

his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

2 Sam. 12:4 And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to

take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man

that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb and dressed it for the

man that was come to him.

2 Sam. 12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he

said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall

surely die;

2 Sam. 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold because he did this

thing and because he had no pity.

2 Sam. 12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the

Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out

of the hand of Saul;

2 Sam. 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house and thy master's wives into

thy bosom and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had

been too little, I would, moreover, have given unto thee such and such

things.

2 Sam. 12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord,

to do evil in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah, the Hittite, with the sword,

and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of

the children of Ammon.

2 Sam. 12:10 Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from thine house

because thou hast despised me and hast taken the wife of Uriah, the Hittite,

to be thy wife.

2 Sam. 12:11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee

out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes and give

them unto thy neighbor; and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this

sun.

2 Sam. 12:12 For thou didst it secretly; but I will do this thing before all

Israel and before the sun.

2 Sam. 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord.

And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath not put away thy sin, that

thou shalt not die.

2 Sam. 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion

to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto

thee shall surely die.

2 Sam. 12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the

child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

2 Sam. 12:16 David, therefore, besought God for the child; and David

fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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 spake unto him; and he

would not hearken unto our voice. How will he then vex himself if we tell

him that the child is dead?

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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 required, they set

bread before him, and he did eat.

2 Sam. 12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou

hast done? Thou didst fast and weep for the child while it was alive; but

when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

2 Sam. 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?

2 Sam. 12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him

back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

2 Sam. 12:24 And David comforted Bath-sheba, his wife, and went in unto

her, and lay with her; and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon;

and the Lord loved him.

2 Sam. 12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan, the prophet; and he called

his name Jedidiah because of the Lord.

2 Sam. 12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon

and took the royal city.

2 Sam. 12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought

against Rabbah and have taken the city of waters.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to

Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

2 Sam. 12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight

whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones; and it was set on

David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

2 Sam. 12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put

them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and

made them pass through the brickkiln; and thus did he unto all the cities of

the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto

Jerusalem.

2 Sam. Chapter 13

Amnon ravishes Tamar--Absalom kills Amnon and flees--David grieves

2 Sam. 13:1 And it came to pass after this that Absalom, the son of David,

had a fair sister whose name was Tamar; and Amnon, the son of David,

loved her.

2 Sam. 13:2 And Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick for his sister Tamar;

for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to

her.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean

from day to day? Wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love

Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

2 Sam. 13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed and

make thyself sick. And when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I

pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat

in my sight, that I may see it and eat it at her hand.

2 Sam. 13:6 So Amnon lay down and made himself sick. And when the

king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar,

my sister, come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat

at her hand.

2 Sam. 13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy

brother Amnon's house and dress him meat.

2 Sam. 13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid

down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and

did bake the cakes.

2 Sam. 13:9 And she took a pan and poured them out before him; but he

refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went

out, every man from him.

2 Sam. 13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the

chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she

had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon, her brother.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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 thou this folly.

2 Sam. 13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? And as for thee,

thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now, therefore, I pray thee, speak

unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

2 Sam. 13:14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but, being

stronger than she, forced her and lay with her.

2 Sam. 13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred

wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved

her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise; begone.

2 Sam. 13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause. This evil in

sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he

would not hearken unto her.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 13:18 And she had a garment of divers colors upon her; for with

such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins appareled. Then his

servant brought her out and bolted the door after her.

2 Sam. 13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of

divers colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on

crying.

2 Sam. 13:20 And Absalom, her brother, said unto her, Hath Amnon, thy

brother, been with thee? But hold now thy peace, my sister; he is thy

brother. Regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother

Absalom's house.

2 Sam. 13:21 But when King David heard of all these things, he was very

wroth.

2 Sam. 13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor

bad; for Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Tamar.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 13:24 And Absalom came to the king and said, Behold now, thy

servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go

with thy servant.

2 Sam. 13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son. Let us not all

now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him; howbeit he

would not go, but blessed him.

2 Sam. 13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon

go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

2 Sam. 13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the

king's sons go with him.

2 Sam. 13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye

now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine. And when I say unto you,

Smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not. Have I not commanded you? Be

courageous, and be valiant.

2 Sam. 13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom

had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up

upon his mule and fled.

2 Sam. 13:30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings

came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is

not one of them left.

2 Sam. 13:31 Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the

earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

2 Sam. 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 appointment of

Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister

Tamar.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 13:34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch

lifted up his eyes and looked; and behold, there came much people by the

way of the hillside behind him.

2 Sam. 13:35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons

come; as thy servant said, so it is.

2 Sam. 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 sore.

2 Sam. 13:37 But Absalom fled and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud,

king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

2 Sam. 13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three

years.

2 Sam. 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 Sam. Chapter 14

Joab brings Absalom to Jerusalem--David approves Absalom's return

2 Sam. 14:1 Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, perceived that the king's heart

was toward Absalom.

2 Sam. 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman,

and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now

mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that

had a long time mourned for the dead,

2 Sam. 14:3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So

Joab put the words in her mouth.

2 Sam. 14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on

her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O King.

2 Sam. 14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she

answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

2 Sam. 14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together

in the field; and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other

and slew him.

2 Sam. 14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid.

And they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for

the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also; and

so they will quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my

husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

2 Sam. 14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I

will give charge concerning thee.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 14:10 And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring

him to me; and he shall not touch thee any more.

2 Sam. 14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord,

thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any

more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall

not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

2 Sam. 14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak

one word unto my lord, the king. And he said, Say on.

2 Sam. 14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such

a thing against the people of God? For the king doth speak this thing as one

which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

2 Sam. 14:14 For we must needs die and are as water spilt on the ground,

which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person;

yet doth he devise means that his banished be not expelled from him.

2 Sam. 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 thy

handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will

perform the request of his handmaid.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord, the king,

shall now be comfortable, for as an angel of God, so is my lord, the king, to

discern good and bad; therefore, the Lord, thy God, will be with thee.

2 Sam. 14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not

from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said,

Let my lord, the king, now speak.

2 Sam. 14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all

this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord, the

king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord,

the king, hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these

words in the mouth of thine handmaid,

2 Sam. 14:20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done

this thing; and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God,

to know all things that are in the earth.

2 Sam. 14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this

thing; go, therefore; bring the young man Absalom again.

2 Sam. 14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself,

and thanked the king. And Joab said, Today thy servant knoweth that I have

found grace in thy sight, my lord, O King, in that the king hath fulfilled the

request of his servant.

2 Sam. 14:23 So Joab arose, and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to

Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 14:26 And when he polled his head (for it was at every year's end

that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore, he polled it),

he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's

weight.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem and saw not

the king's face.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 14:30 Therefore, he said unto his servants, See--Joab's field is near

mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's

servants set the field on fire.

2 Sam. 14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and

said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

2 Sam. 14:32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee,

saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am

I come from Geshur? It had been good for me to have been there still; now,

therefore, let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let

him kill me.

2 Sam. 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 Sam. Chapter 15

Absalom conspires against David--Absalom gains power--David flees--

David sends emissaries to influence Absalom

2 Sam. 15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him

chariots, and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2 Sam. 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 art

thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Sam. 15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See; thy matters are good and

right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

2 Sam. 15:4 Absalom said, moreover, Oh, that I were made judge in the

land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me; and

I would do him justice!

2 Sam. 15:5 And it was so that when any man came nigh to him to do him

obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

2 Sam. 15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the

king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Sam. 15:7 And it came to pass after forty years that Absalom said unto

the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto

the Lord, in Hebron.

2 Sam. 15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,

saying, If the Lord shall bring me again, indeed, to Jerusalem, then I will

serve the Lord.

2 Sam. 15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose and went

to Hebron.

2 Sam. 15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel,

saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say,

Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

2 Sam. 15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem,

that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not

anything.

2 Sam. 15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel, the Gilonite, David's

counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And

the conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with

Absalom.

2 Sam. 15:13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of

the men of Israel are after Absalom.

2 Sam. 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 smite the city with the edge of the sword.

2 Sam. 15:15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy

servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord, the king, shall appoint.

2 Sam. 15:16 And the king went forth and all his household after him. And

the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

2 Sam. 15:17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and

tarried in a place that was far off.

2 Sam. 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

which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

2 Sam. 15:19 Then said the king to Ittai, the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou

also with us? Return to thy place, and abide with the king, for thou art a

stranger and also an exile.

2 Sam. 15:20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make

thee go up and down with us? Seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and

take back thy brethren; mercy and truth be with thee.

2 Sam. 15:21 And Ittai answered the king and said, As the Lord liveth and

as my lord, the king, liveth, surely in what place my lord, the king, shall be,

whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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 done passing out of the city.

2 Sam. 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;

2 Sam. 15:26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am

I; let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

2 Sam. 15:27 The king said also unto Zadok, the priest, Art not thou a seer?

Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz, thy

son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar.

2 Sam. 15:28 See; I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness until there

come word from you to certify me.

2 Sam. 15:29 Zadok, therefore, and Abiathar carried the ark of God again

to Jerusalem; and they tarried there.

2 Sam. 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 was with him covered every man his head; and they went up,

weeping as they went up.

2 Sam. 15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the

conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the

counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Sam. 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 rent and earth upon his head,

2 Sam. 15:33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou

shalt be a burden unto me;

2 Sam. 15:34 But if thou return to the city and say unto Absalom, I will be

thy servant, O King, as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I

now also be thy servant, then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of

Ahithophel.

2 Sam. 15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar, the

priests? Therefore, it shall be that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of

the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests.

2 Sam. 15:36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz,

Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto

me everything that ye can hear.

2 Sam. 15:37 So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, and Absalom

came into Jerusalem.

2 Sam. Chapter 16

David accepts Shimei's cursing--Ahithophel's counsel

2 Sam. 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 asses saddled,

and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of

raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

2 Sam. 16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these?

And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the

bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as

be faint in the wilderness may drink.

2 Sam. 16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba

said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem, for he said, Today shall

the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

2 Sam. 16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained

unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find

grace in thy sight, my lord, O King.

2 Sam. 16:5 And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came

out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the

son of Gera; he came forth and cursed still as he came.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out,

thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial;

2 Sam. 16:8 The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of

Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the

kingdom into the hand of Absalom, thy son; and behold, thou art taken in

thy mischief because thou art a bloody man.

2 Sam. 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 thee,

and take off his head.

2 Sam. 16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of

Zeruiah? So let him curse because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse

David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

2 Sam. 16:11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my

son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life. How much more now

may this Benjamite do it? Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord

hath bidden him.

2 Sam. 16:12 It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction and that

the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.

2 Sam. 16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went

along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw

stones at him, and cast dust.

2 Sam. 16:14 And the king and all the people that were with him came

weary and refreshed themselves there.

2 Sam. 16:15 And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to

Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy

friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 16:19 And again, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the

presence of his son? As I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in

thy presence.

2 Sam. 16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you

what we shall do.

2 Sam. 16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's

concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear

that thou art abhorred of thy father; then shall the hands of all that are with

thee be strong.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those

days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God; so was all the

counsel of Ahithophel, both with David and with Absalom.

2 Sam. Chapter 17

Ahithophel proposes attack on David's forces--Hushai provides different

counsel--Ahithophel hangs himself--Absalom's army pursues David

2 Sam. 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;

2 Sam. 17:2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weakhanded,

and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee;

and I will smite the king only;

2 Sam. 17:3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee; the man whom

thou seekest is as if all returned; so all the people shall be in peace.

2 Sam. 17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of

Israel.

2 Sam. 17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai, the Archite, also, and let

us hear likewise what he saith.

2 Sam. 17:6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto

him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner. Shall we do after his

saying? If not, speak thou.

2 Sam. 17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel

hath given is not good at this time.

2 Sam. 17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that

they be mighty men and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of

her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war and will not lodge

with the people.

2 Sam. 17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit or in some other place; and

it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that

whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that

follow Absalom.

2 Sam. 17:10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a

lion, shall utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty

man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

2 Sam. 17:11 Therefore, I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto

thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for

multitude, and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

2 Sam. 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 falleth on the ground; and of

him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as

one.

2 Sam. 17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring

ropes to that city; and we will draw it into the river until there be not one

small stone found there.

2 Sam. 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 appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that

the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Sam. 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 counseled.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel, for they

might not be seen to come into the city; and a wench went and told them;

and they went and told King David.

2 Sam. 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,

which had a well in his court, whither they went down.

2 Sam. 17:19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's

mouth and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

2 Sam. 17:20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the

house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said

unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had

sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 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 hath Ahithophel counseled

against you.

2 Sam. 17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and

they passed over Jordan; by the morning light there lacked not one of them

that was not gone over Jordan.

2 Sam. 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed,

he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and

put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in

the sepulcher of his father.

2 Sam. 17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over

Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

2 Sam. 17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the hosts instead of

Joab, which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra, an Israelite,

that went in to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's

mother.

2 Sam. 17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

2 Sam. 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,

2 Sam. 17:28 Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and

barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched

pulse,

2 Sam. 17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine for

David and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The

people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.

2 Sam. Chapter 18

Israelites are smitten--Absalom is slain--David mourns

2 Sam. 18:1 And David numbered the people that were with him and set

captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth; for if we flee

away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us;

but now thou art worth ten thousand of us; therefore, now it is better that

thou succor us out of the city.

2 Sam. 18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do.

And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by

hundreds and by thousands.

2 Sam. 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 charge concerning

Absalom.

2 Sam. 18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the

battle was in the wood of Ephraim,

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the

country; and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword

devoured.

2 Sam. 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 hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven

and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

2 Sam. 18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I

saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

2 Sam. 18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou

sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? And I

would have given thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle.

2 Sam. 18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a

thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine

hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee, and

Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

2 Sam. 18:13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own

life; for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have

set thyself against me.

2 Sam. 18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took

three darts in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while

he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

2 Sam. 18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about,

and smote Absalom, and slew him.

2 Sam. 18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from

pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

2 Sam. 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,

everyone to his tent.

2 Sam. 18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for

himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to

keep my name in remembrance. And he called the pillar after his own

name; and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

2 Sam. 18:19 Then said Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, Let me now run and

bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies.

2 Sam. 18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day,

but thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no

tidings because the king's son is dead.

2 Sam. 18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen.

And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab and ran.

2 Sam. 18:22 Then said Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, yet again to Joab, But,

howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said,

Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

2 Sam. 18:23 But, howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him,

Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain and overran Cushi.

2 Sam. 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 beheld a man running alone.

2 Sam. 18:25 And the watchman cried and told the king. And the king said,

If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew

near.

2 Sam. 18:26 And the watchman saw another man running; and the

watchman called unto the porter and said, Behold another man running

alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

2 Sam. 18:27 And the watchman said, Methinketh the running of the

foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king

said, He is a good man and cometh with good tidings.

2 Sam. 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, thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand

against my lord, the king.

2 Sam. 18:29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And

Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant and me, thy servant,

I saw a great tumult; but I knew not what it was.

2 Sam. 18:30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And

he turned aside and stood still.

2 Sam. 18:31 And behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord,

the king; for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up

against thee.

2 Sam. 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 thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

2 Sam. 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 thee, O Absalom, my

son, my son!

2 Sam. Chapter 19

Joab reproves David--David reinstated as king--Shimei repents and is

pardoned

2 Sam. 19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth

for Absalom.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as

people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

2 Sam. 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!

2 Sam. 19:5 And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Thou hast

shamed this day the faces of all thy servants which this day have saved thy

life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy

wives, and the lives of thy concubines,

2 Sam. 19:6 In that thou lovest thine enemies and hatest thy friends. For

thou hast declared this day that thou regardest neither princes nor servants;

for this day I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all we had died this

day, then it had pleased thee well.

2 Sam. 19:7 Now, therefore, arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy

servants; for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry

one with thee this night; and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil

that befell thee from thy youth until now.

2 Sam. 19:8 Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told unto all

the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people

came before the king, for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

2 Sam. 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 is fled out of the

land for Absalom.

2 Sam. 19:10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle.

Now, therefore, why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

2 Sam. 19:11 And King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests,

saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring

the king back to his house, seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the

king, even to his house?

2 Sam. 19:12 Ye are my brethren; ye are my bones and my flesh.

Wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

2 Sam. 19:13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone and of my

flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host

before me continually in the room of Joab.

2 Sam. 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, thou and

all thy servants.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 19:16 And Shimei, the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of

Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet King

David.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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,

2 Sam. 19:19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto

me; neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day

that my lord, the king, went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to

his heart.

2 Sam. 19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned; therefore,

behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to

meet my lord, the king.

2 Sam. 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?

2 Sam. 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of

Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? Shall there any

man be put to death this day in Israel? For do not I know that I am this day

king over Israel?

2 Sam. 19:23 Therefore, the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And

the king sware unto him.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet

the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me,

Mephibosheth?

2 Sam. 19:26 And he answered, My lord, O King, my servant deceived me.

For thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon and go

to the king because thy servant is lame.

2 Sam. 19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord, the king; but

my lord, the king, is as an angel of God; do, therefore, what is good in thine

eyes.

2 Sam. 19:28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my

lord, the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine

own table. What right, therefore, have I yet to cry any more unto the king?

2 Sam. 19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of

thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 19:31 And Barzillai, the Gileadite, came down from Rogelim and

went over Jordan with the king to conduct him over Jordan.

2 Sam. 19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years

old; and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim,

for he was a very great man.

2 Sam. 19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me,

and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that

I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

2 Sam. 19:35 I am this day fourscore years old. And can I discern between

good and evil? Can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear

any more the voice of singing men and singing women? Wherefore then

should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord, the king?

2 Sam. 19:36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king.

And why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

2 Sam. 19:37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in

mine own city and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother.

But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord, the king;

and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

2 Sam. 19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and

I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee; and whatsoever thou

shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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 thee away

and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him

over Jordan?

2 Sam. 19:42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel,

Because the king is near of kin to us. Wherefore then be ye angry for this

matter? Have we eaten at all of the king's cost? Or hath he given us any

gift?

2 Sam. 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

ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in

bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer

than the words of the men of Israel.

2 Sam. Chapter 20

Sheba rebels--Joab slays Amasa--Sheba is slain; city spared

2 Sam. 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!

2 Sam. 20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David and followed

Sheba, the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clave unto their king from

Jordan even to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 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 ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut

up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

2 Sam. 20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah

within three days, and be thou here present.

2 Sam. 20:5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah; but he tarried

longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

2 Sam. 20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba, the son of

Bichri, do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants

and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities and escape us.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa

went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto

him and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath

thereof; and as he went forth, it fell out.

2 Sam. 20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And

Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

2 Sam. 20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand;

so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the

ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai, his

brother, pursued after Sheba, the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him and said, He that

favoreth Joab and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

2 Sam. 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 everyone that came by him stood still.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to

Beth-maachah, and all the Berites; and they were gathered together and

went also after him.

2 Sam. 20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah,

and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench; and all

the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

2 Sam. 20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I

pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

2 Sam. 20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art

thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the

words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

2 Sam. 20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time,

saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they ended the matter.

2 Sam. 20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel;

thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow

up the inheritance of the Lord?

2 Sam. 20:20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that

I should swallow up or destroy.

2 Sam. 20:21 The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba, the

son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against

David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman

said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah, the

son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

2 Sam. 20:24 And Adoram was over the tribute; and Jehoshaphat, the son

of Ahilud, was recorder;

2 Sam. 20:25 And Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were the

priests;

2 Sam. 20:26 And Ira also, the Jairite, was a chief ruler about David.

2 Sam. Chapter 21

Three years of famine--David recompenses Gibeonites for Saul's abuses--

Philistines attack again and are defeated

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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--

2 Sam. 21:3 Wherefore, David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for

you? And wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the

inheritance of the Lord?

2 Sam. 21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor

gold of Saul nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in

Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

2 Sam. 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 coasts of Israel,

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of

Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five

sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel, the

son of Barzillai, the Meholathite;

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 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 suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on

them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.

2 Sam. 21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, the

concubine of Saul, had done.

2 Sam. 21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of

Jonathan, his son, from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them

from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them when

the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa;

2 Sam. 21:13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the

bones of Jonathan, his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were

hanged.

2 Sam. 21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan, his son, buried they in

the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulcher of Kish, his father; and

they performed all that the king commanded. And after that, God was

entreated for the land.

2 Sam. 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 waxed faint.

2 Sam. 21:16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the

weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he

being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

2 Sam. 21:17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, succored him, and smote the

Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying,

Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light

of Israel.

2 Sam. 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,

which was of the sons of the giant.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great

stature, that had on every hand six fingers and on every foot six toes, four

and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

2 Sam. 21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimeah, the

brother of David, slew him.

2 Sam. 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 Sam. Chapter 22

A psalm of praise and thanksgiving

2 Sam. 22:1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song, in the

day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and

out of the hand of Saul.

2 Sam. 22:2 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my

deliverer,

2 Sam. 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; thou

savest me from violence.

2 Sam. 22:4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I

be saved from mine enemies.

2 Sam. 22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly

men made me afraid;

2 Sam. 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death

prevented me.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven

moved and shook because he was wroth.

2 Sam. 22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his

mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.

2 Sam. 22:10 He bowed the heavens also and came down, and darkness

was under his feet.

2 Sam. 22:11 And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; and he was seen upon

the wings of the wind.

2 Sam. 22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him--dark

waters and thick clouds of the skies.

2 Sam. 22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

2 Sam. 22:14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered

his voice.

2 Sam. 22:15 And he sent out arrows and scattered them, lightning and

discomfited them.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 22:17 He sent from above; he took me; he drew me out of many

waters;

2 Sam. 22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them that

hated me, for they were too strong for me.

2 Sam. 22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity; but the Lord

was my stay.

2 Sam. 22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me

because he delighted in me.

2 Sam. 22:21 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

2 Sam. 22:22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly

departed from my God.

2 Sam. 22:23 For all his judgments were before me; and as for his statutes,

I did not depart from them.

2 Sam. 22:24 I was also upright before him and have kept myself from

mine iniquity.

2 Sam. 22:25 Therefore, the Lord hath recompensed me according to my

righteousness, according to my cleanness in his eyesight.

2 Sam. 22:26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with

the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.

2 Sam. 22:27 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the

froward thou wilt show thyself unsavory.

2 Sam. 22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save; but thine eyes are

upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

2 Sam. 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord; and the Lord will lighten my

darkness.

2 Sam. 22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop; by my God have I

leaped over a wall.

2 Sam. 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried;

he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

2 Sam. 22:32 For who is God, save the Lord? And who is a rock, save our

God?

2 Sam. 22:33 God is my strength and power; and he maketh my way

perfect.

2 Sam. 22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet and setteth me upon my

high places.

2 Sam. 22:35 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken

by mine arms.

2 Sam. 22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; and thy

gentleness hath made me great.

2 Sam. 22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet did

not slip.

2 Sam. 22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them, and turned

not again until I had consumed them.

2 Sam. 22:39 And I have consumed them and wounded them, that they

could not arise; yea, they are fallen under my feet.

2 Sam. 22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle; them that rose

up against me hast thou subdued under me.

2 Sam. 22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I

might destroy them that hate me.

2 Sam. 22:42 They looked, but there was none to save, even unto the Lord;

but he answered them not.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people;

thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen; a people which I knew not

shall serve me.

2 Sam. 22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me; as soon as they

hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

2 Sam. 22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their

close places.

2 Sam. 22:47 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the

God of the rock of my salvation.

2 Sam. 22:48 It is God that avengeth me and that bringeth down the people

unto me,

2 Sam. 22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies; thou also hast

lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me; thou hast

delivered me from the violent man.

2 Sam. 22:50 Therefore, I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the

heathen; and I will sing praises unto thy name.

2 Sam. 22:51 He is the tower of salvation for his king and showeth mercy

to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed forevermore.

2 Sam. Chapter 23

Last words of David--He recognizes his mighty men

2 Sam. 23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse,

said--and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of

Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said--

2 Sam. 23:2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my

tongue.

2 Sam. 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that

ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

2 Sam. 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun

riseth, even a morning without clouds, as the tender grass springing out of

the earth by clear shining after rain.

2 Sam. 23:5 Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with

me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure; for this is all my

salvation and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

2 Sam. 23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away

because they cannot be taken with hands;

2 Sam. 23:7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron

and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the

same place.

2 Sam. 23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The

Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was

Adino, the Eznite; he lifted up his spear against eight hundred, whom he

slew at one time.

2 Sam. 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 were gone

away.

2 Sam. 23:10 He arose and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary

and his hand clave unto the sword; and the Lord wrought a great victory

that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

2 Sam. 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 lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.

2 Sam. 23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and

slew the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great victory.

2 Sam. 23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down and came to David in

the harvesttime unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines

pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

2 Sam. 23:14 And David was then in a hold, and the garrison of the

Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

2 Sam. 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!

2 Sam. 23:16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the

Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the

gate, and took it, and brought it to David; nevertheless, he would not drink

thereof but poured it out unto the Lord.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was

chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and

slew them, and had the name among three.

2 Sam. 23:19 Was he not most honorable of three? Therefore, he was their

captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

2 Sam. 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 men of Moab; he

went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

2 Sam. 23:21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man; and the Egyptian

had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked

the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

2 Sam. 23:22 These things did Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and had the

name among three mighty men.

2 Sam. 23:23 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to

the first three. And David set him over his guard.

2 Sam. 23:24 Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; Elhanan,

the son of Dodo, of Bethlehem;

2 Sam. 23:25 Shammah, the Harodite; Elika, the Harodite;

2 Sam. 23:26 Helez, the Paltite; Ira, the son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite;

2 Sam. 23:27 Abiezer, the Antothite; Mebunnai, the Hushathite;

2 Sam. 23:28 Zalmon, the Ahohite; Maharai, the Netophathite;

2 Sam. 23:29 Heleb, the son of Baanah, a Netophathite; Ittai, the son of

Ribai, out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin;

2 Sam. 23:30 Benaiah, the Pirathonite; Hiddai, of the brooks of Gaash;

2 Sam. 23:31 Abi-albon, the Arbathite; Azmaveth, the Barhumite;

2 Sam. 23:32 Eliahba, the Shaalbonite; of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan;

2 Sam. 23:33 Shammah, the Hararite; Ahiam, the son of Sharar, the

Hararite;

2 Sam. 23:34 Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite;

Eliam, the son of Ahithophel, the Gilonite;

2 Sam. 23:35 Hezrai, the Carmelite; Paarai, the Arbite;

2 Sam. 23:36 Igal, the son of Nathan of Zobah; Bani, the Gadite;

2 Sam. 23:37 Zelek, the Ammonite; Nahari, the Beerothite, armorbearer to

Joab, the son of Zeruiah;

2 Sam. 23:38 Ira, an Ithrite; Gareb, an Ithrite;

2 Sam. 23:39 Uriah, the Hittite; thirty and seven in all.

2 Sam. Chapter 24

David sins by numbering the people--God sends pestilence as punishment--

David and the people repent, preventing the destruction of Jerusalem

2 Sam. 24:1 And again, the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel;

and he moved David against them to say, Go; number Israel and Judah.

2 Sam. 24:2 For the king said to Joab, the captain of the host, which was

with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-

sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the

people.

2 Sam. 24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord, thy God, add unto

the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of

my lord, the king, may see it. But why doth my lord, the king, delight in this

thing?

2 Sam. 24:4 Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab and

against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went

out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel.

2 Sam. 24:5 And they passed over Jordan and pitched in Aroer, on the right

side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad and toward Jazer;

2 Sam. 24:6 Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi;

and they came to Dan-jaan and about to Zidon,

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 24:8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to

Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

2 Sam. 24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto

the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that

drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

2 Sam. 24:10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the

people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have

done. And now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy

servant, for I have done very foolishly.

2 Sam. 24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord

came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

2 Sam. 24:12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three

things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

2 Sam. 24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall

seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? Or wilt thou flee three

months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? Or that there be three

days' pestilence in thy land? Now advise, and see what answer I shall return

to him that sent me.

2 Sam. 24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait; let us fall

now into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great; and let me not fall

into the hand of man.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to

destroy it, the Lord said unto him, Stay now thine hand; it is enough;, for

the people repented. And the Lord stayed the hand of the angel, that he

destroyed not the people. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing

floor of Araunah, the Jebusite.

2 Sam. 24:17 For David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that

smote the people and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But

these sheep, what have they done? Let thine hand, I pray thee, be against

me and against my father's house.

2 Sam. 24:18 And Gad came that day to David and said unto him, Go up;

rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshing floor of Araunah, the Jebusite.

2 Sam. 24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the

Lord commanded.

2 Sam. 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.

2 Sam. 24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my Lord, the king, come to

his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor of thee, to build an

altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

2 Sam. 24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord, the king, take

and offer up what seemeth good unto him. Behold, here be oxen for burnt

sacrifice, and threshing instruments, and other instruments of the oxen for

wood.

2 Sam. 24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king.

And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord, thy God, accept thee.

2 Sam. 24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it

of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord, my God,

of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor

and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

2 Sam. 24:25 And David built there an altar unto the Lord and offered

burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was entreated for the land,

and the plague was stayed from Israel.

First Kings

1 Kgs. Chapter 1

Adonijah usurps the kingdom--Nathan counsels Bath-sheba--David

appoints Solomon to be king--Solomon pardons Adonijah

1 Kgs. 1:1 Now King David was old and stricken in years; and they

covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

1 Kgs. 1:2 Wherefore, his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for

my lord, the king, a young virgin; and let her stand before the king, and let

her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord, the king, may get

heat.

1 Kgs. 1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of

Israel, and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

1 Kgs. 1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and

ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

1 Kgs. 1:5 Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, exalted himself, saying, I

will be king; and he prepared him chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to

run before him.

1 Kgs. 1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying,

Why hast thou done so? And he also was a very goodly man; and his

mother bare him after Absalom.

1 Kgs. 1:7 And he conferred with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with

Abiathar, the priest; and they, following Adonijah, helped him.

1 Kgs. 1:8 But Zadok, the priest, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and

Nathan, the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which

belonged to David were not with Adonijah.

1 Kgs. 1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep, and oxen, and fat cattle by the stone

of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren, the king's

sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants;

1 Kgs. 1:10 But Nathan, the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and

Solomon, his brother, he called not.

1 Kgs. 1:11 Wherefore, Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba, the mother of

Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith,

doth reign, and David, our lord, knoweth it not?

1 Kgs. 1:12 Now, therefore, come; let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel,

that thou mayest save thine own life and the life of thy son Solomon.

1 Kgs. 1:13 Go and get thee in unto King David and say unto him, Didst

not thou, my lord, O King, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly

Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

Why then doth Adonijah reign?

1 Kgs. 1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will

come in after thee and confirm thy words.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 1:16 And Bath-sheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. And

the king said, What wouldest thou?

1 Kgs. 1:17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord, thy

God, unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon, thy son, shall reign

after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

1 Kgs. 1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord, the

king, thou knowest it not;

1 Kgs. 1:19 And he hath slain oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in abundance

and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar, the priest, and Joab,

the captain of the host; but Solomon, thy servant, hath he not called.

1 Kgs. 1:20 And thou, my lord, O King, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee,

that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord, the

king, after him.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 1:22 And lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan, the prophet,

also came in.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O King, hast thou said, Adonijah

shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

1 Kgs. 1:25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen, and fat

cattle, and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the

captains of the host, and Abiathar, the priest; and behold, they eat, and drink

before him, and say, God save King Adonijah.

1 Kgs. 1:26 But me, even me, thy servant, and Zadok, the priest, and

Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon hath he not called.

1 Kgs. 1:27 Is this thing done by my lord, the king, and thou hast not

showed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord, the

king, after him?

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 1:29 And the king sware and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath

redeemed my soul out of all distress,

1 Kgs. 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying,

Assuredly Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my

throne in my stead, even so will I certainly do this day.

1 Kgs. 1:31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did

reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord, King David, live forever.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of

your lord, and cause Solomon, my son, to ride upon mine own mule, and

bring him down to Gihon;

1 Kgs. 1:34 And let Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, anoint him

there king over Israel; and blow ye with the trumpet and say, God save King

Solomon.

1 Kgs. 1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit

upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead; and I have appointed him

to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 1:37 As the Lord hath been with my lord, the king, even so be he

with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord, King

David.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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!

1 Kgs. 1:40 And all the people came up after him; and the people piped

with pipes and rejoiced with great joy so that the earth rent with the sound

of them.

1 Kgs. 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, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

1 Kgs. 1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar,

the priest, came. And Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a

valiant man and bringest good tidings.

1 Kgs. 1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord,

King David, hath made Solomon king.

1 Kgs. 1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok, the priest, and Nathan,

the prophet, and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the

Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule;

1 Kgs. 1:45 And Zadok, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, have anointed

him king in Gihon; and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the

city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.

1 Kgs. 1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

1 Kgs. 1:47 And, moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord, King

David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name and

make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon

the bed.

1 Kgs. 1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,

which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.

1 Kgs. 1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and

rose up, and went every man his way.

1 Kgs. 1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went,

and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

1 Kgs. 1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth

King Solomon; for lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying,

Let King Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant

with the sword.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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 thine house.

1 Kgs. Chapter 2

David's charge to Solomon--David dies, and Solomon succeeds him--

Abiathar removed from the priesthood--Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei put to

death

1 Kgs. 2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he

charged Solomon, his son, saying,

1 Kgs. 2:2 I go the way of all the earth; be thou strong, therefore, and show

thyself a man;

1 Kgs. 2:3 And keep the charge of the Lord, thy God, to walk in his ways,

to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his

testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in

all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself,

1 Kgs. 2:4 That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning

me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth

with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a

man on the throne of Israel.

1 Kgs. 2:5 Moreover, thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did

to me and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner,

the son of Ner, and unto Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed

the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was

about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

1 Kgs. 2:6 Do, therefore, according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar

head go down to the grave in peace.

1 Kgs. 2:7 But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and

let them be of those that eat at thy table, for so they came to me when I fled

because of Absalom, thy brother.

1 Kgs. 2:8 And behold, thou hast with thee Shimei, the son of Gera, a

Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day

when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I

sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the

sword.

1 Kgs. 2:9 Now, therefore, hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man

and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring

thou down to the grave with blood.

1 Kgs. 2:10 So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of

David.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David, his father; and his

kingdom was established greatly.

1 Kgs. 2:13 And Adonijah, the son of Haggith, came to Bath-sheba, the

mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said,

Peaceably.

1 Kgs. 2:14 He said, moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she

said, Say on.

1 Kgs. 2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine and that

all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. Howbeit, the kingdom is

turned about and is become my brother's; for it was his from the Lord.

1 Kgs. 2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not. And she said

unto him, Say on.

1 Kgs. 2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon, the king (for he

will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag, the Shunammite, to wife.

1 Kgs. 2:18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee. I pray thee,

say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will

not say thee nay.

1 Kgs. 2:21 And she said, Let Abishag, the Shunammite, be given to

Adonijah, thy brother, to wife.

1 Kgs. 2:22 And King Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And

why dost thou ask Abishag, the Shunammite, for Adonijah? Ask for him the

kingdom also (for he is mine elder brother), even for him, and for Abiathar,

the priest, and for Joab, the son of Zeruiah.

1 Kgs. 2:23 Then King Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to

me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own

life.

1 Kgs. 2:24 Now, therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me

and set me on the throne of David, my father, and who hath made me a

house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

1 Kgs. 2:25 And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah, the son of

Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

1 Kgs. 2:26 And unto Abiathar, the priest, said the king, Get thee to

Anathoth, unto thine own fields, for thou art worthy of death; but I will not

at this time put thee to death because thou barest the ark of the Lord God

before David, my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein

my father was afflicted.

1 Kgs. 2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the

Lord, that he might fulfill the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning

the house of Eli in Shiloh.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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; fall upon him.

1 Kgs. 2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord and said unto

him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here.

And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus

he answered me.

1 Kgs. 2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon

him, and bury him, that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which

Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father.

1 Kgs. 2:32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who

fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and slew them with the

sword, my father David not knowing thereof--to wit, Abner, the son of Ner,

captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the

host of Judah.

1 Kgs. 2:33 Their blood shall, therefore, return upon the head of Joab and

upon the head of his seed forever; but upon David, and upon his seed, and

upon his house, and upon his throne shall there be peace forever from the

Lord.

1 Kgs. 2:34 So Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, went up, and fell upon him,

and slew him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

1 Kgs. 2:35 And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his room

over the host; and Zadok, the priest, did the king put in the room of

Abiathar.

1 Kgs. 2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him,

Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence

any whither.

1 Kgs. 2:37 For it shall be that on the day thou goest out and passest over

the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die; thy

blood shall be upon thine own head.

1 Kgs. 2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good; as my lord,

the king, hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem

many days.

1 Kgs. 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, thy servants be in Gath.

1 Kgs. 2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to

Achish to seek his servants; and Shimei went and brought his servants from

Gath.

1 Kgs. 2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem

to Gath and was come again.

1 Kgs. 2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei and said unto him, Did

I not make thee to swear by the Lord and protested unto thee, saying, Know

for a certain, on the day thou goest out and walkest abroad any whither, that

thou shalt surely die? And thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard

is good.

1 Kgs. 2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord and the

commandment that I have charged thee with?

1 Kgs. 2:44 The king said, moreover, to Shimei, Thou knowest all the

wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David, my

father; therefore, the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

1 Kgs. 2:45 And King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David

shall be established before the Lord forever.

1 Kgs. 2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, which

went out and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established

in the hand of Solomon.

1 Kgs. Chapter 3

Solomon displeases God by marrying Pharaoh's daughter--Solomon calls

on the Lord--The Lord appears and gives Solomon wisdom, riches, and

honor--Solomon judges between two mothers

1 Kgs. 3:1 And the Lord was not pleased with Solomon, for he made

affinity with Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter to wife,

and brought her into the house 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. And the Lord blessed Solomon for the people's sake

only.

1 Kgs. 3:2 And the people sacrificed in high places because there was no

house built unto the name of the Lord until those days.

1 Kgs. 3:3 And because the Lord blessed Solomon as he was walking in the

statutes of David, his father, he began to love the Lord; and he sacrificed

and burnt incense in high places, and he called on the name of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for Gibeon was

in a great high place; and Solomon offered upon that altar in Gibeon a

thousand burnt offerings.

1 Kgs. 3:5 And the Lord God hearkened unto Solomon, and appeared unto

him in a dream by night, and said, Ask what I shall give thee.

1 Kgs. 3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David,

my father, great things according to thy mercy when he walked before thee

in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and

thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to

sit on his throne this day.

1 Kgs. 3:7 And now, O Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king

instead of David, my father, over thy people.

1 Kgs. 3:8 And I know not how to lead them, to go out or come in before

them; and I, thy servant, am as a little child in the midst of thy people

whom thou hast chosen, a great people that cannot be numbered nor

counted for multitude.

1 Kgs. 3:9 Give, therefore, thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy

people, that I may discern between good and bad. For who is able to judge

this thy people, so great a people?

1 Kgs. 3:10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this

thing.

1 Kgs. 3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and

hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor

hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding

to discern judgment,

1 Kgs. 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy word. Lo, I have given

thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none made king

over Israel like unto thee before thee; neither after thee shall any arise like

unto thee.

1 Kgs. 3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked--both

riches and honor--so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto

thee all thy days.

1 Kgs. 3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my

commandments, then I will lengthen thy days, and thou shalt not walk in

unrighteousness as did thy father David.

1 Kgs. 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 to

all his servants.

1 Kgs. 3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king

and stood before him.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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, save we two in the house.

1 Kgs. 3:19 And this woman's child died in the night because she overlaid

it.

1 Kgs. 3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me

while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child

in my bosom.

1 Kgs. 3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold,

it was dead; but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not

my son which I did bear.

1 Kgs. 3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and

the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living

is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

1 Kgs. 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth,

and thy son is the dead; and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead,

and my son is the living.

1 Kgs. 3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a

sword before the king.

1 Kgs. 3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two and give half

to the one and half to the other.

1 Kgs. 3:26 Then spake the woman, whose the living child was, unto the

king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give

her the living child and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be

neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

1 Kgs. 3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and

in no wise slay it; she is the mother thereof.

1 Kgs. 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 judgment.

1 Kgs. Chapter 4

Solomon's officers--Solomon's prosperity and wisdom

1 Kgs. 4:1 So King Solomon was king over all Israel.

1 Kgs. 4:2 And these were the princes which he had: Azariah, the son of

Zadok, the priest;

1 Kgs. 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat,

the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

1 Kgs. 4:4 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the host; and Zadok

and Abiathar were the priests;

1 Kgs. 4:5 And Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over the officers; and

Zabud, the son of Nathan, was principal officer and the king's friend;

1 Kgs. 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram, the son of

Abda, was over the tribute.

1 Kgs. 4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided

victuals for the king and his household; each man his month in a year made

provision.

1 Kgs. 4:8 And these are their names: the son of Hur, in mount Ephraim;

1 Kgs. 4:9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-

shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

1 Kgs. 4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh and all

the land of Hepher;

1 Kgs. 4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor, which had

Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife;

1 Kgs. 4:12 Baana, the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach, and

Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from

Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam;

1 Kgs. 4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the

towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also

pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities

with walls and brazen bars;

1 Kgs. 4:14 Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, had Mahanaim;

1 Kgs. 4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath, the daughter

of Solomon, to wife;

1 Kgs. 4:16 Baanah, the son of Hushai, was in Asher and in Aloth;

1 Kgs. 4:17 Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

1 Kgs. 4:18 Shimei, the son of Elah, in Benjamin;

1 Kgs. 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 which was in the land.

1 Kgs. 4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in

multitude, eating, and drinking, and making merry.

1 Kgs. 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

presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.

1 Kgs. 4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of

fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

1 Kgs. 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a

hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer, and fatted

fowl.

1 Kgs. 4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river,

from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he

had peace on all sides round about him.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his

chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

1 Kgs. 4:27 And those officers provided victuals for King Solomon and for

all that came unto King Solomon's table, every man in his month; they

lacked nothing.

1 Kgs. 4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought

they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his

charge.

1 Kgs. 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding, exceeding

much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

1 Kgs. 4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children

of the east country and all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kgs. 4:31 For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and

Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all

nations round about.

1 Kgs. 4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a

thousand and five.

1 Kgs. 4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon

even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spake also of beasts,

and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

1 Kgs. 4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon,

from all kings of the earth which had heard of his wisdom.

1 Kgs. Chapter 5

Hiram rejoices in providing timber for Solomon's temple--Solomon assigns

thirty thousand to prepare material for the temple

1 Kgs. 5:1 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent his servants unto Solomon; for he

had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father, for

Hiram was ever a lover of David.

1 Kgs. 5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

1 Kgs. 5:3 Thou knowest 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.

1 Kgs. 5:4 But now the Lord, my God, hath given me rest on every side, so

that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

1 Kgs. 5:5 And behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of the

Lord, my God, as the Lord spake unto David, my father, saying, Thy son,

whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build a house unto my

name.

1 Kgs. 5:6 Now, therefore, command thou that they hew me cedar trees out

of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and unto thee will I

give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint; for thou

knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto

the Sidonians.

1 Kgs. 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, which hath

given unto David a wise son over this great people.

1 Kgs. 5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the

things which thou sentest to me for; and I will do all thy desire concerning

timber of cedar and concerning timber of fir.

1 Kgs. 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 thou shalt appoint

me and will cause them to be discharged there; and thou shalt receive them;

and thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for my household.

1 Kgs. 5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to

all his desire.

1 Kgs. 5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat

for food to his household and twenty measures of pure oil; thus gave

Solomon to Hiram year by year.

1 Kgs. 5:12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom as he promised him; and

there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league

together.

1 Kgs. 5:13 And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy

was thirty thousand men.

1 Kgs. 5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by

courses; a month they were in Lebanon and two months at home; and

Adoniram was over the levy.

1 Kgs. 5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare

burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains,

1 Kgs. 5:16 Besides the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the

work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that

wrought in the work.

1 Kgs. 5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly

stones and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

1 Kgs. 5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them,

and the stone-squarers; so they prepared timber and stones to build the

house.

1 Kgs. Chapter 6

Building the temple--Its dimensions and description--God's promise

1 Kgs. 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 of Zif, which is the second

month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 6:2 And the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, the

length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits,

and the height thereof thirty cubits.

1 Kgs. 6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was

the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was

the breadth thereof before the house.

1 Kgs. 6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

1 Kgs. 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 oracle; and he made chambers round about.

1 Kgs. 6:6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle

was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for without in

the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams

should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

1 Kgs. 6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made

ready before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer, nor

axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building.

1 Kgs. 6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the

house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber and

out of the middle into the third.

1 Kgs. 6:9 So he built the house, and finished it, and covered the house

with beams and boards of cedar.

1 Kgs. 6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits

high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

1 Kgs. 6:11 And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

1 Kgs. 6:12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt

walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my

commandments, to walk in them, then will I perform my word with thee

which I spake unto David, thy father;

1 Kgs. 6:13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not

forsake my people Israel.

1 Kgs. 6:14 So Solomon built the house and finished it.

1 Kgs. 6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar,

both the floor of the house and the walls of the ceiling; and he covered them

on the inside with wood and covered the floor of the house with planks of

fir.

1 Kgs. 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 within,

even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

1 Kgs. 6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits

long.

1 Kgs. 6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and

open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

1 Kgs. 6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the

ark of the covenant of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and

twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he

overlaid it with pure gold and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

1 Kgs. 6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold; and he

made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it

with gold.

1 Kgs. 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 oracle he

overlaid with gold.

1 Kgs. 6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each

ten cubits high.

1 Kgs. 6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits

the other wing of the cherub; from the uttermost part of the one wing unto

the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

1 Kgs. 6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of

one measure and one size.

1 Kgs. 6:26 The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the

other cherub.

1 Kgs. 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 midst of the house.

1 Kgs. 6:28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

1 Kgs. 6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with

carved figures of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers, within and

without.

1 Kgs. 6:30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and

without.

1 Kgs. 6:31 And for the entering of the oracle, he made doors of olive tree;

the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

1 Kgs. 6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them

carvings of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them

with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim and upon the palm trees.

1 Kgs. 6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple, posts of olive tree,

a fourth part of the wall.

1 Kgs. 6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree; the two leaves of the one

door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

1 Kgs. 6:35 And he carved thereon cherubim, and palm trees, and open

flowers and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

1 Kgs. 6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone

and a row of cedar beams.

1 Kgs. 6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord

laid, in the month Zif.

1 Kgs. 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth

month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof and

according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

1 Kgs. Chapter 7

Solomon's house described--Porch of judgment--House built for Pharaoh's

daughter--Furnishings of the temple and Solomon's house

1 Kgs. 7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he

finished all his house.

1 Kgs. 7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length

thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the

height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar

beams upon the pillars.

1 Kgs. 7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams that lay on

forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

1 Kgs. 7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against

light in three ranks.

1 Kgs. 7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows; and

light was against light in three ranks.

1 Kgs. 7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty

cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and the porch was before them;

and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the

porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also a house for

Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto his porch.

1 Kgs. 7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measure of

hewed stones, sawed with saws within and without, even from the

foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

1 Kgs. 7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,

stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

1 Kgs. 7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed

stones, and cedars.

1 Kgs. 7:12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed

stones and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the

Lord and for the porch of the house.

1 Kgs. 7:13 And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

1 Kgs. 7:14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father

was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom, and

understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to

King Solomon and wrought all his work.

1 Kgs. 7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass of eighteen cubits high apiece;

and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

1 Kgs. 7:16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass to set upon the tops

of the pillars; the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height

of the other chapiter was five cubits,

1 Kgs. 7:17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the

chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter

and seven for the other chapiter.

1 Kgs. 7:18 And he made the pillars and two rows round about upon the

one network to cover the chapiters that were upon the top with

pomegranates; and so did he for the other chapiter.

1 Kgs. 7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of

lily work in the porch, four cubits.

1 Kgs. 7:20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also

above, over against the belly which was by the network; and the

pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other

chapiter.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work; so was the work

of the pillars finished.

1 Kgs. 7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the

other; it was round all about, and his height was five cubits; and a line of

thirty cubits did compass it round about.

1 Kgs. 7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops

compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about; the knops

were cast in two rows when it was cast.

1 Kgs. 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

hinder parts were inward.

1 Kgs. 7:26 And it was a handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was

wrought like the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies; it contained two

thousand baths.

1 Kgs. 7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of

one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of

it.

1 Kgs. 7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner; they had

borders, and the borders were between the ledges;

1 Kgs. 7:29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions,

oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a base above; and

beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.

1 Kgs. 7:30 And every base had four brazen wheels and plates of brass; and

the four corners thereof had undersetters; under the laver were undersetters

molten at the side of every addition.

1 Kgs. 7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit;

but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and a

half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders,

foursquare, not round.

1 Kgs. 7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of

the wheels were joined to the base; and the height of a wheel was a cubit

and half a cubit.

1 Kgs. 7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot

wheel; their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes

were all molten.

1 Kgs. 7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one

base; and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

1 Kgs. 7:35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a

cubit high; and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders

thereof were of the same.

1 Kgs. 7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof and on the borders

thereof he graved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the

proportion of every one, and additions round about.

1 Kgs. 7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases; all of them had one

casting, one measure, and one size.

1 Kgs. 7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass; one laver contained forty

baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon every one of the ten bases

one laver.

1 Kgs. 7:39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house and five on

the left side of the house; and he set the sea on the right side of the house

eastward, over against the south.

1 Kgs. 7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So

Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made King Solomon for

the house of the Lord:

1 Kgs. 7:41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on

the top of the two pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of

the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

1 Kgs. 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even

two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the

chapiters that were upon the pillars;

1 Kgs. 7:43 And the ten bases and ten lavers on the bases;

1 Kgs. 7:44 And one sea and twelve oxen under the sea;

1 Kgs. 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins; and all these

vessels, which Hiram made to King Solomon for the house of the Lord,

were of bright brass.

1 Kgs. 7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground

between Succoth and Zarthan.

1 Kgs. 7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed because they were

exceeding many; neither was the weight of the brass found out.

1 Kgs. 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 whereupon the

showbread was;

1 Kgs. 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side and

five on the left, before the oracle with the flowers, and the lamps, and the

tongs of gold;

1 Kgs. 7:50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the

spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the

doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the

house, to wit, of the temple.

1 Kgs. 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 vessels did he

put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

1 Kgs. Chapter 8

Dedication of the temple--Solomon's blessing, prayer, and sacrifice

1 Kgs. 8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of

the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto King

Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of

the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

1 Kgs. 8:4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of

the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even

those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

1 Kgs. 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 told nor numbered for multitude.

1 Kgs. 8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord

unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even

under the wings of the cherubim.

1 Kgs. 8:7 For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of

the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

1 Kgs. 8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were

seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without;

and there they are unto this day.

1 Kgs. 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which

Moses put there at Horeb when the Lord made a covenant with the children

of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kgs. 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,

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 8:12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the

thick darkness.

1 Kgs. 8:13 I have surely built thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for

thee to abide in forever.

1 Kgs. 8:14 And the king turned his face about and blessed all the

congregation of Israel; and all the congregation of Israel stood;

1 Kgs. 8:15 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake

with his mouth unto David, my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it,

saying,

1 Kgs. 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 therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 8:18 And the Lord said unto David, my father, Whereas it was in

thine heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in

thine heart.

1 Kgs. 8:19 Nevertheless, thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that

shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

1 Kgs. 8:20 And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am

risen up in the room of David, my father, and sit on the throne of Israel as

the Lord promised, and have built a house for the name of the Lord God of

Israel.

1 Kgs. 8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant

of the Lord, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of

the land of Egypt.

1 Kgs. 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;

1 Kgs. 8:23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in

heaven above or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with

thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart,

1 Kgs. 8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David, my father, that thou

promisedst him; thou spakest also with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with

thine hand, as it is this day.

1 Kgs. 8:25 Therefore, now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant

David, my father, that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee

a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, so that thy children take

heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

1 Kgs. 8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be

verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David, my father.

1 Kgs. 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven

and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. How much less this house that I

have builded?

1 Kgs. 8:28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant and to his

supplication, O Lord, my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer

which thy servant prayeth before thee today,

1 Kgs. 8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day,

even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there, that

thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward

this place.

1 Kgs. 8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant and of thy

people Israel when they shall pray toward this place; and hear thou in

heaven, thy dwelling place; and when thou hearest, forgive.

1 Kgs. 8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid

upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this

house,

1 Kgs. 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,

condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head, and justifying the

righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

1 Kgs. 8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy

because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and

confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house,

1 Kgs. 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people

Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their

fathers.

1 Kgs. 8:35 When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have

sinned against thee, if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name,

and turn from their sin when thou afflictest them,

1 Kgs. 8:36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants

and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they

should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy

people for an inheritance.

1 Kgs. 8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting,

mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar, if their enemy besiege them in the

land of their cities, whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be,

1 Kgs. 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man or by

all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own

heart and spread forth his hands toward this house,

1 Kgs. 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven, thy dwelling place, and forgive, and

do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest

(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men),

1 Kgs. 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land

which thou gavest unto our fathers.

1 Kgs. 8:41 Moreover, concerning a stranger that is not of thy people Israel

but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake--

1 Kgs. 8:42 For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand,

and of thy stretched-out arm--when he shall come and pray toward this

house,

1 Kgs. 8:43 Hear thou in heaven, thy dwelling place, and do according to

all that the stranger calleth to thee for, that all people of the earth may know

thy name, to fear thee as do thy people Israel, and that they may know that

this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

1 Kgs. 8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy,

whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the

city which thou hast chosen and toward the house that I have built for thy

name,

1 Kgs. 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication

and maintain their cause.

1 Kgs. 8:46 If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not),

and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they

carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near,

1 Kgs. 8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they

were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the

land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned and have

done perversely, we have committed wickedness,

1 Kgs. 8:48 And so return unto thee with all their heart and with all their

soul in the land of their enemies which led them away captive, and pray

unto thee toward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city

which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy name,

1 Kgs. 8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven,

thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

1 Kgs. 8:50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee and all

their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give

them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have

compassion on them;

1 Kgs. 8:51 For they be thy people and thine inheritance, which thou

broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron,

1 Kgs. 8:52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy

servant and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them

in all that they call for unto thee.

1 Kgs. 8:53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the

earth to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses, thy

servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

1 Kgs. 8:54 And it was so that when Solomon had made an end of praying

all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar

of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

1 Kgs. 8:55 And he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a

loud voice, saying,

1 Kgs. 8:56 Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest unto his people Israel

according to all that he promised; there hath not failed one word of all his

good promise which he promised by the hand of Moses, his servant.

1 Kgs. 8:57 The Lord, our God, be with us as he was with our fathers; let

him not leave us nor forsake us,

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication

before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord, our God, day and night, that he

maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel at all

times as the matter shall require,

1 Kgs. 8:60 That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God

and that there is none else.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 8:62 And the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the

Lord.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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

meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings because the brazen altar

that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and

meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

1 Kgs. 8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast and all Israel with him, a

great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt,

before the Lord, our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

1 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 9

God covenants with Solomon--Israelites are Solomon's honorable servants;

others are his bondmen--Solomon's sacrifices--His navy brings gold from

Ophir

1 Kgs. 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,

1 Kgs. 9:2 That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time as he had

appeared unto him at Gibeon.

1 Kgs. 9:3 And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy

supplication that thou hast made before me; I have hallowed this house

which thou hast built, to put my name there forever; and mine eyes and

mine heart shall be there perpetually.

1 Kgs. 9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me as David, thy father, walked, in

integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have

commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments,

1 Kgs. 9:5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel

forever as I promised to David, thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a

man upon the throne of Israel.

1 Kgs. 9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children,

and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set

before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

1 Kgs. 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;

1 Kgs. 9:8 And at this house, which is high, everyone that passeth by it

shall be astonished and shall hiss. And they shall say, Why hath the Lord

done thus unto this land and to this house?

1 Kgs. 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

taken hold upon other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them;

therefore, hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

1 Kgs. 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,

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which

Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

1 Kgs. 9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me,

my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

1 Kgs. 9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

1 Kgs. 9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which King Solomon raised--

for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the

wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kgs. 9:16 For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had gone up, and taken Gezer, and

burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it

for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

1 Kgs. 9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

1 Kgs. 9:18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

1 Kgs. 9:19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his

chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to

build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

1 Kgs. 9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,

Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,

1 Kgs. 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the

children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did

Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

1 Kgs. 9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen;

but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his

captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.

1 Kgs. 9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's

work--five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought

in the work.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had

knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

1 Kgs. 9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four

hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon.

1 Kgs. Chapter 10

Queen of Sheba visits Solomon--Solomon's riches

1 Kgs. 10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon

concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard

questions.

1 Kgs. 10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels

that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she

was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

1 Kgs. 10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions; there was not anything

hid from the king which he told her not.

1 Kgs. 10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom,

and the house that he had built,

1 Kgs. 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and

the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and

his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord, there was no

more spirit in her.

1 Kgs. 10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in

mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

1 Kgs. 10:7 Howbeit, I believed not the words until I came and mine eyes

had seen it; and behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and

prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.

1 Kgs. 10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand

continually before thee and that hear thy wisdom.

1 Kgs. 10:9 Blessed be the Lord, thy God, which delighted in thee, to set

thee on the throne of Israel because the Lord loved Israel forever; therefore

made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

1 Kgs. 10:10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold,

and of spices very great store, and precious stones; there came no more

such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King

Solomon.

1 Kgs. 10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir,

brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.

1 Kgs. 10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of

the Lord and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers; there

came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

1 Kgs. 10:13 And King Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her

desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his

royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her

servants.

1 Kgs. 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was

six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

1 Kgs. 10:15 Besides that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of

the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of

the country.

1 Kgs. 10:16 And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold;

six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

1 Kgs. 10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three

pounds of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the

forest of Lebanon.

1 Kgs. 10:18 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid

it with the best gold.

1 Kgs. 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round

behind; and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two

lions stood beside the stays.

1 Kgs. 10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other

upon the six steps; there was not the like made in any kingdom.

1 Kgs. 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 nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

1 Kgs. 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of

Hiram; once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and

silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

1 Kgs. 10:23 So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for

riches and for wisdom.

1 Kgs. 10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom

which God had put in his heart.

1 Kgs. 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

rate year by year.

1 Kgs. 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen; and

he had a thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand

horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots and with the king at

Jerusalem.

1 Kgs. 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 vale, for

abundance.

1 Kgs. 10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt and linen yarn;

the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

1 Kgs. 10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred

shekels of silver and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings

of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria did they bring them out by their

means.

1 Kgs. Chapter 11

Solomon's wives and concubines draw him to idolatry--God vows to take

the kingdom from Solomon's son--Adversaries to Solomon arise--Solomon

dies, and Rehoboam succeeds him

1 Kgs. 11:1 But King Solomon loved many strange women, together with

the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites,

Zidonians, and Hittites--

1 Kgs. 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the

children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them; neither shall they come in unto

you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods; Solomon

clave unto these in love.

1 Kgs. 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred

concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

1 Kgs. 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, his wives turned

away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the Lord,

his God, and it became as the heart of David, his father.

1 Kgs. 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the

Zidonians, and after Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kgs. 11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, as David, his

father, and went not fully after the Lord.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt

incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

1 Kgs. 11:9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was

turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 11:11 Wherefore, the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is

done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I

have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee and will

give it to thy servant.

1 Kgs. 11:12 Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it for David thy

father's sake; but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

1 Kgs. 11:13 Howbeit, I will not rend away all the kingdom but will give

one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake and for Jerusalem's sake

which I have chosen.

1 Kgs. 11:14 And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad,

the Edomite; he was of the king's seed in Edom.

1 Kgs. 11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab, the

captain of the host, was gone up to bury the slain after he had smitten every

male in Edom,

1 Kgs. 11:16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel until he

had cut off every male in Edom),

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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, which gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and

gave him land.

1 Kgs. 11:19 And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that

he gave him to wife, the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes, the

queen.

1 Kgs. 11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath, his son, whom

Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's

household among the sons of Pharaoh.

1 Kgs. 11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his

fathers and that Joab, the captain of the host, was dead, Hadad said to

Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

1 Kgs. 11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with

me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he

answered, Nothing; howbeit, let me go in any wise.

1 Kgs. 11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon, the son of

Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer, king of Zobah;

1 Kgs. 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 therein, and reigned in Damascus.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 11:26 And Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda,

Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman,

even he lifted up his hand against the king.

1 Kgs. 11:27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the

king; Solomon built Millo and repaired the breaches of the city of David,

his father.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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 they two were alone in the

field;

1 Kgs. 11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him and rent

it in twelve pieces;

1 Kgs. 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces; for thus saith

the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand

of Solomon and will give ten tribes to thee,

1 Kgs. 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),

1 Kgs. 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me and have worshiped

Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh, the god of the Moabites,

and Milcom, the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my

ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and my statutes, and my

judgments; and his heart is become as David, his father; and he repenteth

not as did David, his father, that I may forgive him.

1 Kgs. 11:34 Howbeit, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand,

but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's

sake, whom I chose because he kept my commandments and my statutes in

that day.

1 Kgs. 11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give

unto thee ten tribes. And unto his son will I give one tribe,

1 Kgs. 11:36 That David, my servant, may have a light always before me in

Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

1 Kgs. 11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that

thy soul desireth and shall be king over Israel.

1 Kgs. 11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command

thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do right in my sight, to keep my

statutes and my commandments, as David, my servant, did in the day that I

blessed him, I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house as I built for

David, and give Israel unto thee.

1 Kgs. 11:39 And for the transgression of David and also for the people, I

have rent the kingdom; and for this I will afflict the seed of David--but not

forever.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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?

1 Kgs. 11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all

Israel was forty years.

1 Kgs. 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 stead.

1 Kgs. Chapter 12

Rehoboam antagonizes the people--Jeroboam and ten tribes revolt and

become idolaters

1 Kgs. 12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel were come to

Shechem to make him king.

1 Kgs. 12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who

was yet in Egypt, heard it (for he was fled from the presence of King

Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt),

1 Kgs. 12:3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the

congregation of Israel came and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

1 Kgs. 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous; now, therefore, make thou

the grievous service of thy father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us

lighter, and we will serve thee.

1 Kgs. 12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days; then come

again to me. And the people departed.

1 Kgs. 12:6 And King Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood

before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise

that I may answer this people?

1 Kgs. 12:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto

this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good

words to them, then they will be thy servants forever.

1 Kgs. 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 which stood before him;

1 Kgs. 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may

answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which

thy father did put upon us lighter?

1 Kgs. 12:10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto

him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee,

saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us.

Thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my

father's loins.

1 Kgs. 12:11 And now, whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke,

I will add to your yoke; my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will

chastise you with scorpions.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the

old men's counsel that they gave him,

1 Kgs. 12:14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying,

My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father

also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

1 Kgs. 12:15 Wherefore, the king hearkened not unto the people; for the

cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord

spake by Ahijah, the Shilonite, unto Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

1 Kgs. 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 thine own house, David. So Israel departed into their tents.

1 Kgs. 12:17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of

Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

1 Kgs. 12:18 Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute;

and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore, King

Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

1 Kgs. 12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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, which were warriors, to fight against the house of

Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

1 Kgs. 12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah, the man of God,

saying,

1 Kgs. 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,

1 Kgs. 12:24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up nor fight against your

brethren, the children of Israel; return every man to his house, for this thing

is from me. They hearkened, therefore, to the word of the Lord and returned

to depart according to the word of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt

therein, and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

1 Kgs. 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return

to the house of David.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of

gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem;

behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kgs. 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

1 Kgs. 12:30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship

before the one, even unto Dan.

1 Kgs. 12:31 And he made a house of high places and made priests of the

lowest of people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kgs. 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 Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that

he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he

had made.

1 Kgs. 12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the

fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised

of his own heart, and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel; and he

offered upon the altar and burnt incense.

1 Kgs. Chapter 13

Jeroboam's hand withers and is restored--The prophet departs and is slain

by a lion for disobedience--Jeroboam continues his evil ways

1 Kgs. 13:1 And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word

of the Lord unto Bethel; and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

1 Kgs. 13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord and said,

O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a child shall be born unto the

house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of

the high places that burn incense upon thee; and men's bones shall be burnt

upon thee.

1 Kgs. 13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which

the Lord hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are

upon it shall be poured out.

1 Kgs. 13:4 And it came to pass, when King Jeroboam heard the saying of

the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth

his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he

put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

1 Kgs. 13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar,

according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the

Lord.

1 Kgs. 13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat

now the face of the Lord, thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be

restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's

hand was restored him again and became as it was before.

1 Kgs. 13:7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me

and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

1 Kgs. 13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me

half thine house, I will not go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink

water in this place,

1 Kgs. 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 thou camest.

1 Kgs. 13:10 So he went another way and returned not by the way that he

came to Bethel.

1 Kgs. 13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came

and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel;

the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their

father.

1 Kgs. 13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his

sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.

1 Kgs. 13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled

him the ass; and he rode thereon,

1 Kgs. 13:14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under

an oak. And he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from

Judah? And he said, I am.

1 Kgs. 13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me and eat bread.

1 Kgs. 13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee nor go in with thee;

neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place,

1 Kgs. 13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat

no bread, nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou

camest.

1 Kgs. 13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also, even as thou. And an

angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with

thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water, that I may

prove him; and he lied not unto him.

1 Kgs. 13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and

drank water.

1 Kgs. 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;

1 Kgs. 13:21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah,

saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of

the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord, thy God,

commanded thee,

1 Kgs. 13:22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the

place of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread and drink no

water; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulcher of thy fathers.

1 Kgs. 13:23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread and after he had

drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had

brought back.

1 Kgs. 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way and slew

him; and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion

also stood by the carcass.

1 Kgs. 13:25 And behold, men passed by and saw the carcass cast in the

way and the lion standing by the carcass; and they came and told it in the

city where the old prophet dwelt.

1 Kgs. 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 hath delivered him unto the lion,

which hath torn him and slain him according to the word of the Lord which

he spake unto me.

1 Kgs. 13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they

saddled him.

1 Kgs. 13:28 And he went and found his carcass cast in the way and the ass

and the lion standing by the carcass; the lion had not eaten the carcass nor

torn the ass.

1 Kgs. 13:29 And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and

laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and the old prophet came to the

city to mourn and to bury him.

1 Kgs. 13:30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave. And they mourned

over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

1 Kgs. 13:31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to

his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulcher wherein

the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones,

1 Kgs. 13:32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against

the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in

the cities of Samaria shall surely come to pass.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 14

Ahijah pronounces God's judgment against Jeroboam--Nadab succeeds

Jeroboam--Rehoboam's wicked reign--Shishak spoils Jerusalem--Abijam

succeeds Rehoboam

1 Kgs. 14:1 At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, fell sick.

1 Kgs. 14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise

thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to

Shiloh. Behold, there is Ahijah, the prophet, which told me that I should be

king over this people.

1 Kgs. 14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of

honey, and go to him; he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.

1 Kgs. 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 set

by reason of his age.

1 Kgs. 14:5 And the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam

cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son, for he is sick; thus and thus shalt

thou say unto her; for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign

herself to be another woman.

1 Kgs. 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, thou wife of Jeroboam. Why

feignest thou thyself to be another? For I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

1 Kgs. 14:7 Go; tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel,

Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince

over my people Israel,

1 Kgs. 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David and gave

it thee because he kept not my commandments. But thou hast not been as

my servant David, when he followed me with all his heart, only to do right

in mine eyes,

1 Kgs. 14:9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee; for thou hast

gone and made thee other gods and molten images to provoke me to anger

and hast cast me behind thy back;

1 Kgs. 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of

Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall

and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of

the house of Jeroboam as a man taketh away dung till it be all gone.

1 Kgs. 14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and

him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat; for the Lord hath

spoken it.

1 Kgs. 14:12 Arise thou, therefore, get thee to thine own house; and when

thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 14:14 Moreover, the Lord shall raise him up a king over Israel who

shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day. But what? Even now.

1 Kgs. 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 groves, provoking the Lord to anger.

1 Kgs. 14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam,

who did sin and who made Israel to sin.

1 Kgs. 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;

1 Kgs. 14:18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him

according to the word of the Lord which he spake by the hand of his servant

Ahijah, the prophet.

1 Kgs. 14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred and how

he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the

kings of Israel.

1 Kgs. 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 stead.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves

on every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Kgs. 14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land; and they did

according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out

before the children of Israel.

1 Kgs. 14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that

Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem;

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 14:27 And King Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields and

committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard which kept the

door of the king's house.

1 Kgs. 14:28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the Lord,

that the guard bare them and brought them back into the guard chamber.

1 Kgs. 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?

1 Kgs. 14:30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their

days.

1 Kgs. 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 stead.

1 Kgs. Chapter 15

Abijam's wicked reign--Asa succeeds him and rules righteously--Continual

war between Judah and Israel--Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa--Nadab's acts

and death

1 Kgs. 15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of

Nebat, reigned Abijam over Judah.

1 Kgs. 15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name

was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kgs. 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

Lord commanded David, his father.

1 Kgs. 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,

1 Kgs. 15:5 Because David did right in the eyes of the Lord and turned not

aside from all that he commanded him, to sin against the Lord, but repented

of the evil all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah, the

Hittite, wherein the Lord cursed him.

1 Kgs. 15:6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the

days of his life.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the

city of David; and Asa, his son, reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, reigned

Asa over Judah.

1 Kgs. 15:10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his

mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kgs. 15:11 And Asa did right in the eyes of the Lord as he commanded

David, his father.

1 Kgs. 15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land and removed

all the idols that his fathers had made; and it pleased the Lord.

1 Kgs. 15:13 And also Maachah, his mother, even her he removed from

being queen because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed

her idol and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

1 Kgs. 15:14 But the high places were not removed; nevertheless, Asa's

heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.

1 Kgs. 15:15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated

and the things which himself had dedicated into the house of the Lord:

silver, and gold, and vessels.

1 Kgs. 15:16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel,

all their days.

1 Kgs. 15:17 And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah and built

Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa, king of

Judah.

1 Kgs. 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 Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that

dwelt at Damascus, saying,

1 Kgs. 15:19 There is a league between me and thee and between my father

and thy father; behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold;

come and break thy league with Baasha, king of Israel, that he may depart

from me.

1 Kgs. 15:20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto King Asa, and sent the captains

of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and

Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of

Naphtali.

1 Kgs. 15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left

off building of Ramah and dwelt in Tirzah.

1 Kgs. 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 wherewith Baasha had builded; and King Asa built with

them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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

stead.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the

way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

1 Kgs. 15:27 And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar,

conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which

belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

1 Kgs. 15:28 Even in the third year of Asa, king of Judah, did Baasha slay

him and reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the

house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed until he had

destroyed him according unto the saying of the Lord which he spake by his

servant Ahijah, the Shilonite,

1 Kgs. 15:30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which

he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God

of Israel to anger.

1 Kgs. 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?

1 Kgs. 15:32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel,

all their days.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the

way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

1 Kgs. Chapter 16

Jehu's prophecy--Zimri, Omri, and Ahab rule Israel wickedly--Hiel builds

Jericho

1 Kgs. 16:1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu, the son of Hanani,

against Baasha, saying,

1 Kgs. 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust and made thee

prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam

and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their

sins,

1 Kgs. 16:3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the

posterity of his house, and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam,

the son of Nebat.

1 Kgs. 16:4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him

that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

1 Kgs. 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?

1 Kgs. 16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah; and

Elah, his son, reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 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 him.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 16:10 And Zimri went in, and smote him, and killed him in the

twenty and seventh year of Asa, king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 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 that

pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks nor of his friends.

1 Kgs. 16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha according to

the word of the Lord which he spake against Baasha by Jehu, the prophet,

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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?

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath

conspired and hath also slain the king; wherefore, all Israel made Omri, the

captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

1 Kgs. 16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon and all Israel with him,

and they besieged Tirzah.

1 Kgs. 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 burnt the king's house

over him with fire, and died,

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his treason that he

wrought, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of

Israel?

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa, king of Judah, began Omri

to reign over Israel, twelve years; six years reigned he in Tirzah.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord and did worse

than all that were before him.

1 Kgs. 16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat,

and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of

Israel to anger, with their vanities.

1 Kgs. 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?

1 Kgs. 16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and

Ahab, his son, reigned in his stead.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 16:30 And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the sight of the Lord

above all that were before him.

1 Kgs. 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 to wife Jezebel,

the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, and went, and served Baal,

and worshiped him.

1 Kgs. 16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which

he had built in Samaria.

1 Kgs. 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the

Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

1 Kgs. 16:34 In his days did Hiel, the Bethelite, build Jericho; he laid the

foundation thereof in Abiram, his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in

his youngest son Segub according to the word of the Lord which he spake

by Joshua, the son of Nun.

1 Kgs. Chapter 17

Elijah prophesies drought--He is fed by ravens--Elijah is sent to the widow

of Zarephath--Miracle of the oil and meal--Elijah raises the widow's son

1 Kgs. 17:1 And Elijah, the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead,

said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,

there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

1 Kgs. 17:2 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

1 Kgs. 17:3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the

brook Cherith that is before Jordan.

1 Kgs. 17:4 And it shall be that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have

commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

1 Kgs. 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 before Jordan.

1 Kgs. 17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and

bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

1 Kgs. 17:7 And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up

because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kgs. 17:8 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

1 Kgs. 17:9 Arise; get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and

dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain

thee.

1 Kgs. 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 of sticks.

And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a

vessel, that I may drink.

1 Kgs. 17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said,

Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

1 Kgs. 17:12 And she said, As the Lord, thy God, liveth, I have not a cake,

but a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am

gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that

we may eat it and die.

1 Kgs. 17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast

said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after

make for thee and for thy son.

1 Kgs. 17:14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall

not waste; neither shall the cruse of oil fail until the day that the Lord

sendeth rain upon the earth.

1 Kgs. 17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and

she, and he, and her house did eat many days.

1 Kgs. 17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not; neither did the cruse of oil

fail according to the word of the Lord which he spake by Elijah.

1 Kgs. 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 sore

that there was no breath left in him.

1 Kgs. 17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou

man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance and to

slay my son?

1 Kgs. 17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out

of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft where he abode, and laid him

upon his own bed.

1 Kgs. 17:20 And he cried unto the Lord and said, O Lord, my God, hast

thou also brought evil upon the widow, with whom I sojourn, by slaying her

son?

1 Kgs. 17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried

unto the Lord, and said, O Lord, my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul

come into him again.

1 Kgs. 17:22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the

child came into him again, and he revived.

1 Kgs. 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; thy son liveth.

1 Kgs. 17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou

art a man of God and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

1 Kgs. Chapter 18

Elijah is sent to Ahab and meets Obadiah--Elijah challenges and slays

Baal's prophets--God sends rain

1 Kgs. 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 thyself unto Ahab; and I

will send rain upon the earth.

1 Kgs. 18:2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a

sore famine in Samaria.

1 Kgs. 18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his

house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly;

1 Kgs. 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.)

1 Kgs. 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all

fountains of water, and unto all brooks; peradventure we may find grass to

save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he

knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?

1 Kgs. 18:8 And he answered him, I am. Go; tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is

here.

1 Kgs. 18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy

servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me?

1 Kgs. 18:10 As the Lord, thy God, liveth, there is no nation or kingdom

whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee. And when they said, He is not

there, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

1 Kgs. 18:11 And now thou sayest, Go; tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

1 Kgs. 18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that

the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I

come and tell Ahab and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me; but I, thy

servant, fear the Lord from my youth.

1 Kgs. 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?

1 Kgs. 18:14 And now thou sayest, Go; tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

And he shall slay me.

1 Kgs. 18:15 And Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I

stand, I will surely show myself unto him today.

1 Kgs. 18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went

to meet Elijah.

1 Kgs. 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said

unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

1 Kgs. 18:18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel--but thou and thy

father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and

thou hast followed Baalim.

1 Kgs. 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 groves, four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

1 Kgs. 18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel and gathered the

prophets together unto Mount Carmel.

1 Kgs. 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people and said, How long halt

ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then

follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

1 Kgs. 18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a

prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

1 Kgs. 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; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put

no fire under.

1 Kgs. 18:24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the

name of the Lord; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And

all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

1 Kgs. 18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one

bullock for yourselves, and dress it first, for ye are many; and call on the

name of your gods, but put no fire under.

1 Kgs. 18:26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they

dressed it and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon,

saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice nor any that answered. And

they leaped upon the altar which was made.

1 Kgs. 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 pursuing, or he is in a

journey; or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.

1 Kgs. 18:28 And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their manner

with knives and lancets till the blood gushed out upon them.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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 thy name;

1 Kgs. 18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord;

and he made a trench about the altar as great as would contain two

measures of seed.

1 Kgs. 18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces,

and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it

on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the

trench also with water.

1 Kgs. 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 thou art God in

Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy

word.

1 Kgs. 18:37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that

thou art the Lord God, and thou mayest turn their heart back again.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up; eat and drink, for

there is a sound of abundance of rain.

1 Kgs. 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,

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold,

there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go

up; say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop

thee not.

1 Kgs. 18:45 And it came to pass in the meanwhile that the heaven was

black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and

went to Jezreel.

1 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 19

Elijah is threatened by Jezebel, then comforted by an angel--God sends

Elijah to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha

1 Kgs. 19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and withal how

he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

1 Kgs. 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the

gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of

them by tomorrow about this time.

1 Kgs. 19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and

came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 19:6 And he looked, and behold, there was a cake baked on the

coals and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat, and drink, and laid

him down again.

1 Kgs. 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

thee.

1 Kgs. 19:8 And he arose, and did eat, and drink, and went in the strength

of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb, the mount of God.

1 Kgs. 19:9 And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there; and behold,

the word of the Lord came to him. And he said unto him, What doest thou

here, Elijah?

1 Kgs. 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of

hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down

thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am

left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kgs. 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 rent the

mountains and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was

not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in

the earthquake;

1 Kgs. 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the

fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

1 Kgs. 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 entering in of the cave. And

behold, there came a voice unto him and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

1 Kgs. 19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of

hosts because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown

down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only,

am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kgs. 19:15 And the Lord said unto him, Go; return on thy way to the

wilderness of Damascus; and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king

over Syria;

1 Kgs. 19:16 And Jehu, the son of Nimshi, shalt thou anoint to be king over

Israel; and Elisha, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, shalt thou anoint to

be prophet in thy room.

1 Kgs. 19:17 And it shall come to pass that him that escapeth the sword of

Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall

Elisha slay.

1 Kgs. 19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees

which have not bowed unto Baal and every mouth which hath not kissed

him.

1 Kgs. 19:19 So he departed thence and found Elisha, the son of Shaphat,

who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the

twelfth; and Elijah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him.

1 Kgs. 19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I

pray thee, kiss my father and my mother; and then I will follow thee. And

he said unto him, Go back again. For what have I done to thee?

1 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 20

Syrians defeated at Samaria and Aphek--A prophet pronounces God's

judgment against Ahab

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 20:2 And he sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, into the city

and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,

1 Kgs. 20:3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy

children, even the goodliest, are mine.

1 Kgs. 20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O King,

according to thy saying, I am thine and all that I have.

1 Kgs. 20:5 And the messengers came again and said, Thus speaketh Ben-

hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver

me thy silver and thy gold, and thy wives and thy children,

1 Kgs. 20:6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time,

and they shall search thine house and the houses of thy servants; and it shall

be that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand

and take it away.

1 Kgs. 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 seeketh mischief; for he sent unto

me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold;

and I denied him not.

1 Kgs. 20:8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not

unto him, nor consent.

1 Kgs. 20:9 Wherefore, he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my

lord, the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do;

but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed and brought him

word again.

1 Kgs. 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 handfuls for all

the people that follow me.

1 Kgs. 20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not

him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 20:13 And behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab, king of Israel,

saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? Behold,

I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the

Lord.

1 Kgs. 20:14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord,

Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who

shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 20:18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them

alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

1 Kgs. 20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out

of the city, and the army which followed them,

1 Kgs. 20:20 And they slew everyone his man; and the Syrians fled, and

Israel pursued them; and Ben-hadad, the king of Syria, escaped on a horse

with the horsemen.

1 Kgs. 20:21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and

chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

1 Kgs. 20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said unto him,

Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest; for at the return

of the year, the king of Syria will come up against thee.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 20:24 And do this thing: Take the kings away, every man out of his

place, and put captains in their rooms,

1 Kgs. 20:25 And number thee an army like the army that thou hast lost,

horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in

the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto

their voice and did so.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all

present, and went against them; and the children of Israel pitched before

them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

1 Kgs. 20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of

Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The

Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I

deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am

the Lord.

1 Kgs. 20:29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And

so it was that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of

Israel slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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 thee,

put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads and go out to the king

of Israel; peradventure he will save thy life.

1 Kgs. 20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their

heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad

saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? He is my brother.

1 Kgs. 20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether anything would

come from him and did hastily catch it; and they said, Thy brother Ben-

hadad. Then he said, Go ye; bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him;

and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

1 Kgs. 20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities which my father

took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in

Damascus as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee

away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him and sent him

away.

1 Kgs. 20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his

neighbor in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man

refused to smite him.

1 Kgs. 20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the

voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall

slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him and

slew him.

1 Kgs. 20:37 Then he found another man and said, Smite me, I pray thee.

And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

1 Kgs. 20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way,

and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

1 Kgs. 20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said,

Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned

aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man; if by any means

he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a

talent of silver.

1 Kgs. 20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And

the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast

decided it.

1 Kgs. 20:41 And he hasted and took the ashes away from his face; and the

king of Israel discerned him, that he was of the prophets.

1 Kgs. 20:42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast

let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction,

therefore, thy life shall go for his life and thy people for his people.

1 Kgs. 20:43 And the king of Israel went to his house, heavy and

displeased, and came to Samaria.

1 Kgs. Chapter 21

Ahab takes Naboth's vineyard--Elijah pronounces judgments against Ahab

and Jezebel

1 Kgs. 21:1 And it came to pass after these things that Naboth, the

Jezreelite, had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab,

king of Samaria.

1 Kgs. 21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard,

that I may have it for a garden of herbs because it is near unto my house;

and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or if it seem good to thee,

I will give thee the worth of it in money.

1 Kgs. 21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should

give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

1 Kgs. 21:4 And Ahab came into his house, heavy and displeased, because

of the word which Naboth, the Jezreelite, had spoken to him; for he had

said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him

down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

1 Kgs. 21:5 But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said unto him, Why is

thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

1 Kgs. 21:6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth, the

Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it

please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it. And he answered, I will

not give thee my vineyard.

1 Kgs. 21:7 And Jezebel, his wife, said unto him, Dost thou now govern the

kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry; I will

give thee the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set

Naboth on high among the people,

1 Kgs. 21:10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him to bear witness

against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then

carry him out and stone him, that he may die.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 21:12 They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth on high among the

people.

1 Kgs. 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, that

he died.

1 Kgs. 21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned and is

dead.

1 Kgs. 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 thee for

money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 21:17 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying,

1 Kgs. 21:18 Arise; go down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, which is in

Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down

to possess it.

1 Kgs. 21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord,

Hast thou killed and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him,

saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of

Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

1 Kgs. 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?

And he answered, I have found thee because thou hast sold thyself to work

evil in the sight of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy

posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall and

him that is shut up and left in Israel,

1 Kgs. 21:22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam, the

son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha, the son of Ahijah, for the

provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger and made Israel to

sin.

1 Kgs. 21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat

Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

1 Kgs. 21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him

that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

1 Kgs. 21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to

work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel, his wife, stirred

up.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he

rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in

sackcloth, and went softly.

1 Kgs. 21:28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah, the Tishbite, saying,

1 Kgs. 21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? Because

he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in

his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

1 Kgs. Chapter 22

Ahab and Jehoshaphat join forces--Lying prophets advise attack on Syria--

The true prophet, Micaiah, advises otherwise--Ahab dies in battle; Ahaziah

succeeds him--Jehoshaphat reigns over Judah; Jehoram succeeds him

1 Kgs. 22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and

Israel.

1 Kgs. 22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, the king

of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.

1 Kgs. 22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that

Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still and take it not out of the hand of

the king of Syria?

1 Kgs. 22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to

Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art,

my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

1 Kgs. 22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray

thee, at the word of the Lord today.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord

besides, that we might inquire of him?

1 Kgs. 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 doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And

Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

1 Kgs. 22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, Hasten hither

Micaiah, the son of Imlah.

1 Kgs. 22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, sat

each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance

of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

1 Kgs. 22:11 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made him horns of iron;

and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians

until thou hast consumed them.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto

him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the

king with one mouth; let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of

them and speak that which is good.

1 Kgs. 22:14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith

unto me, that will I speak.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure

thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the

Lord?

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell

that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

1 Kgs. 22:19 And he said, Hear thou, therefore, the word of the Lord; I saw

the Lord sitting on his throne and all the host of heaven standing by him on

his right hand and on his left.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and

said, I will persuade him.

1 Kgs. 22:22 And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will

go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he

said, Thou shalt persuade him and prevail also; go forth, and do so.

1 Kgs. 22:23 Now, therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the

mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning

thee.

1 Kgs. 22:24 But Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, went near, and smote

Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord

from me to speak unto thee?

1 Kgs. 22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when

thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

1 Kgs. 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,

1 Kgs. 22:27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and

feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I come in

peace.

1 Kgs. 22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath

not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.

1 Kgs. 22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went

up to Ramoth-gilead.

1 Kgs. 22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise

myself and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of

Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.

1 Kgs. 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,

save only with the king of Israel.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the

king of Israel between the joints of the harness; wherefore, he said unto the

driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand and carry me out of the host, for I am

wounded.

1 Kgs. 22:35 And the battle increased that day; and the king was stayed up

in his chariot against the Syrians and died at even; and the blood ran out of

the wound into the midst of the chariot.

1 Kgs. 22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the

going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his

own country.

1 Kgs. 22:37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria; and they buried

the king in Samaria.

1 Kgs. 22:38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the

dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armor according unto the

word of the Lord which he spake.

1 Kgs. 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?

1 Kgs. 22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah, his son, reigned

in his stead.

1 Kgs. 22:41 And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, began to reign over Judah in

the fourth year of Ahab, king of Israel.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

1 Kgs. 22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he

showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the

Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

1 Kgs. 22:46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the

days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

1 Kgs. 22:47 There was then no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

1 Kgs. 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold;

but they went not, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

1 Kgs. 22:49 Then said Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, unto Jehoshaphat, Let

my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

1 Kgs. 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 stead.

1 Kgs. 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.

1 Kgs. 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;

1 Kgs. 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.

Second Kings

2 Kgs. Chapter 1

King Ahaziah offends God--An angel has Elijah turn back the king's

messengers--The king sends two groups of fifty to Elijah--Fire consumes

them--Elijah prophesies the king's death

2 Kgs. 1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

2 Kgs. 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 Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover

of this disease.

2 Kgs. 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

not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub,

the god of Ekron?

2 Kgs. 1:4 Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down

from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah

departed.

2 Kgs. 1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto

them, Why are ye now turned back?

2 Kgs. 1:6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us and

said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him,

Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou

sendest to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, thou shalt not

come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

2 Kgs. 1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which

came up to meet you and told you these words?

2 Kgs. 1:8 And they answered him, He was a hairy man and girt with a

girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah, the Tishbite.

2 Kgs. 1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And

he went up to him; and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spake

unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

2 Kgs. 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a

man of God, then let fire come down out of heaven and consume thee and

thy fifty. And there came down fire out of heaven and consumed him and

his fifty.

2 Kgs. 1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his

fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king

said, Come down quickly.

2 Kgs. 1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God,

let fire come down out of heaven and consume thee and thy fifty. And the

fire of God came down out of heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kgs. 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And

the third captain of fifty went up, and came, and fell on his knees before

Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let

my life and the life of these fifty, thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

2 Kgs. 1:14 Behold, there came fire down out of heaven and burnt up the

two captains of the former fifties with their fifties; therefore, let my life

now be precious in thy sight.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou

hast sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, is it not

because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore, thou

shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely

die.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 2

Elijah divides the waters of Jordan--He is taken into heaven by a

whirlwind--Elisha succeeds Elijah as prophet--Sons of prophets search for

Elijah--Elisha heals the waters--Bears destroy the children that mock

Elisha

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee, for the Lord

hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth and as

thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kgs. 2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to

Elisha and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy

master from thy head today? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your

peace.

2 Kgs. 2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee, for the

Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth and as thy

soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

2 Kgs. 2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha

and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master

from thy head today? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

2 Kgs. 2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here, for the Lord

hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth and as thy soul

liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

2 Kgs. 2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood to view

afar off; and they two stood by Jordan.

2 Kgs. 2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote

the waters; and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went

over on dry ground.

2 Kgs. 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said

unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken away from thee.

And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

2 Kgs. 2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if thou

see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it

shall not be so.

2 Kgs. 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 parted them

both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

2 Kgs. 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 rent them in two pieces.

2 Kgs. 2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and

went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan.

2 Kgs. 2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote

the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? And when he also

had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither; and Elisha went over.

2 Kgs. 2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at

Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And

they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

2 Kgs. 2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants

fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest

peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up and cast him upon

some mountain or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

2 Kgs. 2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send.

They sent, therefore, fifty men; and they sought three days but found him

not.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 2:19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee,

the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth; but the water is

naught, and the ground barren.

2 Kgs. 2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And

they brought it to him.

2 Kgs. 2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the

salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there

shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

2 Kgs. 2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day according to the saying

of Elisha which he spake.

2 Kgs. 2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel; and as he was going

up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked

him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

2 Kgs. 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 children of them.

2 Kgs. 2:25 And he went from thence to Mount Carmel, and from thence he

returned to Samaria.

2 Kgs. Chapter 3

Jehoram's wicked reign in Israel--King Mesha of Moab rebels--Elisha

obtains water--Moabites defeated

2 Kgs. 3:1 Now Jehoram, the son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel in

Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and reigned

twelve years.

2 Kgs. 3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord, but not like his

father and like his mother; for he put away the image of Baal that his father

had made.

2 Kgs. 3:3 Nevertheless, he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam, the son of

Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

2 Kgs. 3:4 And Mesha, king of Moab, was a sheepmaster and rendered unto

the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams,

with the wool.

2 Kgs. 3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab

rebelled against the king of Israel.

2 Kgs. 3:6 And King Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time and

numbered all Israel.

2 Kgs. 3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying,

The king of Moab hath rebelled against me. Wilt thou go with me against

Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up; I am as thou art, my people as thy

people, and my horses as thy horses.

2 Kgs. 3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The

way through the wilderness of Edom.

2 Kgs. 3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of

Edom; and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey; and there was no

water for the host and for the cattle that followed them.

2 Kgs. 3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! That the Lord hath called

these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

2 Kgs. 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, which

poured water on the hands of Elijah.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with

thee? Get thee to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy

mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay; for the Lord hath called

these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

2 Kgs. 3:14 And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I

stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat, the king

of Judah, I would not look toward thee nor see thee.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 3:16 And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of

ditches.

2 Kgs. 3:17 For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind; neither shall ye

see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink--both

ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

2 Kgs. 3:18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord; he will

deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

2 Kgs. 3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city and every choice city, and

shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good

piece of land with stones.

2 Kgs. 3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering

was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the

country was filled with water.

2 Kgs. 3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up

to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor and

upward and stood in the border.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose

up and smote the Moabites so that they fled before them; but they went

forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

2 Kgs. 3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land

cast every man his stone and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of

water and felled all the good trees; only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones

thereof; howbeit, the slingers went about it and smote it.

2 Kgs. 3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for

him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break

through even unto the king of Edom; but they could not.

2 Kgs. 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 was

great indignation against Israel; and they departed from him and returned to

their own land.

2 Kgs. Chapter 4

The widow's oil--Shunammite's son raised from the dead--Pottage is

purified--Miracle of the twenty loaves

2 Kgs. 4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the

prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant, my husband, is dead; and thou

knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord; and the creditor is come to take

unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

2 Kgs. 4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what

hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not anything in

the house save a pot of oil.

2 Kgs. 4:3 Then he said, Go; borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy

neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

2 Kgs. 4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee

and upon thy sons and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt

set aside that which is full.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 stayed.

2 Kgs. 4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell

the oil, and pay thy debt, and live, thou and thy children, of the rest.

2 Kgs. 4:8 And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a

great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was that, as

oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

2 Kgs. 4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this

is a holy man of God which passeth by us continually.

2 Kgs. 4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us

set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick; and it

shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

2 Kgs. 4:11 And it fell on a day that he came thither, and he turned into the

chamber and lay there.

2 Kgs. 4:12 And he said to Gehazi, his servant, Call this Shunammite. And

when he had called her, she stood before him.

2 Kgs. 4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast

been careful for us with all this care. What is to be done for thee? Wouldest

thou be spoken for to the king or the captain of the host? And she answered,

I dwell among mine own people.

2 Kgs. 4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi

answered, Verily, she hath no child, and her husband is old.

2 Kgs. 4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in

the door.

2 Kgs. 4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life,

thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do

not lie unto thine handmaid.

2 Kgs. 4:17 And the woman conceived and bare a son at that season that

Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

2 Kgs. 4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day that he went out

to his father to the reapers.

2 Kgs. 4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head! And he said to

a lad, Carry him to his mother.

2 Kgs. 4:20 And when he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he

sat on her knees till noon and then died.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 4:22 And she called unto her husband and said, Send me, I pray

thee, one of the young men and one of the asses, that I may run to the man

of God and come again.

2 Kgs. 4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? It is neither

new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

2 Kgs. 4:24 Then she saddled an ass and said to her servant, Drive, and go

forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

2 Kgs. 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;

2 Kgs. 4:26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well

with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she

answered, It is well.

2 Kgs. 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught

him by the feet; but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of

God said, Let her alone, for her soul is vexed within her; and the Lord hath

hid it from me and hath not told me.

2 Kgs. 4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Did I not say, Do

not deceive me?

2 Kgs. 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in

thine hand, and go thy way; if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if

any salute thee, answer him not again; and lay my staff upon the face of the

child.

2 Kgs. 4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth and as thy

soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose and followed her.

2 Kgs. 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. Wherefore, he

went again to meet him and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

2 Kgs. 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child

was dead and laid upon his bed.

2 Kgs. 4:33 He went in, therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and

prayed unto the Lord.

2 Kgs. 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 waxed

warm.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 thy son.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal; and there was a dearth in the

land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said unto

his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the

prophets.

2 Kgs. 4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a

wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds, his lap full, and came, and

shred them into the pot of pottage, for they knew them not.

2 Kgs. 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 thou man of

God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 corn

in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

2 Kgs. 4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before a hundred

men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat, for thus saith the

Lord, They shall eat and shall leave thereof.

2 Kgs. 4:44 So he set it before them, and they did eat and left thereof

according to the word of the Lord.

2 Kgs. Chapter 5

Naaman cured of leprosy--Gehazi smitten with leprosy

2 Kgs. 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a

great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the Lord had

given deliverance unto Syria; he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was

a leper.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with

the prophet that is in Samaria! For he would recover him of his leprosy.

2 Kgs. 5:4 And one went in and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the

maid that is of the land of Israel.

2 Kgs. 5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to; go, and I will send a letter

unto the king of Israel. And he departed and took with him ten talents of

silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

2 Kgs. 5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now

when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman,

my servant, to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

2 Kgs. 5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter,

that he rent his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that

this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore,

consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

2 Kgs. 5:8 And it was so, when Elisha, the man of God, had heard that the

king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying,

Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? Let him come now to me, and he

shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

2 Kgs. 5:9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot and stood

at the door of the house of Elisha.

2 Kgs. 5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in

Jordan seven times; and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be

clean.

2 Kgs. 5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I

thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of

the Lord, his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My

father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not

have done it? How much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be

clean?

2 Kgs. 5:14 Then went he down and dipped himself seven times in Jordan

according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like

unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

2 Kgs. 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 thee,

take a blessing of thy servant.

2 Kgs. 5:16 But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will

receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

2 Kgs. 5:17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to

thy servant two mules' burden of earth? For thy servant will henceforth

offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.

2 Kgs. 5:18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master

goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my

hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow down myself

in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.

2 Kgs. 5:19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a

little way.

2 Kgs. 5:20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said,

Behold, my master hath spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his

hands that which he brought; but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him and

take somewhat of him.

2 Kgs. 5:21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him

running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him and said, Is

all well?

2 Kgs. 5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying,

Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young

men of the sons of the prophets. Give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver

and two changes of garments.

2 Kgs. 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 bare them

before them.

2 Kgs. 5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand

and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.

2 Kgs. 5:25 But he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said

unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no

whither.

2 Kgs. 5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the

man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive

money, and to receive garments, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep,

and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

2 Kgs. 5:27 The leprosy, therefore, of Naaman shall cleave unto thee and

unto thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as

snow.

2 Kgs. Chapter 6

Elisha causes axehead to float--He discloses the king of Syria's plans--The

army is smitten with blindness--Two women eat a child

2 Kgs. 6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the

place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

2 Kgs. 6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man

a beam; and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he

answered, Go ye.

2 Kgs. 6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.

And he answered, I will go.

2 Kgs. 6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut

down wood.

2 Kgs. 6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axehead fell into the water.

And he cried and said, Alas, master! For it was borrowed.

2 Kgs. 6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the

place. And he cut down a stick and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

2 Kgs. 6:7 Therefore, said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand

and took it.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 6:9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware

that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 6:11 Therefore, the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for

this thing; and he called his servants and said unto them, Will ye not show

me which of us is for the king of Israel?

2 Kgs. 6:12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O King; but

Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that

thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

2 Kgs. 6:13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch

him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

2 Kgs. 6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host;

and they came by night and compassed the city about.

2 Kgs. 6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early and

gone forth, behold, a host compassed the city both with horses and chariots.

And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! How shall we do?

2 Kgs. 6:16 And he answered, Fear not; for they that be with us are more

than they that be with them.

2 Kgs. 6:17 And Elisha prayed and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes,

that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he

saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round

about Elisha.

2 Kgs. 6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord

and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them

with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

2 Kgs. 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 ye seek. But he

led them to Samaria.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha when he saw them, My

father, shall I smite them? Shall I smite them?

2 Kgs. 6:22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them. Wouldest thou

smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy

bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat, and drink, and go

to their master.

2 Kgs. 6:23 And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had

eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the

bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

2 Kgs. 6:24 And it came to pass after this that Ben-hadad, king of Syria,

gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

2 Kgs. 6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they

besieged it until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver and the

fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 6:27 And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help

thee? Out of the barn floor or out of the winepress?

2 Kgs. 6:28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she

answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him

today; and we will eat my son tomorrow.

2 Kgs. 6:29 So we boiled my son and did eat him; and I said unto her on the

next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son.

2 Kgs. 6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the

woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall; and the

people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the

king sent a man from before him. But ere the messenger came to him, he

said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away

mine head? Look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him

fast at the door. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

2 Kgs. 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. What

should I wait for the Lord any longer?

2 Kgs. Chapter 7

Elisha prophesies plenty--God causes Syrians to flee--The people spoil the

tents of the Syrians

2 Kgs. 7:1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord: Thus saith 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.

2 Kgs. 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, thou shalt see it with thine eyes but shalt

not eat thereof.

2 Kgs. 7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate.

And they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

2 Kgs. 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 host of the Syrians; if they save us

alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

2 Kgs. 7:5 And they rose up in the twilight to go unto the camp of the

Syrians; and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of

Syria, behold, there was no man there.

2 Kgs. 7:6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of

chariots and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host; and they said

one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the

Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to come upon us.

2 Kgs. 7:7 Wherefore, they arose, and fled in the twilight, and left their

tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for

their life.

2 Kgs. 7:8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp,

they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and

gold, and raiment, and went, and hid it, and came again, and entered into

another tent, and carried thence also, and went, and hid it.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 asses tied, and

the tents as they were.

2 Kgs. 7:11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house

within.

2 Kgs. 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 be

hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the

field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive and

get into the city.

2 Kgs. 7:13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I

pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold,

they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, I say, they

are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed), and let us

send and see.

2 Kgs. 7:14 They took, therefore, two chariot horses; and the king sent after

the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

2 Kgs. 7:15 And they went after them unto Jordan; and lo, all the way was

full of garments and vessels which the Syrians had cast away in their haste.

And the messengers returned and told the king.

2 Kgs. 7:16 And the people went out and spoiled the tents of the Syrians.

So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley

for a shekel according to the word of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to

have the charge of the gate; and the people trode upon him in the gate and

he died as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down

to him.

2 Kgs. 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;

2 Kgs. 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, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

2 Kgs. 7:20 And so it fell out unto him; for the people trode upon him in

the gate, and he died.

2 Kgs. Chapter 8

Shunammite woman rewarded--Hazael kills the king of Syria and succeeds

him--Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah--Ahaziah succeeds him

2 Kgs. 8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman whose son he had restored to

life, saying, Arise, and go, thou and thine household, and sojourn

wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it

shall also come upon the land seven years.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 8:4 And the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God,

saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 is come hither.

2 Kgs. 8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and

go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I

recover of this disease?

2 Kgs. 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, Thy son Ben-hadad, king of Syria, hath sent me

to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

2 Kgs. 8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Thou wilt go, and say unto him,

Thou mayest certainly recover; howbeit, the Lord hath showed me that he

shall surely die.

2 Kgs. 8:11 And he settled his countenance steadfastly until he was

ashamed; and the man of God wept.

2 Kgs. 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered,

Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel; their

strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with

the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

2 Kgs. 8:13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should

do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath showed me that

thou shalt be king over Syria.

2 Kgs. 8:14 So he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to

him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou

shouldest surely recover.

2 Kgs. 8:15 And it came to pass on the morrow that he took a thick cloth,

and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face so that he died; and Hazael

reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and

he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 8:20 In his days, Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah and

made a king over themselves.

2 Kgs. 8:21 So Joram went over to Zair and all the chariots with him; and

he rose by night and smote the Edomites which compassed him about and

the captains of the chariots; and the people fled into their tents.

2 Kgs. 8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.

Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 9

Elisha sends a young prophet to anoint Jehu king over Israel--Jehu kills

Joram--Ahaziah is slain--Jezebel is eaten by dogs

2 Kgs. 9:1 And Elisha, the prophet, called one of the children of the

prophets and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in

thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead;

2 Kgs. 9:2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu, the son of

Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from

among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

2 Kgs. 9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus

saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door,

and flee, and tarry not.

2 Kgs. 9:4 So the young man, even the young man, the prophet, went to

Ramoth-gilead.

2 Kgs. 9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting;

and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which

of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

2 Kgs. 9:6 And he arose and went into the house; and he poured the oil on

his head and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I have

anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.

2 Kgs. 9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab, thy master, that I may

avenge the blood of my servants, the prophets, and the blood of all the

servants of the Lord at the hand of Jezebel.

2 Kgs. 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from

Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in

Israel;

2 Kgs. 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;

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord; and one said

unto him, Is all well? Wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said

unto them, Ye know the man and his communication.

2 Kgs. 9:12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and

thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king

over Israel.

2 Kgs. 9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it

under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is

king.

2 Kgs. 9:14 So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired

against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel,

because of Hazael, king of Syria;

2 Kgs. 9:15 But King Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the

wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael, king

of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor

escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

2 Kgs. 9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay

there. And Ahaziah, king of Judah, was come down to see Joram.

2 Kgs. 9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower of Jezreel; and he

spied 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?

2 Kgs. 9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him and said, Thus

saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace?

Turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came

to them, but he cometh not again.

2 Kgs. 9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them

and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast

thou to do with peace? Turn thee behind me.

2 Kgs. 9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them and

cometh not again; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu, the son of

Nimshi, for he driveth furiously.

2 Kgs. 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 portion of

Naboth, the Jezreelite.

2 Kgs. 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 whoredoms of

thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

2 Kgs. 9:23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah,

There is treachery, O Ahaziah.

2 Kgs. 9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength and smote Jehoram

between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in

his chariot.

2 Kgs. 9:25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar, his captain, Take up, and cast him in

the portion of the field of Naboth, the Jezreelite; for remember how that,

when I and thou rode together after Ahab, his father, the Lord laid this

burden upon him;

2 Kgs. 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood

of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord.

Now, therefore, take and cast him into the plat of ground according to the

word of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 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, Smite him

also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by

Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

2 Kgs. 9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and

buried him in his sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David.

2 Kgs. 9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, began

Ahaziah to reign over Judah.

2 Kgs. 9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and

she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

2 Kgs. 9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace,

who slew his master?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 trode

her underfoot.

2 Kgs. 9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat, and drink, and said, Go,

see now this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 9:36 Wherefore, they came again and told him. And he said, This is

the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant, Elijah, the Tishbite,

saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;

2 Kgs. 9:37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the

field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

2 Kgs. Chapter 10

Seventy of Ahab's children beheaded--Jehu destroys the worshipers and

images of Baal--Hazael oppresses Israel--Jehu dies and is succeeded by

Jehoahaz

2 Kgs. 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,

2 Kgs. 10:2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's

sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city

also, and armor,

2 Kgs. 10:3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and

set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

2 Kgs. 10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings

stood not before him. How then shall we stand?

2 Kgs. 10:5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city,

the elders also, and the bringers up of the children sent to Jehu, saying, We

are thy servants and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any

king; do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

2 Kgs. 10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be

mine and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men,

your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now

the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city

which brought them up.

2 Kgs. 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 him them to Jezreel.

2 Kgs. 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 ye them in two heaps

at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

2 Kgs. 10:9 And it came to pass in the morning that he went out, and stood,

and said to all the people, Ye be righteous; behold, I conspired against my

master and slew him. But who slew all these?

2 Kgs. 10:10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the

word of the Lord which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab; for

the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

2 Kgs. 10:11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in

Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests until he left

him none remaining.

2 Kgs. 10:12 And he arose, and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he

was at the shearing house in the way,

2 Kgs. 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and

said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and

we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 10:15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab,

the son of Rechab, coming to meet him. And he saluted him and said to

him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab

answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand, and

he took him up to him into the chariot.

2 Kgs. 10:16 And he said, Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord. So

they made him ride in his chariot.

2 Kgs. 10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto

Ahab in Samaria till he had destroyed him according to the saying of the

Lord which he spake to Elijah.

2 Kgs. 10:18 And Jehu gathered all the people together and said unto them,

Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

2 Kgs. 10:19 Now, therefore, call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his

servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting. For I have a great sacrifice

to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it

in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal.

2 Kgs. 10:20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And

they proclaimed it.

2 Kgs. 10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel; and all the worshipers of

Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came

into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to

another.

2 Kgs. 10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth

vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. And he brought them forth

vestments.

2 Kgs. 10:23 And Jehu went and Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, into the

house of Baal and said unto the worshipers of Baal, Search, and look, that

there be here with you none of the servants of the Lord, but the worshipers

of Baal only.

2 Kgs. 10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings,

Jehu appointed fourscore men without and said, If any of the men whom I

have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be

for the life of him.

2 Kgs. 10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of

offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains,

Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the

edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out and went to

the city of the house of Baal.

2 Kgs. 10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal

and burned them.

2 Kgs. 10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the

house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

2 Kgs. 10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

2 Kgs. 10:29 Howbeit, from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who

made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden

calves that were in Bethel and that were in Dan.

2 Kgs. 10:30 And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in

executing that which is right in mine eyes and hast done unto the house of

Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth

generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

2 Kgs. 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

which made Israel to sin.

2 Kgs. 10:32 In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Hazael

smote them in all the coasts of Israel,

2 Kgs. 10:33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and

the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river

Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 10:35 And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in

Samaria. And Jehoahaz, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 10:36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was

twenty and eight years.

2 Kgs. Chapter 11

Athaliah destroys all the royal seed in Judah except Joash (Jehoash)--

Jehoiada anoints him king--Athaliah slain--Jehoiada destroys the house of

Baal

2 Kgs. 11:1 And when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son

was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

2 Kgs. 11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah,

took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons

which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the

bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

2 Kgs. 11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years.

And Athaliah did reign over the land.

2 Kgs. 11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over

hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the

house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of

them in the house of the Lord, and showed them the king's son.

2 Kgs. 11:5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall

do: A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of

the watch of the king's house;

2 Kgs. 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 ye keep the watch of the house, that it be

not broken down.

2 Kgs. 11:7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they

shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.

2 Kgs. 11:8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his

weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain;

and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 rent her

clothes and cried, Treason, treason!

2 Kgs. 11:15 But Jehoiada, the priest, commanded the captains of the

hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth

without the ranges; and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the

priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the

which the horses came into the king's house; and there was she slain.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal and

brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly and

slew Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars. And the priest appointed

officers over the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in

quiet; and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

2 Kgs. 11:21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

2 Kgs. Chapter 12

Jehoash (Joash) orders repair of the temple--Jehoash slain--Amaziah

succeeds him

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord

all his days wherein Jehoiada, the priest, instructed him.

2 Kgs. 12:3 But the high places were not taken away; the people still

sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kgs. 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 passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and

all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the

Lord,

2 Kgs. 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance;

and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall

be found.

2 Kgs. 12:6 But it was so that in the three and twentieth year of King

Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

2 Kgs. 12:7 Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada, the priest, and the other

priests and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house?

Now, therefore, receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it

for the breaches of the house.

2 Kgs. 12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the

people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

2 Kgs. 12:9 But Jehoiada, the priest, took a chest, and bored a hole in the

lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the

house of the Lord; and the priests that kept the door put therein all the

money that was brought into the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 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 up

in bags and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them

that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they

laid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of the

Lord,

2 Kgs. 12:12 And to masons and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and

hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that

was laid out for the house to repair it.

2 Kgs. 12:13 Howbeit, there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls

of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver

of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord;

2 Kgs. 12:14 But they gave that to the workmen and repaired therewith the

house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 12:15 Moreover, they reckoned not with the men into whose hand

they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen, for they dealt

faithfully.

2 Kgs. 12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the

house of the Lord; it was the priests'.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 12:18 And Jehoash, king of Judah, took all the hallowed things that

Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had

dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in

the treasures of the house of the Lord and in the king's house and sent it to

Hazael, king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 12:20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew

Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

2 Kgs. 12:21 For Jozachar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of

Shomer, his servants, smote him. And he died, and they buried him with his

fathers in the city of David. And Amaziah, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. Chapter 13

Wicked reign of Jehoahaz in Israel--Syria oppresses Israel--Jehoahaz

succeeded by Joash, then Jeroboam--Dead man revives when he touches

Elisha's bones--Hazael dies--Israel defeats Syria

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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, which made Israel to sin;

he departed not therefrom.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 beforetime.

2 Kgs. 13:6 Nevertheless, they departed not from the sins of the house of

Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein; and there remained the

grove also in Samaria.)

2 Kgs. 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 by threshing.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 13:9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in

Samaria; and Joash, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 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 reigned

sixteen years.

2 Kgs. 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 therein.

2 Kgs. 13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his

might wherewith he fought against Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died.

And Joash, the king of Israel, came down unto him, and wept over his face,

and said, O my father, my father! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen

thereof.

2 Kgs. 13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took

unto him bow and arrows.

2 Kgs. 13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow.

And he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.

2 Kgs. 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 thou shalt smite

the Syrians in Aphek till thou have consumed them.

2 Kgs. 13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said

unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice and

stayed.

2 Kgs. 13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him and said, Thou

shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till

thou hadst consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

2 Kgs. 13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the

Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

2 Kgs. 13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold,

they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulcher of

Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he

revived and stood up on his feet.

2 Kgs. 13:22 But Hazael, king of Syria, oppressed Israel all the days of

Jehoahaz.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 13:24 So Hazael, king of Syria, died; and Ben-hadad, his son,

reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 14

Amaziah's righteous reign in Judah--Jeroboam succeeds Jehoash in Israel--

Amaziah is slain, and Azariah succeeds him

2 Kgs. 14:1 In the second year of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel,

reigned Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 14:4 Howbeit, the high places were not taken away; as yet the

people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

2 Kgs. 14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in

his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king, his father.

2 Kgs. 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, wherein the Lord

commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children

nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to

death for his own sin.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 thy daughter to my son to wife; and there passed by

a wild beast that was in Lebanon and trode down the thistle.

2 Kgs. 14:10 Thou hast, indeed, smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted

thee up; glory of this, and tarry at home. For why shouldest thou meddle to

thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou and Judah with thee?

2 Kgs. 14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore, Jehoash, king of

Israel, went up; and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, looked one another in

the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

2 Kgs. 14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled,

every man, to their tents.

2 Kgs. 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 brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim

unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

2 Kgs. 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 treasures of the king's house,

and hostages and returned to Samaria.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 14:20 And they brought him on horses; and he was buried at

Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

2 Kgs. 14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen

years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

2 Kgs. 14:22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after that the king slept

with his fathers.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath

unto the sea of the plain according to the word of the Lord God of Israel,

which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the

prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.

2 Kgs. 14:26 For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very

bitter; for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and

his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus and Hamath,

which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the

chronicles of the kings of Israel?

2 Kgs. 14:29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of

Israel; and Zachariah, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. Chapter 15

Azariah's long, righteous reign in Judah--Several wicked kings reign in

Israel

2 Kgs. 15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam, king of Israel,

began Azariah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah, to reign.

2 Kgs. 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

Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

2 Kgs. 15:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord

according to all that his father Amaziah had done,

2 Kgs. 15:4 Save that the high places were not removed; the people

sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

2 Kgs. 15:5 And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the

day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham, the king's son,

was over the house, judging the people of the land.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah, did

Zachariah, the son of Jeroboam, reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 15:10 And Shallum, the son of Jabesh, conspired against him, and

smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written

in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

2 Kgs. 15:12 This was the word of the Lord which he spake unto Jehu,

saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.

And so it came to pass.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 15:14 For Menahem, the son of Gadi, went up from Tirzah, and

came to Samaria, and smote Shallum, the son of Jabesh, in Samaria, and

slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and

the coasts thereof from Tirzah because they opened not to him, therefore, he

smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

2 Kgs. 15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah, king of Judah, began

Menahem, the son of Gadi, to reign over Israel and reigned ten years in

Samaria.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 15:20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the

mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the

king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back and stayed not there in

the land.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah, his son,

reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 15:25 But Pekah, the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired

against him and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house,

with Argob, and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites; and he

killed him and reigned in his room.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 15:29 In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, came Tiglath-pileser, king

of Assyria, and took 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.

2 Kgs. 15:30 And Hoshea, the son of Elah, made a conspiracy against

Pekah, the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in

his stead in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 15:35 Howbeit, the high places were not removed; the people

sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher

gate of the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 15:37 In those days the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin, the

king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.

2 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 16

Wicked reign of Ahaz in Judah--He sends silver and gold to enlist Assyria's

aid against Israel and Syria--Hezekiah succeeds him

2 Kgs. 16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz,

the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.

2 Kgs. 16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and

reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the

sight of the Lord, his God, like David, his father.

2 Kgs. 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

heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

2 Kgs. 16:4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on

the hills, and under every green tree.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 16:6 At that time Rezin, king of Syria, recovered Elath to Syria and

drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath and dwelt there

unto this day.

2 Kgs. 16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria,

saying, I am thy servant and thy son; come up, and save me out of the hand

of the king of Syria and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up

against me.

2 Kgs. 16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house

of the Lord and in the treasures of the king's house and sent it for a present

to the king of Assyria.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 Urijah, the priest, the fashion of the altar and the pattern of it according

to all the workmanship thereof.

2 Kgs. 16:11 And Urijah, the priest, built an altar according to all that King

Ahaz had sent from Damascus; so Urijah, the priest, made it against King

Ahaz came from Damascus.

2 Kgs. 16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw

the altar; and the king approached to the altar and offered thereon.

2 Kgs. 16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and

poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings

upon the altar.

2 Kgs. 16:14 And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the

Lord from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house

of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar.

2 Kgs. 16:15 And King Ahaz commanded Urijah, the priest, saying, Upon

the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat

offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt

offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink

offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the

blood of the sacrifice; and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.

2 Kgs. 16:16 Thus did Urijah, the priest, according to all that King Ahaz

commanded.

2 Kgs. 16:17 And King Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed

the laver from off them, and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen

that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

2 Kgs. 16:18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house

and the king's entry without turned he from the house of the Lord for the

king of Assyria.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 17

Hoshea's evil reign in Israel--Due to sin, Israel is taken captive to Assyria--

Idol worshipers repopulate Samaria

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria; and

Hoshea became his servant and gave him presents.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and

went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 17:7 For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the

Lord, their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from

under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

2 Kgs. 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast

out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they

had made.

2 Kgs. 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 fenced city.

2 Kgs. 17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill

and under every green tree;

2 Kgs. 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the

heathen whom the Lord carried away before them, and wrought wicked

things to provoke the Lord to anger;

2 Kgs. 17:12 For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them,

Ye shall not do this thing.

2 Kgs. 17:13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah by all

the prophets and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and

keep my commandments and my statutes according to all the law which I

commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by my servants, the

prophets.

2 Kgs. 17:14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear but hardened their

necks, like to the neck of their fathers that did not believe in the Lord, their

God.

2 Kgs. 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 heathen that were

round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they

should not do like them.

2 Kgs. 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the Lord, their God,

and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and

worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord, their

God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.

2 Kgs. 17:20 And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted

them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers until he had cast them

out of his sight.

2 Kgs. 17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made

Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king; and Jeroboam drove Israel from

following the Lord and made them sin a great sin.

2 Kgs. 17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam

which he did; they departed not from them,

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from

Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim and placed

them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they

possessed Samaria and dwelt in the cities thereof.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 17:26 Wherefore, they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The

nations which thou hast removed and placed in the cities of Samaria know

not the manner of the God of the land; therefore, he hath sent lions among

them; and behold, they slay them because they know not the manner of the

God of the land.

2 Kgs. 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither

one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell

there; and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

2 Kgs. 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from

Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel and taught them how they should fear the

Lord.

2 Kgs. 17:29 Howbeit, every nation made gods of their own and put them

in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every

nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

2 Kgs. 17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth; and the men

of Cuth made Nergal; and the men of Hamath made Ashima;

2 Kgs. 17:31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites

burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of

Sepharvaim.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 17:33 They feared the Lord and served their own gods after the

manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

2 Kgs. 17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners; they fear not

the Lord; neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or

after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of

Jacob, whom he named Israel,

2 Kgs. 17:35 With whom the Lord had made a covenant and charged them,

saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve

them, nor sacrifice to them;

2 Kgs. 17:36 But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt

with great power and a stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall

ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

2 Kgs. 17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the

commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do forevermore;

and ye shall not fear other gods.

2 Kgs. 17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not

forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

2 Kgs. 17:39 But the Lord, your God, ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you

out of the hand of all your enemies.

2 Kgs. 17:40 Howbeit, they did not hearken, but they did after their former

manner.

2 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 18

Hezekiah destroys idolatry and reigns righteously in Judah--Assyria attacks

Judah--Rab-shakeh reviles Hezekiah

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord

according to all that David, his father, did.

2 Kgs. 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut

down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had

made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and

he called it Nehushtan.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 18:6 For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him,

but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.

2 Kgs. 18:7 And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he

went forth; and he rebelled against the king of Assyria and served him not.

2 Kgs. 18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza and the borders

thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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,

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah did

Sennacherib, king of Assyria, come up against all the fenced cities of Judah

and took them.

2 Kgs. 18:14 And Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to the king of Assyria to

Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me; that which thou puttest on

me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah, king of

Judah, three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

2 Kgs. 18:15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the

house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king's house.

2 Kgs. 18:16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of

the temple of the Lord and from the pillars which Hezekiah, king of Judah,

had overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.

2 Kgs. 18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan, and Rabsaris, and Rab-

shakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah, with a great host against Jerusalem;

and they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up,

they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the

highway of the fuller's field.

2 Kgs. 18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them

Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna, the

scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.

2 Kgs. 18:19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah,

Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this

wherein thou trustest?

2 Kgs. 18:20 Thou sayest (but they are but vain words), I have counsel and

strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest

against me?

2 Kgs. 18:21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed,

even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce

it; so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, unto all that trust on him.

2 Kgs. 18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord, our God, is not

that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away and

hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in

Jerusalem?

2 Kgs. 18:23 Now, therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord, the king

of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses if thou be able on

thy part to set riders upon them.

2 Kgs. 18:24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the

least of my master's servants and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for

horsemen?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 18:26 Then said Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah

unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language,

for we understand it; and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears

of the people that are on the wall.

2 Kgs. 18:27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to

thy master and to thee to speak these words? Hath he not sent me to the

men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung and drink their

own piss with you?

2 Kgs. 18:28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the

Jews' language and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king

of Assyria:

2 Kgs. 18:29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you, for he

shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand;

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria,

Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat

ye every man of his own vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink ye

everyone the waters of his cistern,

2 Kgs. 18:32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land,

a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive

and of honey, that ye may live and not die. And hearken not unto Hezekiah

when he persuadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us.

2 Kgs. 18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all this land

out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

2 Kgs. 18:34 Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? Where are the

gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? Have they delivered Samaria out of

mine hand?

2 Kgs. 18:35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have

delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver

Jerusalem out of mine hand?

2 Kgs. 18:36 But the people held their peace and answered him not a word;

for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

2 Kgs. 18:37 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, which was over the

household, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder,

to Hezekiah with their clothes rent and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.

2 Kgs. Chapter 19

Hezekiah mourns; consults Isaiah--Isaiah's prophecy--Hezekiah's prayer--

An angel slays the Assyrians--Sennacherib is slain

2 Kgs. 19:1 And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he rent

his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of

the Lord.

2 Kgs. 19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and

Shebna, the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to

Isaiah, the prophet, the son of Amoz.

2 Kgs. 19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day

of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the

birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

2 Kgs. 19:4 It may be the Lord, thy God, will hear all the words of Rab-

shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, hath sent to reproach the

living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord, thy God, hath

heard. Wherefore, lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

2 Kgs. 19:5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

2 Kgs. 19:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master,

Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with

which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

2 Kgs. 19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him; and he shall hear a rumor

and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in

his own land.

2 Kgs. 19:8 So Rab-shakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring

against Libnah, for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

2 Kgs. 19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, Behold,

he is come out to fight against thee, he sent messengers again unto

Hezekiah, saying,

2 Kgs. 19:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying, Let

not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not

be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

2 Kgs. 19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done

to all lands, by destroying them utterly. And shalt thou be delivered?

2 Kgs. 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers

have destroyed--as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of

Eden which were in Thelasar?

2 Kgs. 19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the

king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, O Lord God

of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou

alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

2 Kgs. 19:16 Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear. Open, Lord, thine eyes,

and see, and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to

reproach the living God.

2 Kgs. 19:17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the

nations and their lands,

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 19:19 Now, therefore, O Lord, our God, I beseech thee, save thou us

out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art

the Lord God, even thou only.

2 Kgs. 19:20 Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus

saith the Lord God of Israel: That which thou hast prayed to me against

Sennacherib, king of Assyria, I have heard.

2 Kgs. 19:21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him:

The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee and laughed thee to

scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

2 Kgs. 19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? And against

whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? Even

against the Holy One of Israel.

2 Kgs. 19:23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord and hast

said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the

mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees

thereof and the choice fir trees thereof; and I will enter into the lodgings of

his borders and into the forest of his Carmel.

2 Kgs. 19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of

my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

2 Kgs. 19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it and of

ancient times that I have formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou

shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

2 Kgs. 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 corn blasted before it be

grown up.

2 Kgs. 19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in,

and thy rage against me.

2 Kgs. 19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into

mine ears, therefore, I will put my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy

lips; and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

2 Kgs. 19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee: Ye shall eat this year such

things as grow of themselves and in the second year that which springeth of

the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and

eat the fruits thereof.

2 Kgs. 19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall

yet again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 19:32 Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria,

He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before

it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

2 Kgs. 19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return and shall

not come into this city, saith the Lord.

2 Kgs. 19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it for mine own sake and for

my servant David's sake.

2 Kgs. 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went

out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five

thousand; and when they who were left arose early in the morning, behold,

they were all dead corpses.

2 Kgs. 19:36 So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed, and went, and

returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

2 Kgs. 19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of

Nisroch, his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, smote him with

the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon, his

son, reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. Chapter 20

Hezekiah's life is lengthened--The shadow goes backward ten degrees--

Isaiah foretells the Babylonian captivity--Manasseh succeeds Hezekiah

2 Kgs. 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 saith the

Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die and not live.

2 Kgs. 20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed unto the Lord,

saying,

2 Kgs. 20:3 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked

before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is

good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

2 Kgs. 20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle

court that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

2 Kgs. 20:5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah, the captain of my people, Thus

saith the Lord, the God of David, thy father, I have heard thy prayer; I have

seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up

unto the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 20:6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver

thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend

this city for mine own sake and for my servant David's sake.

2 Kgs. 20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it

on the boil, and he recovered.

2 Kgs. 20:8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the

Lord will heal me and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third

day?

2 Kgs. 20:9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the

Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken. Shall the shadow go forward ten

degrees, or go back ten degrees?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 20:11 And Isaiah, the prophet, cried unto the Lord; and he brought

the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of

Ahaz.

2 Kgs. 20:12 At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of

Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that

Hezekiah had been sick.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 20:14 Then came Isaiah, the prophet, unto King Hezekiah and said

unto him, What said these men? And from whence came they unto thee?

And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.

2 Kgs. 20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And

Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen;

there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.

2 Kgs. 20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 20:17 Behold, the days come that all that is in thine house and that

which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day shall be carried unto

Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

2 Kgs. 20:18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt

beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the

king of Babylon.

2 Kgs. 20:19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord

which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good if peace and truth be in

my days?

2 Kgs. 20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and

how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they

not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2 Kgs. 20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh, his son,

reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. Chapter 21

Manasseh's wicked reign in Judah--Wickedness continues under Amon's

rule--He is slain, and Josiah is made king

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord after the

abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of

Israel.

2 Kgs. 21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah, his

father, had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove as

did Ahab, king of Israel, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served

them.

2 Kgs. 21:4 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord

said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

2 Kgs. 21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts

of the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times,

and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards; he

wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

2 Kgs. 21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the

house, of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon, his son, In this

house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,

will I put my name forever.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 21:10 And the Lord spake by his servants, the prophets, saying,

2 Kgs. 21:11 Because Manasseh, king of Judah, hath done these

abominations, and hath done wickedly, above all that the Amorites did

which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols,

2 Kgs. 21:12 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am

bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah that whosoever heareth of it,

both his ears shall tingle.

2 Kgs. 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 wipeth a

dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

2 Kgs. 21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance and

deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey

and a spoil to all their enemies,

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 21:16 Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much till he

had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, beside his sin wherewith he

made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord as his

father Manasseh did.

2 Kgs. 21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and

served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;

2 Kgs. 21:22 And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers and walked not in

the way of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him and slew the

king in his own house.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 21:26 And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza; and

Josiah, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. Chapter 22

Josiah's righteous reign in Judah--He repairs the temple--Book of the law

found--Huldah prophesies

2 Kgs. 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 Boscath.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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,

2 Kgs. 22:4 Go up to Hilkiah, the high priest, that he may sum the silver

which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door

have gathered of the people;

2 Kgs. 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, which is in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches

of the house,

2 Kgs. 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons and to buy timber

and hewn stone to repair the house.

2 Kgs. 22:7 Howbeit, there was no reckoning made with them of the money

that was delivered into their hand because they dealt faithfully.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 22:9 And Shaphan, the scribe, came to the king, and brought the

king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was

found in the house and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the

work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 22:10 And Shaphan, the scribe, showed the king, saying, Hilkiah,

the priest, hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

2 Kgs. 22:11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the

book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

2 Kgs. 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 Asahiah, a servant of the king, saying,

2 Kgs. 22:13 Go ye; 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 is

written concerning us.

2 Kgs. 22:14 So Hilkiah, the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan,

and Asahiah went unto Huldah, the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, the son

of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in

Jerusalem in the college); and they communed with her.

2 Kgs. 22:15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel,

Tell the man that sent you to me,

2 Kgs. 22:16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place

and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the

king of Judah hath read,

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 22:18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the

Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, As

touching the words which thou hast heard,

2 Kgs. 22:19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself

before the Lord when thou heardest what I spake against this place and

against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a

curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me, I also have heard thee,

saith the Lord.

2 Kgs. 22:20 Behold, therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou

shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the

evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word

again.

2 Kgs. Chapter 23

Josiah reads the book of the law in a solemn assembly--He and the people

make a covenant with the Lord--He destroys idolatry and keeps the

passover--Egypt conquers Judah; Josiah slain--Jehoahaz becomes king and

is replaced by Jehoiakim

2 Kgs. 23:1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of

Judah and of Jerusalem.

2 Kgs. 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 ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the

house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 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

stood to the covenant.

2 Kgs. 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

grove, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them without Jerusalem

in the fields of Kidron and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

2 Kgs. 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 host

of heaven.

2 Kgs. 23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord

without Jerusalem unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook

Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon

the graves of the children of the people.

2 Kgs. 23:7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites that were by

the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

2 Kgs. 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 brake down the high places of the gates that were in the

entering in of the gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which were on a

man's left hand at the gate of the city.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 23:10 And he defiled Tophet, which is in the valley of the children

of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through

the fire to Molech.

2 Kgs. 23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given

to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of

Nathan-melech, the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the

chariots of the sun with fire.

2 Kgs. 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 beat down,

and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook

Kidron.

2 Kgs. 23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were

on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon, the king of

Israel, had builded for Ashtoreth, the abomination of the Zidonians, and for

Chemosh, the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom, the

abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

2 Kgs. 23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves,

and filled their places with the bones of men.

2 Kgs. 23:15 Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place

which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both

that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and

stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

2 Kgs. 23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchers that

were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers,

and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it according to the word of the

Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

2 Kgs. 23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the

city told him, It is the sepulcher of the man of God, which came from Judah

and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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 Bethel.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 23:22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of

the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of

the kings of Judah,

2 Kgs. 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, wherein this

passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.

2 Kgs. 23:24 Moreover, the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards,

and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in

the land of Judah and in Jerusalem did Josiah put away, that he might

perform the words of the law, which were written in the book that Hilkiah,

the priest, found in the house of the Lord.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 23:26 Notwithstanding, the Lord turned not from the fierceness of

his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of

all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 23:29 In his days Pharaoh-nechoh, king of Egypt, went up against

the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against

him; and he slew him at Megiddo when he had seen him.

2 Kgs. 23:30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo,

and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. And

the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and anointed him,

and made him king in his father's stead.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 23:32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord

according to all that his fathers had done.

2 Kgs. 23:33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of

Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and put the land to a tribute

of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Kgs. 23:34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim, the son of Josiah, king in

the room of Josiah, his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took

Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt and died there.

2 Kgs. 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 of the people of the land, of

everyone according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.

2 Kgs. 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

Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

2 Kgs. 23:37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord

according to all that his fathers had done.

2 Kgs. Chapter 24

Jehoiakim's evil reign--He rebels against Babylon--Jehoiachin continues

his father's wicked reign--Many of Judah taken captive to Babylon--

Nebuchadnezzar appoints Zedekiah king in Judah--Zedekiah rebels

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 24:2 And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and

bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children

of Ammon and sent them against Judah to destroy it according to the word

of the Lord which he spake by his servants, the prophets.

2 Kgs. 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,

2 Kgs. 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled

Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.

2 Kgs. 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?

2 Kgs. 24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin, his son,

reigned in his stead.

2 Kgs. 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 pertained to the king of Egypt.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord

according to all that his father had done.

2 Kgs. 24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,

came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

2 Kgs. 24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against the city,

and his servants did besiege it.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the

Lord and the treasures of the king's house and cut in pieces all the vessels of

gold which Solomon, king of Israel, had made in the temple of the Lord as

the Lord had said.

2 Kgs. 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 save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother,

king in his stead and changed his name to Zedekiah.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord

according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

2 Kgs. 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 Kgs. Chapter 25

Zedekiah's sons slain and his eyes put out--Jerusalem destroyed--Judah

carried into captivity

2 Kgs. 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 host, against Jerusalem and pitched against it;

and they built forts against it round about.

2 Kgs. 25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of King

Zedekiah.

2 Kgs. 25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed

in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

2 Kgs. 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 Chaldees were against the city round about); and the king

went the way toward the plain.

2 Kgs. 25:5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king and

overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from

him.

2 Kgs. 25:6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of

Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

2 Kgs. 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 brass, and carried

him to Babylon.

2 Kgs. 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;

2 Kgs. 25:9 And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and

all the houses of Jerusalem; and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

2 Kgs. 25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees that were with the captain of

the guard brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

2 Kgs. 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.

2 Kgs. 25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be

vinedressers and husbandmen.

2 Kgs. 25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord,

and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord did the

Chaldees break in pieces and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

2 Kgs. 25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the

spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered took they

away.

2 Kgs. 25:15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of

gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

2 Kgs. 25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had

made for the house of the Lord--the brass of all these vessels was without

weight.

2 Kgs. 25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the

chapiter upon it was brass; and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and

the wreathen work and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of

brass; and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

2 Kgs. 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;

2 Kgs. 25:19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the

men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence which

were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered

the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that

were found in the city;

2 Kgs. 25:20 And Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, took these and

brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;

2 Kgs. 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them and slew them at Riblah

in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

2 Kgs. 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, ruler.

2 Kgs. 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 Careah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, the Netophathite, and

Jaazaniah, the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

2 Kgs. 25:24 And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men and said unto

them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees; dwell in the land, and

serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

2 Kgs. 25:25 But it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son

of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men

with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees

that were with him at Mizpah.

2 Kgs. 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 Chaldees.

2 Kgs. 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 Evilmerodach, king of Babylon, in the

year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah,

out of prison;

2 Kgs. 25:28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the

throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

2 Kgs. 25:29 And changed his prison garments; and he did eat bread

continually before him all the days of his life.

2 Kgs. 25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of

the king, a daily rate for every day all the days of his life.

First Chronicles

1 Chr. Chapter 1

Adam's line to Noah--Sons of Shem, Ham, and Japheth--Posterity of

Abraham

1 Chr. 1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

1 Chr. 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

1 Chr. 1:3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

1 Chr. 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

1 Chr. 1:5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,

and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

1 Chr. 1:6 And the sons of Gomer: Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and

Togarmah.

1 Chr. 1:7 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and

Dodanim.

1 Chr. 1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

1 Chr. 1:9 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and

Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

1 Chr. 1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be mighty upon the earth.

1 Chr. 1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and

Naphtuhim,

1 Chr. 1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim (of whom came the Philistines),

and Caphtorim.

1 Chr. 1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon, his firstborn, and Heth,

1 Chr. 1:14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

1 Chr. 1:15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

1 Chr. 1:16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

1 Chr. 1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,

and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

1 Chr. 1:18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth,

and Jerah,

1 Chr. 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,

1 Chr. 1:22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

1 Chr. 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of

Joktan.

1 Chr. 1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

1 Chr. 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,

1 Chr. 1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

1 Chr. 1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham.

1 Chr. 1:28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

1 Chr. 1:29 These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;

then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

1 Chr. 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

1 Chr. 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

1 Chr. 1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare

Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And

the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

1 Chr. 1:33 And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and

Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

1 Chr. 1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

1 Chr. 1:35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and

Korah.

1 Chr. 1:36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam,

Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

1 Chr. 1:37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

1 Chr. 1:38 And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and

Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.

1 Chr. 1:39 And the sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was

Lotan's sister.

1 Chr. 1:40 The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi,

and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

1 Chr. 1:41 The son of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Amram,

and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

1 Chr. 1:42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of

Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah,

reigned in his stead.

1 Chr. 1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the

Temanites reigned in his stead.

1 Chr. 1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad, the son of Bedad, which

smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his

city was Avith.

1 Chr. 1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his

stead.

1 Chr. 1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river

reigned in his stead.

1 Chr. 1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor,

reigned in his stead.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were Duke Timnah,

Duke Aliah, Duke Jetheth,

1 Chr. 1:52 Duke Aholibamah, Duke Elah, Duke Pinon,

1 Chr. 1:53 Duke Kenaz, Duke Teman, Duke Mibzar,

1 Chr. 1:54 Duke Magdiel, Duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

1 Chr. Chapter 2

Israel and his posterity

1 Chr. 2:1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

Issachar, and Zebulun,

1 Chr. 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 2:4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bare him Pharez and Zerah. All

the sons of Judah were five.

1 Chr. 2:5 The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul.

1 Chr. 2:6 And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and

Calcol, and Dara, five of them in all.

1 Chr. 2:7 And the son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who

transgressed in the thing accursed.

1 Chr. 2:8 And the son of Ethan: Azariah.

1 Chr. 2:9 The sons also of Hezron that were born unto him: Jerahmeel,

and Ram, and Chelubai.

1 Chr. 2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon,

prince of the children of Judah;

1 Chr. 2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma; and Salma begat Boaz;

1 Chr. 2:12 And Boaz begat Obed; and Obed begat Jesse.

1 Chr. 2:13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab; and Abinadab, the second;

and Shimma, the third;

1 Chr. 2:14 Nethaneel, the fourth; Raddai, the fifth;

1 Chr. 2:15 Ozem, the sixth; David, the seventh,

1 Chr. 2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of

Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

1 Chr. 2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether,

the Ishmaelite.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath,

which bare him Hur.

1 Chr. 2:20 And Hur begat Uri; and Uri begat Bezaleel.

1 Chr. 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 bare him Segub.

1 Chr. 2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the

land of Gilead.

1 Chr. 2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from

them with Kenath and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these

belonged to the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

1 Chr. 2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah,

Hezron's wife, bare him Ashur, the father of Tekoa.

1 Chr. 2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram,

the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

1 Chr. 2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she

was the mother of Onam.

1 Chr. 2:27 And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz,

and Jamin, and Eker.

1 Chr. 2:28 And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons

of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

1 Chr. 2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare

him Ahban and Molid.

1 Chr. 2:30 And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled died

without children.

1 Chr. 2:31 And the son of Appaim: Ishi. And the son of Ishi: Sheshan.

And the child of Sheshan: Ahlai.

1 Chr. 2:32 And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and

Jonathan; and Jether died without children.

1 Chr. 2:33 And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the

sons of Jerahmeel.

1 Chr. 2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a

servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

1 Chr. 2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his servant, to wife;

and she bare him Attai.

1 Chr. 2:36 And Attai begat Nathan; and Nathan begat Zabad;

1 Chr. 2:37 And Zabad begat Ephlal; and Ephlal begat Obed;

1 Chr. 2:38 And Obed begat Jehu; and Jehu begat Azariah;

1 Chr. 2:39 And Azariah begat Helez; and Helez begat Eleasah;

1 Chr. 2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai; and Sisamai begat Shallum;

1 Chr. 2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah; and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

1 Chr. 2:42 Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha,

his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah, the

father of Hebron.

1 Chr. 2:43 And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and

Shema.

1 Chr. 2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam; and Rekem

begat Shammai.

1 Chr. 2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father

of Beth-zur.

1 Chr. 2:46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and

Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.

1 Chr. 2:47 And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and

Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

1 Chr. 2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah.

1 Chr. 2:49 She bare also Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva, the

father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb

was Achsa.

1 Chr. 2:50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of

Ephratah: Shobal, the father of Kirjath-jearim;

1 Chr. 2:51 Salma, the father of Bethlehem; Hareph, the father of Beth-

gader.

1 Chr. 2:52 And Shobal, the father of Kirjath-jearim, had sons: Haroeh and

half of the Manahethites.

1 Chr. 2:53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim: the Ithrites, and the Puhites,

and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites and

the Eshtaulites.

1 Chr. 2:54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth,

the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

1 Chr. 2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez: the

Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that

came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

1 Chr. Chapter 3

Sons of David and Solomon

1 Chr. 3:1 Now these were the sons of David which were born unto him in

Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess; the second,

Daniel, of Abigail, the Carmelitess;

1 Chr. 3:2 The third, Absalom, the son of Maachah, the daughter of Talmai,

king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith;

1 Chr. 3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah, his

wife.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 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;

1 Chr. 3:6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,

1 Chr. 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

1 Chr. 3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

1 Chr. 3:9 These were all the sons of David besides the sons of the

concubines and Tamar, their sister.

1 Chr. 3:10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam; Abia, his son; Asa, his

son; Jehoshaphat, his son;

1 Chr. 3:11 Joram, his son; Ahaziah, his son; Joash, his son;

1 Chr. 3:12 Amaziah, his son; Azariah, his son; Jotham, his son;

1 Chr. 3:13 Ahaz, his son; Hezekiah, his son; Manasseh, his son;

1 Chr. 3:14 Amon, his son; Josiah, his son.

1 Chr. 3:15 And the sons of Josiah were the firstborn, Johanan; the second,

Jehoiakim; the third, Zedekiah; the fourth, Shallum.

1 Chr. 3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah, his son; Zedekiah, his

son.

1 Chr. 3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah: Assir; Salathiel, his son;

1 Chr. 3:18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah,

Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

1 Chr. 3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the

sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah; and Shelomith, their sister;

1 Chr. 3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,

Jushabhesed, five.

1 Chr. 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jesaiah; the sons of

Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.

1 Chr. 3:22 And the son of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of

Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

1 Chr. 3:23 And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,

three.

1 Chr. 3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and

Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.

1 Chr. Chapter 4

Posterity of Judah

1 Chr. 4:1 The sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and

Shobal.

1 Chr. 4:2 And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, begat Jahath; and Jahath begat

Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

1 Chr. 4:3 And these were of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and

Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi;

1 Chr. 4:4 And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah-

-these are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of

Bethlehem.

1 Chr. 4:5 And Ashur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and

Naarah.

1 Chr. 4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and

Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

1 Chr. 4:7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

1 Chr. 4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel,

the son of Harum.

1 Chr. 4:9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren; and his mother

called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bear him with sorrow.

1 Chr. 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that thou

wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might

be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not

grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

1 Chr. 4:11 And Chelub, the brother of Shuah, begat Mehir, which was the

father of Eshton.

1 Chr. 4:12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah, the

father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

1 Chr. 4:13 And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the son of

Othniel: Hathath.

1 Chr. 4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah; and Seraiah begat Joab, the

father of the valley of Charashim, for they were craftsmen.

1 Chr. 4:15 And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and

Naam; and the son of Elah, even Kenaz.

1 Chr. 4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and

Asareel.

1 Chr. 4:17 And the sons of Ezra were Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and

Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of

Eshtemoa.

1 Chr. 4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered, the father of Gedor, and

Heber, the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. And these

are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

1 Chr. 4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah, the sister of Naham, the father

of Keilah, the Garmite, and Eshtemoa, the Maachathite.

1 Chr. 4:20 And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan,

and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

1 Chr. 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,

1 Chr. 4:22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph,

who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient

things.

1 Chr. 4:23 These were the potters and those that dwelt among plants and

hedges; there they dwelt with the king for his work.

1 Chr. 4:24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and

Shaul;

1 Chr. 4:25 Shallum, his son; Mibsam, his son; Mishma, his son.

1 Chr. 4:26 And the sons of Mishma: Hamuel, his son; Zacchur, his son;

Shimei, his son.

1 Chr. 4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his

brethren had not many children; neither did all their family multiply, like to

the children of Judah.

1 Chr. 4:28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

1 Chr. 4:29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

1 Chr. 4:30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

1 Chr. 4:31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei,

and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

1 Chr. 4:32 And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen,

and Ashan, five cities,

1 Chr. 4:33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities

unto Baal. These were their habitations and their genealogy:

1 Chr. 4:34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,

1 Chr. 4:35 And Joel, and Jehu, the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the

son of Asiel,

1 Chr. 4:36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and

Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah.

1 Chr. 4:37 And Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of

Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah--

1 Chr. 4:38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families;

and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

1 Chr. 4:39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side

of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

1 Chr. 4:40 And they found fat pasture and good; and the land was wide,

and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

1 Chr. 4:41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah, king

of Judah, and smote their tents and the habitations that were found there,

and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms because

there was pasture there for their flocks.

1 Chr. 4:42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred

men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah,

and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

1 Chr. 4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped

and dwelt there unto this day.

1 Chr. Chapter 5

The line of Reuben--Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh prevail against the

Hagarites, but they are taken into captivity after transgressing

1 Chr. 5:1 Now the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel--for he was the

firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was

given unto the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to

be reckoned after the birthright.

1 Chr. 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the

chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's--

1 Chr. 5:3 The sons, I say, of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch,

and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

1 Chr. 5:4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah, his son; Gog, his son; Shimei, his

son;

1 Chr. 5:5 Micah, his son; Reaia, his son; Baal, his son;

1 Chr. 5:6 Beerah, his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser, king of Assyria, carried

away captive; he was prince of the Reubenites.

1 Chr. 5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their

generations was reckoned, were the chief: Jeiel, and Zechariah,

1 Chr. 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;

1 Chr. 5:9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness

from the river Euphrates because their cattle were multiplied in the land of

Gilead.

1 Chr. 5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who

fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land

of Gilead.

1 Chr. 5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of

Bashan unto Salcah;

1 Chr. 5:12 Joel, the chief, and Shapham, the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat

in Bashan.

1 Chr. 5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael,

and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber,

seven.

1 Chr. 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;

1 Chr. 5:15 Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of

their fathers.

1 Chr. 5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in

all the suburbs of Sharon upon their borders.

1 Chr. 5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham,

king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

1 Chr. 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of

Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot

with bow, and skillful in war were four and forty thousand seven hundred

and threescore that went out to the war.

1 Chr. 5:19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and

Nephish, and Nodab.

1 Chr. 5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were

delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God

in the battle, and he was entreated of them because they put their trust in

him.

1 Chr. 5:21 And they took away their cattle, of their camels fifty thousand,

and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand,

and of men a hundred thousand.

1 Chr. 5:22 For there fell down many slain because the war was of God.

And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

1 Chr. 5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the

land; they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon, and Senir, and unto

Mount Hermon.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers and went

a whoring after the gods of the people of the land whom God destroyed

before them.

1 Chr. 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 Chr. Chapter 6

Posterity of Levi--Office of Aaron and Levites--Cities of the priests and

Levites

1 Chr. 6:1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chr. 6:2 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

1 Chr. 6:3 And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam.

The sons also of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

1 Chr. 6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas; Phinehas begat Abishua;

1 Chr. 6:5 And Abishua begat Bukki; and Bukki begat Uzzi;

1 Chr. 6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah; and Zerahiah begat Meraioth.

1 Chr. 6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah; and Amariah begat Ahitub;

1 Chr. 6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok; and Zadok begat Ahimaaz;

1 Chr. 6:9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah; and Azariah begat Johanan;

1 Chr. 6:10 And Johanan begat Azariah (he it is that executed the priest's

office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem);

1 Chr. 6:11 And Azariah begat Amariah; and Amariah begat Ahitub;

1 Chr. 6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok; and Zadok begat Shallum;

1 Chr. 6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah; and Hilkiah begat Azariah;

1 Chr. 6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah; and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;

1 Chr. 6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity when the Lord carried away

Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

1 Chr. 6:16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chr. 6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and

Shimei.

1 Chr. 6:18 And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron,

and Uzziel.

1 Chr. 6:19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the

families of the Levites according to their fathers:

1 Chr. 6:20 Of Gershom: Libni, his son; Jahath, his son; Zimmah, his son;

1 Chr. 6:21 Joah, his son; Iddo, his son; Zerah, his son; Jeaterai, his son.

1 Chr. 6:22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab, his son; Korah, his son;

Assir, his son;

1 Chr. 6:23 Elkanah, his son; and Ebiasaph, his son; and Assir, his son;

1 Chr. 6:24 Tahath, his son; Uriel, his son; Uzziah, his son; and Shaul, his

son.

1 Chr. 6:25 And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.

1 Chr. 6:26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai, his son; and

Nahath, his son;

1 Chr. 6:27 Eliab, his son; Jeroham, his son; Elkanah, his son.

1 Chr. 6:28 And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Vashni, and Abiah.

1 Chr. 6:29 The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni, his son; Shimei, his son;

Uzza, his son;

1 Chr. 6:30 Shimea, his son; Haggiah, his son; Asaiah, his son.

1 Chr. 6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in

the house of the Lord after that the ark had rest.

1 Chr. 6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle

of the congregation with singing until Solomon had built the house of the

Lord in Jerusalem; and then they waited on their office according to their

order.

1 Chr. 6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons

of the Kohathites: Heman, a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

1 Chr. 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the

son of Toah,

1 Chr. 6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the

son of Amasai,

1 Chr. 6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son

of Zephaniah,

1 Chr. 6:37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the

son of Korah,

1 Chr. 6:38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of

Israel.

1 Chr. 6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even

Asaph, the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimeah,

1 Chr. 6:40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

1 Chr. 6:41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

1 Chr. 6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

1 Chr. 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

1 Chr. 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,

1 Chr. 6:45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

1 Chr. 6:46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

1 Chr. 6:47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son

of Levi.

1 Chr. 6:48 Their brethren also, the Levites, were appointed unto all

manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar, his son; Phinehas, his

son; Abishua, his son;

1 Chr. 6:51 Bukki, his son; Uzzi, his son; Zerahiah, his son;

1 Chr. 6:52 Meraioth, his son; Amariah, his son; Ahitub, his son;

1 Chr. 6:53 Zadok, his son; Ahimaaz, his son.

1 Chr. 6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in

their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites; for

theirs was the lot.

1 Chr. 6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah and the

suburbs thereof round about it.

1 Chr. 6:56 But the fields of the city and the villages thereof they gave to

Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

1 Chr. 6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,

Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and

Eshtemoa with their suburbs,

1 Chr. 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

1 Chr. 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her

suburbs;

1 Chr. 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with her suburbs, and

Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities

throughout their families were thirteen cities.

1 Chr. 6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of

that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe

of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with

their suburbs.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities

of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

1 Chr. 6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in

mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

1 Chr. 6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her

suburbs,

1 Chr. 6:69 And Ajalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her

suburbs.

1 Chr. 6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner with her suburbs

and Bileam with her suburbs for the family of the remnant of the sons of

Kohath.

1 Chr. 6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the

half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs and Ashtaroth

with her suburbs.

1 Chr. 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with her suburbs,

Daberath with her suburbs,

1 Chr. 6:73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs.

1 Chr. 6:74 And out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with her suburbs, and

Abdon with her suburbs,

1 Chr. 6:75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs.

1 Chr. 6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with her

suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

1 Chr. 6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given, out of the

tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs;

1 Chr. 6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of

Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness

with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

1 Chr. 6:79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her

suburbs.

1 Chr. 6:80 And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with her

suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

1 Chr. 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

1 Chr. Chapter 7

Sons of Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher

1 Chr. 7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and

Shimrom, four.

1 Chr. 7:2 And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and

Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of

Tola; they were valiant men of might in their generations, whose number

was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

1 Chr. 7:3 And the son of Uzzi: Izrahiah and the sons of Izrahiah: Michael,

and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five, all of them chief men.

1 Chr. 7:4 And with them by their generations, after the house of their

fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men; for

they had many wives and sons.

1 Chr. 7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were

valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and

seven thousand.

1 Chr. 7:6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

1 Chr. 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 reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and

thirty and four.

1 Chr. 7:8 And the sons of Becher: Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and

Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth.

All these are the sons of Becher.

1 Chr. 7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their

generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, was

twenty thousand and two hundred.

1 Chr. 7:10 The son also of Jediael: Bilhan and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush,

and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and

Ahishahar.

1 Chr. 7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,

mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit

to go out for war and battle.

1 Chr. 7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the

sons of Aher.

1 Chr. 7:13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and

Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

1 Chr. 7:14 The sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom she bare--but his

concubine, the Aramitess, bare Machir, the father of Gilead;

1 Chr. 7:15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,

whose sister's name was Maachah--and the name of the second was

Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

1 Chr. 7:16 And Maachah, the wife of Machir, bare a son, and she called

his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons

were Ulam and Rakem.

1 Chr. 7:17 And the son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead,

the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

1 Chr. 7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and

Mahalah.

1 Chr. 7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were Ahian, and Shechem, and

Likhi, and Aniam.

1 Chr. 7:20 And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah; and Bered, his son; and

Tahath, his son; and Eladah, his son; and Tahath, his son;

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 7:22 And Ephraim, their father, mourned many days, and his

brethren came to comfort him.

1 Chr. 7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bare a son,

and he called his name Beriah because it went evil with his house.

1 Chr. 7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon, the

nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)

1 Chr. 7:25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah, his son; and

Tahan, his son;

1 Chr. 7:26 Laadan, his son; Ammihud, his son; Elishama, his son;

1 Chr. 7:27 Non, his son; Jehoshuah, his son.

1 Chr. 7:28 And their possessions and habitations were Bethel and the

towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer with the towns

thereof, Shechem also and the towns thereof unto Gaza and the towns

thereof,

1 Chr. 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean

and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her

towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel.

1 Chr. 7:30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah;

and Serah, their sister.

1 Chr. 7:31 And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who is the father

of Birzavith.

1 Chr. 7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua,

their sister.

1 Chr. 7:33 And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.

These are the children of Japhlet.

1 Chr. 7:34 And the sons of Shamer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and

Aram.

1 Chr. 7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, and Imna, and

Shelesh, and Amal.

1 Chr. 7:36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri,

and Imrah,

1 Chr. 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and

Beera.

1 Chr. 7:38 And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

1 Chr. 7:39 And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

1 Chr. 7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's

house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the

number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to

battle was twenty and six thousand men.

1 Chr. Chapter 8

Posterity of Benjamin

1 Chr. 8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel, the second; and

Aharah, the third;

1 Chr. 8:2 Nohah, the fourth; and Rapha, the fifth.

1 Chr. 8:3 And the sons of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

1 Chr. 8:4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,

1 Chr. 8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

1 Chr. 8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud; these are the heads of the fathers

of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath;

1 Chr. 8:7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them and begat

Uzza and Ahihud.

1 Chr. 8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab after he

had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

1 Chr. 8:9 And he begat of Hodesh, his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha,

and Malcham,

1 Chr. 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads

of the fathers.

1 Chr. 8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.

1 Chr. 8:12 The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built

Ono and Lod with the towns thereof;

1 Chr. 8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the

inhabitants of Ajalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath;

1 Chr. 8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,

1 Chr. 8:15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

1 Chr. 8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;

1 Chr. 8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

1 Chr. 8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

1 Chr. 8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

1 Chr. 8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,

1 Chr. 8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

1 Chr. 8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,

1 Chr. 8:23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

1 Chr. 8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

1 Chr. 8:25 And Iphediah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

1 Chr. 8:26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

1 Chr. 8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

1 Chr. 8:28 These were heads of the fathers by their generations, chief men.

These dwelt in Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name

was Maachah;

1 Chr. 8:30 And his firstborn son, Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and

Nadab,

1 Chr. 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

1 Chr. 8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their

brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

1 Chr. 8:33 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat

Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chr. 8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat

Micah.

1 Chr. 8:35 And the sons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea,

and Ahaz.

1 Chr. 8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and

Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

1 Chr. 8:37 And Moza begat Binea; Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son,

Azel his son.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 8:39 And the sons of Eshek, his brother, were Ulam, his firstborn;

Jehush, the second; and Eliphelet, the third.

1 Chr. 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 Chr. Chapter 9

Genealogies of Israel and Judah--Duties of priests and Levites

1 Chr. 9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they

were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried

away to Babylon for their transgression.

1 Chr. 9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their

cities were the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.

1 Chr. 9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the

children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:

1 Chr. 9:4 Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the

son of Bani, of the children of Pharez, the son of Judah.

1 Chr. 9:5 And of the Shilonites: Asaiah, the firstborn, and his sons.

1 Chr. 9:6 And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brethren, six hundred

and ninety.

1 Chr. 9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the

son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah;

1 Chr. 9:8 And Ibneiah, the son of Jeroham; and Elam, the son of Uzzi, the

son of Michri; and Meshullam, the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel,

the son of Ibnijah,

1 Chr. 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 house of

their fathers.

1 Chr. 9:10 And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

1 Chr. 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 ruler of the house of

God,

1 Chr. 9:12 And Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of

Malchijah; and Maasiai, the son of Adiel, the son of Jazerab, the son of

Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer,

1 Chr. 9:13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a

thousand and seven hundred and threescore, very able men for the work of

the service of the house of God.

1 Chr. 9:14 And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of

Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

1 Chr. 9:15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah, the son of

Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 9:17 And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and

Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief,

1 Chr. 9:18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward; they were

porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

1 Chr. 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 entry.

1 Chr. 9:20 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was the ruler over them in

time past; and the Lord was with him.

1 Chr. 9:21 And Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was porter of the door

of the tabernacle of the congregation.

1 Chr. 9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two

hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their

villages, whom David and Samuel, the seer, did ordain in their set office.

1 Chr. 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, by wards.

1 Chr. 9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north,

and south.

1 Chr. 9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come

after seven days from time to time with them.

1 Chr. 9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office

and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

1 Chr. 9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God because the

charge was upon them and the opening thereof every morning pertained to

them.

1 Chr. 9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,

that they should bring them in and out by tale.

1 Chr. 9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and

all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the

oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

1 Chr. 9:30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the

spices.

1 Chr. 9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of

Shallum, the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in

the pans.

1 Chr. 9:32 And other of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were

over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

1 Chr. 9:33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites,

who, remaining in the chambers, were free; for they were employed in that

work day and night.

1 Chr. 9:34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their

generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's

name was Maachah,

1 Chr. 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and

Ner, and Nadab,

1 Chr. 9:37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

1 Chr. 9:38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their

brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

1 Chr. 9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat

Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chr. 9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat

Micah.

1 Chr. 9:41 And the sons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,

and Ahaz.

1 Chr. 9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and

Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

1 Chr. 9:43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah, his son; Eleasah, his

son; Azel, his son.

1 Chr. 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 Chr. Chapter 10

Saul's sin results in his overthrow and death

1 Chr. 10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel

fled from before the Philistines and fell down, slain in Mount Gilboa.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him,

and he was wounded of the archers.

1 Chr. 10:4 Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust

me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his

armorbearer would not, for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword and

fell upon it.

1 Chr. 10:5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell

likewise on the sword and died.

1 Chr. 10:6 So Saul died and his three sons, and all his house died together.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came

to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 10:10 And they put his armor in the house of their gods and fastened

his head in the temple of Dagon.

1 Chr. 10:11 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had

done to Saul,

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against

the Lord, or against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for

asking for counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it,

1 Chr. 10:14 And inquired not of the Lord; therefore, he slew him and

turned the kingdom unto David, the son of Jesse.

1 Chr. Chapter 11

David becomes king--He takes the castle of Zion--David's mighty men

1 Chr. 11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron,

saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

1 Chr. 11:2 And, moreover, in time past, even when Saul was king, thou

wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and the Lord, thy God,

said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler

over my people Israel.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus,

where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

1 Chr. 11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not

come hither. Nevertheless, David took the castle of Zion, which is the city

of David.

1 Chr. 11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be

chief and captain. So Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went first up and was chief.

1 Chr. 11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore, they called it the city

of David.

1 Chr. 11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round

about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

1 Chr. 11:9 So David waxed greater and greater; for the Lord of hosts was

with him.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 11:12 And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who

was one of the three mighties.

1 Chr. 11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines

were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of

barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

1 Chr. 11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and

delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great

deliverance.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison

was then at Bethlehem.

1 Chr. 11:17 And David longed and said, Oh, that one would give me drink

of the water of the well of Bethlehem that is at the gate!

1 Chr. 11:18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and

drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it,

and brought it to David; but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to

the Lord,

1 Chr. 11:19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing.

Shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy?

For with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore, he would not

drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 11:21 Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, for he was

their captain; howbeit, he attained not to the first three.

1 Chr. 11:22 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of

Kabzeel, who had done many acts--he slew two lion-like men of Moab; also

he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

1 Chr. 11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits

high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he

went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's

hand, and slew him with his own spear.

1 Chr. 11:24 These things did Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and had a name

among the three mighties.

1 Chr. 11:25 Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to

the first three; and David set him over his guard.

1 Chr. 11:26 Also, the valiant men of the armies were Asahel, the brother

of Joab; Elhanan, the son of Dodo of Bethlehem;

1 Chr. 11:27 Shammoth, the Harorite; Helez, the Pelonite;

1 Chr. 11:28 Ira, the son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite; Abiezer, the Antothite;

1 Chr. 11:29 Sibbecai, the Hushathite; Ilai, the Ahohite;

1 Chr. 11:30 Maharai, the Netophathite; Heled, the son of Baanah, the

Netophathite;

1 Chr. 11:31 Ithai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children

of Benjamin; Benaiah, the Pirathonite;

1 Chr. 11:32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash; Abiel, the Arbathite;

1 Chr. 11:33 Azmaveth, the Baharumite; Eliahba, the Shaalbonite;

1 Chr. 11:34 The sons of Hashem, the Gizonite; Jonathan, the son of Shage,

the Hararite;

1 Chr. 11:35 Ahiam, the son of Sacar, the Hararite; Eliphal, the son of Ur;

1 Chr. 11:36 Hepher, the Mecherathite; Ahijah, the Pelonite;

1 Chr. 11:37 Hezro, the Carmelite; Naarai, the son of Ezbai;

1 Chr. 11:38 Joel, the brother of Nathan; Mibhar, the son of Haggeri;

1 Chr. 11:39 Zelek, the Ammonite; Naharai, the Berothite, the armorbearer

of Joab, the son of Zeruiah;

1 Chr. 11:40 Ira, the Ithrite; Gareb, the Ithrite;

1 Chr. 11:41 Uriah, the Hittite; Zabad, the son of Ahlai;

1 Chr. 11:42 Adina, the son of Shiza, the Reubenite, a captain of the

Reubenites, and thirty with him;

1 Chr. 11:43 Hanan, the son of Maachah; and Joshaphat, the Mithnite;

1 Chr. 11:44 Uzzia, the Ashterathite; Shama and Jehiel, the sons of Hothan,

the Aroerite;

1 Chr. 11:45 Jediael, the son of Shimri; and Joha, his brother, the Tizite;

1 Chr. 11:46 Eliel, the Mahavite; and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of

Elnaam; and Ithmah, the Moabite;

1 Chr. 11:47 Eliel; and Obed; and Jasiel, the Mesobaite.

1 Chr. Chapter 12

David's armies

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah, the

Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah and

Jehu, the Antothite;

1 Chr. 12:4 And Ismaiah, the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty

and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad,

the Gederathite;

1 Chr. 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and

Shephatiah, the Haruphite;

1 Chr. 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,

the Korhites;

1 Chr. 12:7 And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

1 Chr. 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into

the hold to the wilderness men of might and men of war fit for the battle

that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of

lions and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains:

1 Chr. 12:9 Ezer, the first; Obadiah, the second; Eliab, the third;

1 Chr. 12:10 Mishmannah, the fourth; Jeremiah, the fifth;

1 Chr. 12:11 Attai, the sixth; Eliel, the seventh;

1 Chr. 12:12 Johanan, the eighth; Elzabad, the ninth;

1 Chr. 12:13 Jeremiah, the tenth; Machbanai, the eleventh.

1 Chr. 12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host; one of the

least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

1 Chr. 12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month when

it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys,

both toward the east and toward the west.

1 Chr. 12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the

hold unto David.

1 Chr. 12:17 And David went out to meet them, and answered, and said

unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be

knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there

is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon and rebuke

it.

1 Chr. 12:18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the

captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of

Jesse; peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers, for thy God

helpeth thee. Then David received them and made them captains of the

band.

1 Chr. 12:19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David when he came with

the Philistines against Saul to battle; but they helped them not; for the lords

of the Philistines, upon advisement, sent him away, saying, He will fall to

his master Saul, to the jeopardy of our heads.

1 Chr. 12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah,

and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai,

captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

1 Chr. 12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers, for they

were all mighty men of valor and were captains in the host.

1 Chr. 12:22 For at that time, day by day, there came to David to help him

until it was a great host, like the host of God.

1 Chr. 12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready,

armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul

to him according to the word of the Lord.

1 Chr. 12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six

thousand and eight hundred, ready, armed to the war;

1 Chr. 12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war,

seven thousand one hundred;

1 Chr. 12:26 Of the children of Levi, four thousand and six hundred.

1 Chr. 12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him

were three thousand and seven hundred;

1 Chr. 12:28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's

house twenty and two captains;

1 Chr. 12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three

thousand; for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the

house of Saul.

1 Chr. 12:30 And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight

hundred, mighty men of valor, famous throughout the house of their fathers;

1 Chr. 12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, which

were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

1 Chr. 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had

understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of

them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

1 Chr. 12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war with all

instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank; they were not of

double heart.

1 Chr. 12:34 And of Naphtali, a thousand captains, and with them with

shield and spear, thirty and seven thousand;

1 Chr. 12:35 And of the Danites, expert in war, twenty and eight thousand

and six hundred;

1 Chr. 12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty

thousand;

1 Chr. 12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the

Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments

of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand;

1 Chr. 12:38 All these men of war that could keep rank came with a perfect

heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of

Israel were of one heart to make David king.

1 Chr. 12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and

drinking, for their brethren had prepared for them.

1 Chr. 12:40 Moreover, they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar, and

Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on

mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins,

and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly; for there was joy in

Israel.

1 Chr. Chapter 13

David moves the ark to the house of Obed-edom--Uzza smitten

1 Chr. 13:1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and

hundreds and with every leader.

1 Chr. 13:2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem

good unto you and that it be of the Lord, our God, let us send abroad unto

our brethren everywhere, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them

also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they

may gather themselves unto us;

1 Chr. 13:3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us; for we inquired

not at it in the days of Saul.

1 Chr. 13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so, for the

thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

1 Chr. 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt

even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-

jearim.

1 Chr. 13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-

jearim which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God, the

Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.

1 Chr. 13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house

of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

1 Chr. 13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their

might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with

timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

1 Chr. 13:9 And when they came unto the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza

put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

1 Chr. 13:10 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he

smote him because he put his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.

1 Chr. 13:11 And David was displeased because the Lord had made a

breach upon Uzza; wherefore, that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

1 Chr. 13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I

bring the ark of God home to me?

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 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 Chr. Chapter 14

Hiram sends workers and material to build a house for David--Philistines

attack and are defeated

1 Chr. 14:1 Now Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, and

timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 14:3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat

more sons and daughters.

1 Chr. 14:4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in

Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

1 Chr. 14:5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,

1 Chr. 14:6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

1 Chr. 14:7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 14:9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of

Rephaim.

1 Chr. 14:10 And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the

Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said

unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

1 Chr. 14:11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them

there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine

hand like the breaking forth of waters; therefore, they called the name of

that place Baal-perazim.

1 Chr. 14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a

commandment, and they were burned with fire.

1 Chr. 14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the

valley.

1 Chr. 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 over

against the mulberry trees.

1 Chr. 14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the

tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God is

gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

1 Chr. 14:16 David, therefore, did as God commanded him; and they smote

the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

1 Chr. 14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the Lord

brought the fear of him upon all nations.

1 Chr. Chapter 15

Levites bear the ark to Jerusalem with great ceremony

1 Chr. 15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared

a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

1 Chr. 15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the

Levites; for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God and to

minister unto him forever.

1 Chr. 15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up

the ark of the Lord unto his place which he had prepared for it.

1 Chr. 15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:

1 Chr. 15:5 Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel, the chief, and his brethren, a

hundred and twenty;

1 Chr. 15:6 Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah, the chief, and his brethren, two

hundred and twenty;

1 Chr. 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom: Joel, the chief, and his brethren, a

hundred and thirty;

1 Chr. 15:8 Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah, the chief, and his brethren,

two hundred;

1 Chr. 15:9 Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel, the chief, and his brethren,

fourscore;

1 Chr. 15:10 Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab, the chief, and his

brethren, a hundred and twelve.

1 Chr. 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,

1 Chr. 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the

Levites; sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring

up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for

it.

1 Chr. 15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord, our God, made

a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

1 Chr. 15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring

up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chr. 15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their

shoulders with the staves thereon as Moses commanded according to the

word of the Lord.

1 Chr. 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their

brethren to be the singers with instruments of music--psalteries, and harps,

and cymbals--sounding by lifting up the voice with joy.

1 Chr. 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;

1 Chr. 15:18 And with them their brethren of the second degree: Zechariah,

Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and

Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and

Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.

1 Chr. 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to

sound with cymbals of brass;

1 Chr. 15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and

Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

1 Chr. 15:21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-

edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

1 Chr. 15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song; he

instructed about the song because he was skillful.

1 Chr. 15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

1 Chr. 15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai,

and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the

trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were

doorkeepers for the ark.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare

the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and

seven rams.

1 Chr. 15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the

Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah, the master of the

song, with the singers; David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

1 Chr. 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 a noise with psalteries and harps.

1 Chr. 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 Chr. Chapter 16

David's sacrifices--His psalm of thanksgiving and praise--David appoints

priests, Levites, and musicians to attend the ark and tabernacle

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt

offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the

Lord.

1 Chr. 16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to

every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

1 Chr. 16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the

ark of the Lord, and to record, and to thank and praise the Lord God of

Israel:

1 Chr. 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 psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a

sound with cymbals--

1 Chr. 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel, the priests, with trumpets

continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Chr. 16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the

Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren:

1 Chr. 16:8 Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known

his deeds among the people.

1 Chr. 16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his

wondrous works.

1 Chr. 16:10 Glory ye in his holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that

seek the Lord.

1 Chr. 16:11 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his face continually.

1 Chr. 16:12 Remember his marvelous works that he hath done, his

wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

1 Chr. 16:13 O ye seed of Israel, his servant, ye children of Jacob, his

chosen ones.

1 Chr. 16:14 He is the Lord, our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

1 Chr. 16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant--the word which he

commanded to a thousand generations--

1 Chr. 16:16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham and of his

oath unto Isaac,

1 Chr. 16:17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law and to Israel

for an everlasting covenant,

1 Chr. 16:18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of

your inheritance,

1 Chr. 16:19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

1 Chr. 16:20 And when they went from nation to nation and from one

kingdom to another people,

1 Chr. 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings

for their sakes,

1 Chr. 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no

harm.

1 Chr. 16:23 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; show forth from day to day

his salvation.

1 Chr. 16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen, his marvelous works

among all nations.

1 Chr. 16:25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he also is to be

feared above all gods.

1 Chr. 16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols; but the Lord made the

heavens.

1 Chr. 16:27 Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are

in his place.

1 Chr. 16:28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the

Lord glory and strength.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 16:30 Fear before him, all the earth; the world also shall be stable,

that it be not moved.

1 Chr. 16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; and let men

say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.

1 Chr. 16:32 Let the sea roar and the fullness thereof; let the fields rejoice

and all that is therein.

1 Chr. 16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the

Lord because he cometh to judge the earth.

1 Chr. 16:34 Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy

endureth forever.

1 Chr. 16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us

together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy

holy name and glory in thy praise.

1 Chr. 16:36 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel forever and ever. And all

the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord.

1 Chr. 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;

1 Chr. 16:38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight;

Obed-edom also, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah to be porters;

1 Chr. 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,

1 Chr. 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;

1 Chr. 16:41 And with them Heman, and Jeduthun, and the rest that were

chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord because

his mercy endureth forever;

1 Chr. 16:42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets, and

cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments

of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

1 Chr. 16:43 And all the people departed, every man to his house; and

David returned to bless his house.

1 Chr. Chapter 17

David desires to build God a house--God forbids him--David's prayer of

thanksgiving and praise

1 Chr. 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 remaineth under curtains.

1 Chr. 17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart, for

God is with thee.

1 Chr. 17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came

to Nathan, saying,

1 Chr. 17:4 Go and tell David, my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt

not build me a house to dwell in;

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to

any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people, saying,

Why have ye not built me a house of cedars?

1 Chr. 17:7 Now, therefore, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David,

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from

following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel.

1 Chr. 17:8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and

have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name

like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

1 Chr. 17:9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel and will plant

them, and they shall dwell in their place and shall be moved no more;

neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the

beginning,

1 Chr. 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my

people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore, I tell

thee that the Lord will build thee a house.

1 Chr. 17:11 And it shall come to pass when thy days be expired that thou

must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which

shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Chr. 17:12 He shall build me a house, and I will stablish his throne

forever.

1 Chr. 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 thee;

1 Chr. 17:14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom

forever; and his throne shall be established forevermore.

1 Chr. 17:15 According to all these words and according to all this vision,

so did Nathan speak unto David.

1 Chr. 17:16 And David, the king, came, and sat before the Lord, and said,

Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me

hitherto?

1 Chr. 17:17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou

hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come and hast

regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God.

1 Chr. 17:18 What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy

servant? For thou knowest thy servant.

1 Chr. 17:19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake and according to thine own

heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great

things.

1 Chr. 17:20 O Lord, there is none like thee; neither is there any God

besides thee according to all that we have heard with our ears.

1 Chr. 17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel,

whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of

greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people,

whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

1 Chr. 17:22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people

forever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.

1 Chr. 17:23 Therefore, now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken

concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established forever, and

do as thou hast said.

1 Chr. 17:24 Let it even be established, that thy 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, thy servant, be established before thee.

1 Chr. 17:25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build

him a house; therefore, thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before

thee.

1 Chr. 17:26 And now, Lord, thou art God and hast promised this goodness

unto thy servant;

1 Chr. 17:27 Now, therefore, let it please thee to bless the house of thy

servant, that it may be before thee forever; for thou blessest, O Lord, and it

shall be blessed forever.

1 Chr. Chapter 18

David defeats the Philistines, Moabites, King Hadarezer, and Syrians--

Officers over the Israelites

1 Chr. 18:1 Now after this, it came to pass that David smote the Philistines,

and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the

Philistines.

1 Chr. 18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's

servants and brought gifts.

1 Chr. 18:3 And David smote Hadarezer, king of Zobah, unto Hamath as he

went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

1 Chr. 18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven

thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; David also houghed all

the chariot horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots.

1 Chr. 18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer,

king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

1 Chr. 18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians

became David's servants and brought gifts. Thus the Lord preserved David

whithersoever he went.

1 Chr. 18:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of

Hadarezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 18:8 Likewise from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,

brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea,

and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

1 Chr. 18:9 Now when Tou, king of Hamath, heard how David had smitten

all the host of Hadarezer, king of Zobah,

1 Chr. 18:10 He sent Hadoram, his son, to King David to inquire of his

welfare and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadarezer

and smitten him (for Hadarezer had war with Tou), and with him all manner

of vessels of gold, and silver, and brass.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 18:12 Moreover, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, slew of the Edomites

in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand.

1 Chr. 18:13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became

David's servants. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

1 Chr. 18:14 So David reigned over all Israel and executed judgment and

justice among all his people.

1 Chr. 18:15 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was over the host; and

Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, recorder;

1 Chr. 18:16 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech, the son of

Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

1 Chr. 18:17 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites

and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

1 Chr. Chapter 19

David's messengers abused by Ammonites--Ammonites and Syrians

defeated

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun,

Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters

unto thee? Are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to

overthrow, and to spy out the land?

1 Chr. 19:4 Wherefore, Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and

cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them

away.

1 Chr. 19:5 Then there went certain and told David how the men were

served; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And

the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

1 Chr. 19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made

themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a

thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of

Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.

1 Chr. 19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of

Maachah, and his people, who came and pitched before Medeba. And the

children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities and came

to battle.

1 Chr. 19:8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the

mighty men.

1 Chr. 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 were come were by

themselves in the field.

1 Chr. 19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before

and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel and put them in array

against the Syrians.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 19:12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou

shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I

will help thee.

1 Chr. 19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for

our people and for the cities of our God; and let the Lord do that which is

good in his sight.

1 Chr. 19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before

the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse

before Israel, they sent messengers and drew forth the Syrians that were

beyond the river; and Shophach, the captain of the host of Hadarezer, went

before them.

1 Chr. 19:17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed

over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them.

So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought

with him.

1 Chr. 19:18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the

Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots and forty thousand

footmen and killed Shophach, the captain of the host.

1 Chr. 19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to

the worse before Israel, they made peace with David and became his

servants; neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

1 Chr. Chapter 20

Rabbah destroyed--Philistines defeated--Jonathan slays giant

1 Chr. 20:1 And it came to pass that after the year was expired, at the time

that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted

the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But

David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah and destroyed it.

1 Chr. 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 exceeding much spoil out

of the city.

1 Chr. 20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it and cut them with

saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all

the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned

to Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 20:4 And it came to pass after this that there arose war at Gezer with

the Philistines, at which time Sibbechai, the Hushathite, slew Sippai, that

was of the children of the giant; and they were subdued.

1 Chr. 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 staff

was like a weaver's beam.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's

brother, slew him.

1 Chr. 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 Chr. Chapter 21

David, tempted by Satan, numbers the people--God sends pestilence as

punishment--David and the elders repent--Jerusalem spared

1 Chr. 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to

number Israel.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 21:3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his people a hundred times

so many more as they be; but, my lord, the king, are they not all my lord's

servants? Why then doth my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause

of trespass to Israel?

1 Chr. 21:4 Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab.

Wherefore, Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to

Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the

king's word was abominable to Joab.

1 Chr. 21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore, he smote

Israel.

1 Chr. 21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly because I have

done this thing; but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant,

for I have done very foolishly.

1 Chr. 21:9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

1 Chr. 21:10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee

three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

1 Chr. 21:11 So Gad came to David and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord,

Choose thee--

1 Chr. 21:12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed

before thy foes while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or

else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence in the land, and

the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now,

therefore, advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 21:14 So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel

seventy thousand men.

1 Chr. 21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it. And the

angel stretched forth his hand unto Jerusalem to destroy it. And God said to

the angel, Stay now thine hand; it is enough. For as he was destroying, the

Lord beheld Israel, that he repented him of the evil; therefore, the Lord

stayed the angel that destroyed as he stood by the threshing floor of Ornan,

the Jebusite.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 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 thine hand, I pray thee, O

Lord, my God, be on me and on my father's house, but not on thy people,

that they should be plagued.

1 Chr. 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 threshing

floor of Ornan, the Jebusite.

1 Chr. 21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in

the name of the Lord.

1 Chr. 21:20 Now Ornan was threshing wheat, and his four sons with him;

and Ornan turned back and saw the angel, and they hid themselves.

1 Chr. 21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David,

and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his

face to the ground.

1 Chr. 21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this

threshing floor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord; thou shalt

grant it me for the full price, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

1 Chr. 21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord,

the king, do that which is good in his eyes; lo, I give thee the oxen also for

burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for

the meat offering; I give it all.

1 Chr. 21:24 And King David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it

for the full price; for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord nor offer

burnt offerings without cost.

1 Chr. 21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of

gold by weight.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 21:27 And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword

again into the sheath thereof.

1 Chr. 21:28 At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him

in the threshing floor of Ornan, the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

1 Chr. 21:29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the

wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering were at that season in the high

place at Gibeon.

1 Chr. 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 Chr. Chapter 22

David prepares for the building of the temple--He instructs Solomon and

the princes of Israel

1 Chr. 22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is

the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

1 Chr. 22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that

were in the land of Israel, and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build

the house of God.

1 Chr. 22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the

doors of the gates and for the joinings, and brass in abundance without

weight,

1 Chr. 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance; for the Zidonians and they of

Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

1 Chr. 22:5 And David said, Solomon, my son, is young and tender; and

the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical,

of fame and of glory throughout all countries; I will, therefore, now make

preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Chr. 22:6 Then he called for Solomon, his son, and charged him to build

a house for the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 22:8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed

blood abundantly and hast made great wars; thou shalt not build a house

unto my name because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my

sight.

1 Chr. 22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest;

and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about, for his name shall

be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 22:11 Now, my son, the Lord be with thee, and prosper thou and

build the house of the Lord, thy God, as he hath said of thee.

1 Chr. 22:12 Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding and give

thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord,

thy God.

1 Chr. 22:13 Then shalt thou prosper if thou takest heed to fulfill the

statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning

Israel; be strong and of good courage; dread not nor be dismayed.

1 Chr. 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 brass and iron without weight, for it is in abundance;

timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

1 Chr. 22:15 Moreover, there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers

and workers of stone and timber and all manner of cunning men for every

manner of work.

1 Chr. 22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron there is no

number. Arise, therefore, and be doing; and the Lord be with thee.

1 Chr. 22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help

Solomon, his son, saying,

1 Chr. 22:18 Is not the Lord, your God, with you? And hath he not given

you rest on every side? For he hath given the inhabitants of the land into

mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord and before his people.

1 Chr. 22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord, your God;

arise, therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark

of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God into the house that

is to be built to the name of the Lord.

1 Chr. Chapter 23

David makes Solomon king--Levites named; their duties

1 Chr. 23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon, his

son, king over Israel.

1 Chr. 23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the

priests and the Levites.

1 Chr. 23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years

and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and

eight thousand.

1 Chr. 23:4 Of which twenty and four thousand were to set forward the

work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges;

1 Chr. 23:5 Moreover, four thousand were porters; and four thousand

praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise

therewith.

1 Chr. 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi:

namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

1 Chr. 23:7 Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei;

1 Chr. 23:8 The sons of Laadan: the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,

three.

1 Chr. 23:9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three.

These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

1 Chr. 23:10 And the sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and

Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

1 Chr. 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 according

to their father's house.

1 Chr. 23:12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

1 Chr. 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 bless

in his name forever.

1 Chr. 23:14 Now concerning Moses, the man of God, his sons were named

of the tribe of Levi.

1 Chr. 23:15 The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.

1 Chr. 23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

1 Chr. 23:17 And the son of Eliezer was Rehabiah, the chief. And Eliezer

had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

1 Chr. 23:18 Of the sons of Izhar: Shelomith, the chief.

1 Chr. 23:19 Of the sons of Hebron: Jeriah, the first; Amariah, the second;

Jahaziel, the third; and Jekameam, the fourth.

1 Chr. 23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel: Micah, the first, and Jesiah, the second.

1 Chr. 23:21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli:

Eleazar and Kish.

1 Chr. 23:22 And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters; and their

brethren, the sons of Kish, took them.

1 Chr. 23:23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

1 Chr. 23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers,

even the chief of the fathers as they were counted by number of names by

their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from

the age of twenty years and upward.

1 Chr. 23:25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto

his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever,

1 Chr. 23:26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the

tabernacle nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

1 Chr. 23:27 For by the last words of David, the Levites were numbered

from twenty years old and above,

1 Chr. 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,

1 Chr. 23:29 Both for the showbread, and for the fine flour for meat

offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the

pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size,

1 Chr. 23:30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and

likewise at even,

1 Chr. 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths,

in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order

commanded unto them, continually before the Lord,

1 Chr. 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the

congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of

Aaron, their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.

1 Chr. Chapter 24

Sons of Aaron divided by lot

1 Chr. 24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of

Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

1 Chr. 24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no

children; therefore, Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 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 chief men of the house of their fathers and eight

among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

1 Chr. 24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another, for the

governors of the sanctuary and governors of the house of God were of the

sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar.

1 Chr. 24:6 And Shemaiah, the son of Nethaneel, the scribe, one of the

Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok, the priest,

and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of

the priests and Levites--one principal household being taken for Eleazar and

one taken for Ithamar.

1 Chr. 24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

1 Chr. 24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

1 Chr. 24:9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

1 Chr. 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

1 Chr. 24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,

1 Chr. 24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

1 Chr. 24:13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

1 Chr. 24:14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

1 Chr. 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

1 Chr. 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

1 Chr. 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to

Gamul,

1 Chr. 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to

Maaziah.

1 Chr. 24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service, to come

into the house of the Lord according to their manner, under Aaron, their

father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

1 Chr. 24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: of the sons of

Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah;

1 Chr. 24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was

Isshiah;

1 Chr. 24:22 Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath;

1 Chr. 24:23 And the sons of Hebron: Jeriah, the first; Amariah, the

second; Jahaziel, the third; Jekameam, the fourth;

1 Chr. 24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah; of the sons of Michah, Shamir;

1 Chr. 24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah,

Zechariah;

1 Chr. 24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi; the sons of

Jaaziah, Beno;

1 Chr. 24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and

Zaccur, and Ibri;

1 Chr. 24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons;

1 Chr. 24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel;

1 Chr. 24:30 The sons also of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These

were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

1 Chr. 24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren, the sons

of Aaron, in the presence of David, the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech,

and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal

fathers over against their younger brethren.

1 Chr. Chapter 25

Musicians and workmen designated

1 Chr. 25:1 Moreover, David and the captains of the host separated to the

service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should

prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; and the number of

the workmen according to their service was:

1 Chr. 25:2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and

Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied

according to the order of the king;

1 Chr. 25:3 Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and

Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father

Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the

Lord;

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 25:5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words

of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three

daughters.

1 Chr. 25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the

house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps for the service of the

house of God according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

1 Chr. 25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed

in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred

fourscore and eight.

1 Chr. 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the

great, the teacher as the scholar.

1 Chr. 25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; the second to

Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve;

1 Chr. 25:10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;

1 Chr. 25:12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren

were twelve;

1 Chr. 25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his

brethren were twelve;

1 Chr. 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren were

twelve;

1 Chr. 25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren

were twelve;

1 Chr. 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his

brethren were twelve;

1 Chr. 25:30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his

brethren were twelve;

1 Chr. 25:31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his

brethren were twelve.

1 Chr. Chapter 26

Porters, officers, judges, and warriors named

1 Chr. 26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: of the Korhites was

Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;

1 Chr. 26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were Zechariah, the firstborn;

Jediael, the second; Zebadiah, the third; Jathniel, the fourth;

1 Chr. 26:3 Elam, the fifth; Jehohanan, the sixth; Elioenai, the seventh.

1 Chr. 26:4 Moreover, the sons of Obed-edom were Shemaiah, the

firstborn; Jehozabad, the second; Joah, the third; and Sacar, the fourth; and

Nethaneel, the fifth;

1 Chr. 26:5 Ammiel, the sixth; Issachar, the seventh; Peulthai, the eighth,

for God blessed him.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 26:7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,

whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah;

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

1 Chr. 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Simri, the

chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the

chief);

1 Chr. 26:11 Hilkiah, the second; Tebaliah, the third; Zechariah, the fourth;

all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

1 Chr. 26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among

the chief men, having wards one against another to minister in the house of

the Lord.

1 Chr. 26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to

the house of their fathers, for every gate.

1 Chr. 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;

1 Chr. 26:15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of

Asuppim.

1 Chr. 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the

gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

1 Chr. 26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward

four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two;

1 Chr. 26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway and two at Parbar.

1 Chr. 26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore

and among the sons of Merari.

1 Chr. 26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house

of God and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

1 Chr. 26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan: the sons of the Gershonite,

Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan, the Gershonite, were Jehieli;

1 Chr. 26:22 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel, his brother, which were

over the treasures of the house of the Lord;

1 Chr. 26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the

Uzzielites;

1 Chr. 26:24 And Shebuel, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler

of the treasures.

1 Chr. 26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer: Rehabiah, his son; and Jeshaiah,

his son; and Joram, his son; and Zichri, his son; and Shelomith, his son,

1 Chr. 26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures

of the dedicated things, which David, the king, and the chief fathers, the

captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host had

dedicated.

1 Chr. 26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain

the house of the Lord.

1 Chr. 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 Shelomith and

of his brethren.

1 Chr. 26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward

business over Israel, for officers and judges.

1 Chr. 26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of

valor, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on

this side Jordan westward in all the business of the Lord and in the service

of the king.

1 Chr. 26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah, the chief, even among the

Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year

of the reign of David, they were sought for, and there were found among

them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.

1 Chr. 26:32 And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven

hundred chief fathers, whom King David made rulers over the Reubenites,

the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to

God and affairs of the king.

1 Chr. Chapter 27

Captains, princes, and leaders of the twelve tribes

1 Chr. 27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number--to wit, the chief

fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that

served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out

month by month throughout all the months of the year--of every course

were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam, the son

of Zabdiel; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the

host for the first month.

1 Chr. 27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai, an

Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth, also the ruler; in his course

likewise were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah,

the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest; and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

1 Chr. 27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty and

above the thirty; and in his course was Ammizabad, his son.

1 Chr. 27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel, the brother

of Joab, and Zebadiah, his son, after him; and in his course were twenty and

four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth, the

Izrahite; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira, the son of Ikkesh,

the Tekoite; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez, the

Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

1 Chr. 27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai, the

Hushathite, of the Zarhites; and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

1 Chr. 27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer, the

Antothite, of the Benjamites; and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

1 Chr. 27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai, the

Netophathite, of the Zarhites; and in his course were twenty and four

thousand.

1 Chr. 27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah, the

Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his course were twenty and

four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai, the

Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chr. 27:16 Furthermore, over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the

Reubenites was Eliezer, the son of Zichri; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah,

the son of Maachah;

1 Chr. 27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah, the son of Kemuel; of the

Aaronites, Zadok;

1 Chr. 27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David; of Issachar,

Omri, the son of Michael;

1 Chr. 27:19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah, the son of Obadiah; of Naphtali,

Jerimoth, the son of Azriel;

1 Chr. 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hosea, the son of Azaziah; of the

half tribe of Manasseh, Joel, the son of Pedaiah;

1 Chr. 27:21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo, the son of

Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel, the son of Abner;

1 Chr. 27:22 Of Dan, Azareel, the son of Jeroham. These were the princes

of the tribes of Israel.

1 Chr. 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 to the

stars of the heavens.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth, the son of Adiel;

and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and

in the castles was Jehonathan, the son of Uzziah;

1 Chr. 27:26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the

ground was Ezri, the son of Chelub;

1 Chr. 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei, the Ramathite; over the

increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi, the Shiphmite;

1 Chr. 27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in

the low plains was Baal-hanan, the Gederite; and over the cellars of oil was

Joash;

1 Chr. 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;

1 Chr. 27:30 Over the camels also was Obil, the Ishmaelite; and over the

asses was Jedeiah, the Meronothite;

1 Chr. 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz, the Hagarite. All these were

the rulers of the substance which was King David's.

1 Chr. 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;

1 Chr. 27:33 And Ahithophel was the king's counselor; and Hushai, the

Archite, was the king's companion;

1 Chr. 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and

Abiathar; and the general of the king's army was Joab.

1 Chr. Chapter 28

David exhorts leaders to follow God's commandments--David provides

materials and encouragement for Solomon to build the temple

1 Chr. 28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of

the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by

course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds,

and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king and of

his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant

men unto Jerusalem.

1 Chr. 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 mine 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.

1 Chr. 28:3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my

name because thou hast been a man of war and hast shed blood.

1 Chr. 28:4 Howbeit, the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house

of my father to be king over Israel forever; for he hath chosen Judah to be

the ruler, and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the

sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel;

1 Chr. 28:5 And of all my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons), he

hath chosen Solomon, my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the

Lord over Israel.

1 Chr. 28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon, thy son, he shall build my

house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his

father.

1 Chr. 28:7 Moreover, I will establish his kingdom forever if he be constant

to do my commandments and my judgments as at this day.

1 Chr. 28:8 Now, therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the

Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the

commandments of the Lord, your God, that ye may possess this good land

and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you forever.

1 Chr. 28:9 And thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father,

and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord

searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts;

if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will

cast thee off forever.

1 Chr. 28:10 Take heed now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to build a house

for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.

1 Chr. 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon, his son, the pattern of the

porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the

upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place of

the mercy seat,

1 Chr. 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of

the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries

of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things,

1 Chr. 28:13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all

the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of

service in the house of the Lord.

1 Chr. 28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold for all

instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver

by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service;

1 Chr. 28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold and for their

lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof;

and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick and

also for the lamps thereof according to the use of every candlestick.

1 Chr. 28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of showbread for

every table; and, likewise, silver for the tables of silver;

1 Chr. 28:17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the

cups; and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; and,

likewise, silver by weight for every basin of silver;

1 Chr. 28:18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold

for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim that spread out their wings and

covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

1 Chr. 28:19 All this, said David, the Lord made me understand in writing

by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

1 Chr. 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 thee; he will not fail thee nor forsake thee until thou hast

finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

1 Chr. 28:21 And behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even

they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God; and there

shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skillful man

for any manner of service; also the princes and all the people will be wholly

at thy commandment.

1 Chr. Chapter 29

David's offerings--His prayer of thanksgiving and praise--The people

accept Solomon as king--The Lord magnifies Solomon in the sight of all

Israel--David dies

1 Chr. 29:1 Furthermore, David, the king, said unto all the congregation,

Solomon, my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender;

and the work is great, for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.

1 Chr. 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 brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood

for things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones and

of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in

abundance.

1 Chr. 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my

God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have

given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for

the holy house,

1 Chr. 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

withal,

1 Chr. 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 artificers. And who

then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?

1 Chr. 29:6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel,

and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's

work offered willingly,

1 Chr. 29:7 And gave, for the service of the house of God, of gold five

thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents,

and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of

iron.

1 Chr. 29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to

the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jehiel, the Gershonite.

1 Chr. 29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly,

because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord; and David, the

king, also rejoiced with great joy.

1 Chr. 29:10 Wherefore, David blessed the Lord before all the

congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel, our

father, forever and ever.

1 Chr. 29:11 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,

and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and in the earth

is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above

all.

1 Chr. 29:12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over

all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make

great and to give strength unto all.

1 Chr. 29:13 Now, therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy

glorious name.

1 Chr. 29:14 But who am I and what is my people, that we should be able

to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine

own have we given thee.

1 Chr. 29:15 For we are strangers before thee and sojourners, as were all

our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

1 Chr. 29:16 O Lord, our God, all this store that we have prepared to build

thee a house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand and is all thine own.

1 Chr. 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart and hast

pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have

willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people,

which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

1 Chr. 29:18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers,

keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy

people, and prepare their heart unto thee;

1 Chr. 29:19 And give unto Solomon, my son, a perfect heart, to keep thy

commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things,

and to build the palace for the which I have made provision.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord and offered burnt

offerings unto the Lord on the morrow after that day, even a thousand

bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings

and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,

1 Chr. 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 chief governor and Zadok to be

priest.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons,

likewise, of King David submitted themselves unto Solomon, the king.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 29:26 Thus David, the son of Jesse, reigned over all Israel.

1 Chr. 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.

1 Chr. 29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor;

and Solomon, his son, reigned in his stead.

1 Chr. 29:29 Now the acts of David, the king, first and last, behold, they

are written in the book of Samuel, the seer, and in the book of Nathan, the

prophet, and in the book of Gad, the seer,

1 Chr. 29:30 With all his reign, and his might, and the times that went over

him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

Second Chronicles

2 Chr. Chapter 1

Solomon's offering--Solomon chooses wisdom and knowledge--God also

gives him wealth and honor

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of

thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all

Israel, the chief of the fathers.

2 Chon. 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 the congregation of

God which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had made in the wilderness.

2 Chon. 1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim

to the place which David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it

at Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 1:5 Moreover, the brazen altar that Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the

son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord; and

Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

2 Chon. 1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the

Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a

thousand burnt offerings upon it.

2 Chon. 1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon and said unto him,

Ask what I shall give thee.

2 Chon. 1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy

unto David, my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

2 Chon. 1:9 Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David, my father, be

established; for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the

earth in multitude.

2 Chon. 1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and

come in before this people. For who can judge this, thy people, that is so

great?

2 Chon. 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart,

and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thine

enemies, neither yet hast asked long life, but hast asked wisdom and

knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people over whom I have

made thee king,

2 Chon. 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give

thee riches, and wealth, and honor such as none of the kings have had that

have been before thee; neither shall there any after thee have the like.

2 Chon. 1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that

was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation,

and reigned over Israel.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous

as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale

for abundance.

2 Chon. 1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt and linen

yarn; the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

2 Chon. 1:17 And they fetched up 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 their means.

2 Chr. Chapter 2

Preparation for building the temple

2 Chon. 2:1 And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the

Lord and a house for his kingdom.

2 Chon. 2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear

burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand

and six hundred to oversee them.

2 Chon. 2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram, the king of Tyre, saying, As thou

didst deal with David, my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a

house to dwell therein, therefore, even so deal with me.

2 Chon. 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. And this ordinance shall be kept in Israel forever.

2 Chon. 2:5 And the house which I build shall be a great house; for great is

the Lord, our God, above all gods.

2 Chon. 2:6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and

heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build

him a house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

2 Chon. 2:7 Send me now, therefore, a man cunning to work in gold, and in

silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue and

that has skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and

in Jerusalem, whom David, my father, did provide.

2 Chon. 2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees out of

Lebanon; for I know that thy servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon;

and behold, I will send my servants with thy servants,

2 Chon. 2:9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I

am about to build shall be wonderful great.

2 Chon. 2:10 And behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut

timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand

measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty

thousand baths of oil.

2 Chon. 2:11 Then Huram, the king of Tyre, answered in writing, which he

sent to Solomon, Because the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee

king over them.

2 Chon. 2:12 Huram said, moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel that

made heaven and earth, who hath given to David, the king, a wise son,

endued with prudence and understanding, that might build a house for the

Lord and a house for his kingdom.

2 Chon. 2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with

understanding, of Huram, my father,

2 Chon. 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan. And his father

was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in

stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson--

also to grave any manner of graving and to find out every device which

shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my

lord David, thy father.

2 Chon. 2:15 Now, therefore, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the

wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants;

2 Chon. 2:16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt

need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt

carry it up to Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land

of Israel after the numbering wherewith David, his father, had numbered

them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand

and six hundred.

2 Chon. 2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers

of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three

thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.

2 Chr. Chapter 3

Building of the temple begins--The building and its ornaments described

2 Chon. 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at

Jerusalem in Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David, his

father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan,

the Jebusite.

2 Chon. 3:2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month

in the fourth year of his reign.

2 Chon. 3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for

the building of the house of God: The length by cubits after the first

measure was threescore cubits and the breadth twenty cubits.

2 Chon. 3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of

it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height

was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

2 Chon. 3:5 And the greater house he ceiled with fir tree, which he overlaid

with fine gold and set thereon palm trees and chains.

2 Chon. 3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty;

and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

2 Chon. 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls

thereof, and the doors thereof with gold and graved cherubim on the walls.

2 Chon. 3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was

according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof

twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold amounting to six hundred

talents.

2 Chon. 3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he

overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

2 Chon. 3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image

work and overlaid them with gold.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 3:13 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty

cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

2 Chon. 3:14 And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and

fine linen and wrought cherubim thereon.

2 Chon. 3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five

cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five

cubits.

2 Chon. 3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the

heads of the pillars, and made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the

chains.

2 Chon. 3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the

right hand and the other on the left, and called the name of that on the right

hand Jachin and the name of that on the left Boaz.

2 Chr. Chapter 4

An altar made--Furnishings and instruments described

2 Chon. 4:1 Moreover, he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length

thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height

thereof.

2 Chon. 4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,

round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty

cubits did compass it round about.

2 Chon. 4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it

round about, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of

oxen were cast when it was cast.

2 Chon. 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 above upon them, and all their

hinder parts were inward.

2 Chon. 4:5 And the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it

like the work of the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies; and it received and

held three thousand baths.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form

and set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 brass.

2 Chon. 4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over

against the south.

2 Chon. 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;

2 Chon. 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters

which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the

two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars,

2 Chon. 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths, two

rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the

chapiters which were upon the pillars.

2 Chon. 4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases,

2 Chon. 4:15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

2 Chon. 4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all

their instruments did Huram, his father, make to King Solomon for the

house of the Lord, of bright brass.

2 Chon. 4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay

ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

2 Chon. 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; for

the weight of the brass could not be found out.

2 Chon. 4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of

God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the showbread was set;

2 Chon. 4:20 Moreover, the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should

burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

2 Chon. 4:21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs made he of

gold, and that perfect gold.

2 Chon. 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the

censers of pure gold; and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for

the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple were of gold.

2 Chr. Chapter 5

House of the Lord completed--Ark is placed in the oracle--God's glory fills

his house

2 Chon. 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 instruments put he

among the treasures of the house of God.

2 Chon. 5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads

of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel unto Jerusalem

to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David,

which is Zion.

2 Chon. 5:3 Wherefore, all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto

the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

2 Chon. 5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the

ark.

2 Chon. 5:5 And they brought up the ark and the tabernacle of the

congregation; and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did

the priests and the Levites bring up.

2 Chon. 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 told nor numbered for multitude.

2 Chon. 5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord

unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even

under the wings of the cherubim;

2 Chon. 5:8 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the

ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

2 Chon. 5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the

staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen

without. And there it is unto this day.

2 Chon. 5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses

put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of

Israel when they came out of Egypt.

2 Chon. 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 and did not

then wait by course;

2 Chon. 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 psalteries, and harps, stood at

the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests

sounding with trumpets--

2 Chon. 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 endureth forever, that then the house was filled with a cloud, even

the house of the Lord,

2 Chon. 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the

cloud; for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

2 Chr. Chapter 6

Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the temple

2 Chon. 6:1 Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in

the thick darkness.

2 Chon. 6:2 But I have built a house of habitation for thee and a place for

thy dwelling forever.

2 Chon. 6:3 And the king turned his face and blessed the whole

congregation of Israel; and all the congregation of Israel stood.

2 Chon. 6:4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with

his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David,

saying,

2 Chon. 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;

2 Chon. 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there and

have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 6:8 But the Lord said to David, my father, Forasmuch as it was in

thine heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in

thine heart;

2 Chon. 6:9 Notwithstanding, thou shalt not build the house; but thy son

which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my

name.

2 Chon. 6:10 The Lord, therefore, hath performed his word that he hath

spoken; for I am risen up in the room of David, my father, and am set on the

throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the

name of the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chon. 6:11 And in it have I put the ark wherein is the covenant of the

Lord that he made with the children of Israel.

2 Chon. 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;

2 Chon. 6:13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long,

and five cubits broad, and three cubits high and had set it in the midst of the

court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the

congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

2 Chon. 6:14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in

the heaven nor in the earth, which keepest covenant and showest mercy

unto thy servants that walk before thee with all their hearts,

2 Chon. 6:15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David, my father, that

which thou hast promised him, and spakest with thy mouth, and hast

fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

2 Chon. 6:16 Now, therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant

David, my father, that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall

not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel, yet so that

thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked

before me.

2 Chon. 6:17 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let the word be verified

which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

2 Chon. 6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?

Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee. How much

less this house which I have built!

2 Chon. 6:19 Have respect, therefore, to the prayer of thy servant and to his

supplication, O Lord, my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which

thy servant prayeth before thee,

2 Chon. 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night,

upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name

there, to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this

place.

2 Chon. 6:21 Hearken, therefore, unto the supplications of thy servant and

of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place; hear thou

from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

2 Chon. 6:22 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon

him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house,

2 Chon. 6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants

by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head, and

by justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness.

2 Chon. 6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy

because they have sinned against thee, and shall return, and confess thy

name, and pray, and make supplication before thee in this house,

2 Chon. 6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy

people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them

and to their fathers.

2 Chon. 6:26 When the heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they

have sinned against thee, yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy

name, and turn from their sin when thou dost afflict them,

2 Chon. 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy

servants and of thy people Israel when thou hast taught them the good way

wherein they should walk, and send rain upon thy land which thou hast

given unto thy people for an inheritance.

2 Chon. 6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be

blasting or mildew, locusts or caterpillars, if their enemies besiege them in

the cities of their land, whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be,

2 Chon. 6:29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made

of any man or of all thy people Israel, when everyone shall know his own

sore and his own grief and shall spread forth his hands in this house,

2 Chon. 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven, thy dwelling place, and forgive,

and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou

knowest (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men),

2 Chon. 6:31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways so long as they

live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

2 Chon. 6:32 Moreover, concerning the stranger--which is not of thy people

Israel but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy

mighty hand, and thy stretched-out arm--if they come and pray in this

house,

2 Chon. 6:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling

place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for, that all

people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee as doth thy people

Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy

name.

2 Chon. 6:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way

that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city, which

thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name,

2 Chon. 6:35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their

supplication and maintain their cause.

2 Chon. 6:36 If they sin against thee (for there is no man which sinneth

not), and thou be angry with them and deliver them over before their

enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near,

2 Chon. 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are

carried captive, and turn, and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity,

saying, We have sinned; we have done amiss and have dealt wickedly,

2 Chon. 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul

in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and

pray toward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the

city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for

thy name,

2 Chon. 6:39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling

place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and

forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

2 Chon. 6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let

thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

2 Chon. 6:41 Now, therefore, arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place,

thou and the ark of thy strength; let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with

salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

2 Chon. 6:42 O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed;

remember the mercies of David, thy servant.

2 Chr. Chapter 7

Fire comes down and consumes the sacrifices--The people worship and

praise God--God's conditional promise

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 endureth forever.

2 Chon. 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the

Lord.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 7:6 And the priests waited on their offices--the Levites also with

instruments of music of the Lord, which David, the king, had made to

praise the Lord because his mercy endureth forever, when David praised by

their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel

stood.

2 Chon. 7:7 Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was

before the house of the Lord; for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat

of the peace offerings because the brazen altar which Solomon had made

was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the

fat.

2 Chon. 7:8 Also, at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days and

all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of

Hamath unto the river of Egypt.

2 Chon. 7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly; for they

kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 prosperously effected.

2 Chon. 7:12 And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said unto

him, I have heard thy prayer and have chosen this place to myself for a

house of sacrifice.

2 Chon. 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,

2 Chon. 7:14 If my people which are called by my name shall humble

themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways,

then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their

land.

2 Chon. 7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open and mine ears attent unto the

prayer that is made in this place.

2 Chon. 7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my

name may be there forever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there

perpetually.

2 Chon. 7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David, thy

father, walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and

shalt observe my statutes and my judgments,

2 Chon. 7:18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom according as I

have covenanted with David, thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a

man to be ruler in Israel.

2 Chon. 7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my

commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other

gods, and worship them,

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to

everyone that passeth by it, so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done

thus unto this land and unto this house?

2 Chon. 7:22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God

of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid

hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them; therefore, hath

he brought evil upon them.

2 Chr. Chapter 8

Solomon builds cities--Gentiles forced to pay tribute--Solomon's sacrifices--

He organizes priests and Levites--Huram brings gold to Solomon

2 Chon. 8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein

Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house,

2 Chon. 8:2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,

Solomon built them and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

2 Chon. 8:3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and prevailed against it.

2 Chon. 8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities,

which he built in Hamath.

2 Chon. 8:5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper and Beth-horon the nether,

fenced cities with walls, gates, and bars,

2 Chon. 8:6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all

the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon

desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land

of his dominion.

2 Chon. 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, which were

not of Israel,

2 Chon. 8:8 But of their children who were left after them in the land,

whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay

tribute until this day.

2 Chon. 8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for

his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains

of his chariots and horsemen.

2 Chon. 8:10 And these were the chief of King Solomon's officers, even

two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.

2 Chon. 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, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come.

2 Chon. 8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the

altar of the Lord which he had built before the porch,

2 Chon. 8:13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the

commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on

the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened

bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

2 Chon. 8:14 And he appointed according to the order of David, his father,

the courses of the priests to their service and the Levites to their charges, to

praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required--the

porters also by their courses at every gate; for so had David, the man of

God, commanded.

2 Chon. 8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king

unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the

treasures.

2 Chon. 8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of

the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the

house of the Lord was perfected.

2 Chon. 8:17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber and to Eloth at the

seaside in the land of Edom.

2 Chon. 8:18 And Huram sent him, by the hands of his servants, ships and

servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of

Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold,

and brought them to King Solomon.

2 Chr. Chapter 9

Queen of Sheba visits Solomon--Solomon's riches--After forty years' reign,

he dies and is succeeded by Rehoboam

2 Chon. 9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon,

she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very

great company and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and

precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with

him of all that was in her heart.

2 Chon. 9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions; and there was nothing

hid from Solomon which he told her not.

2 Chon. 9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of

Solomon, and the house that he had built,

2 Chon. 9:4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and

the attendance of his ministers and their apparel, his cupbearers also and

their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the

Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

2 Chon. 9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in

mine own land of thine acts and of thy wisdom;

2 Chon. 9:6 Howbeit, I believed not their words until I came and mine eyes

had seen it; and behold, the one-half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not

told me; for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

2 Chon. 9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants which

stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom.

2 Chon. 9:8 Blessed be the Lord, thy God, which delighted in thee to set

thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord, thy God. Because thy God loved

Israel, to establish them forever, therefore, made he thee king over them, to

do judgment and justice.

2 Chon. 9:9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold,

and of spices great abundance, and precious stones; neither was there any

such spice as the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

2 Chon. 9:10 And the servants also of Huram and the servants of Solomon

which brought gold from Ophir brought algum trees and precious stones.

2 Chon. 9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of

the Lord and to the king's palace and harps and psalteries for singers; and

there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

2 Chon. 9:12 And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,

whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So

she turned and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

2 Chon. 9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year

was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold,

2 Chon. 9:14 Besides that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all

the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to

Solomon.

2 Chon. 9:15 And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold;

six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

2 Chon. 9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold; three

hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the

house of the forest of Lebanon.

2 Chon. 9:17 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid

it with pure gold.

2 Chon. 9:18 And there were six steps to the throne with a footstool of

gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting

place, and two lions standing by the stays;

2 Chon. 9:19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other

upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

2 Chon. 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. It was not anything accounted of in the days of

Solomon.

2 Chon. 9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of

Huram; every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold,

and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2 Chon. 9:22 And King Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches

and wisdom.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 9:24 And they brought every man his present--vessels of silver,

and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a

rate year by year.

2 Chon. 9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots

and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the chariot cities and

with the king at Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar

trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

2 Chon. 9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt and out

of all lands.

2 Chon. 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 against Jeroboam,

the son of Nebat?

2 Chon. 9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

2 Chon. 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 Chr. Chapter 10

Ten tribes rebel against Rehoboam

2 Chon. 10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for to Shechem were all

Israel come to make him king.

2 Chon. 10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who

was in Egypt whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon, the king,

heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

2 Chon. 10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel

came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

2 Chon. 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous; now, therefore, ease thou

somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father and his heavy yoke that he

put upon us, and we will serve thee.

2 Chon. 10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days.

And the people departed.

2 Chon. 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

give ye me to return answer to this people?

2 Chon. 10:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this

people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy

servants forever.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may

return answer to this people which have spoken to me, saying, Ease

somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

2 Chon. 10:10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake

unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee,

saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter

for us. Thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than

my father's loins.

2 Chon. 10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put

more to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise

you with scorpions.

2 Chon. 10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the

third day as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.

2 Chon. 10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and King Rehoboam

forsook the counsel of the old men,

2 Chon. 10:14 And answered them after the advice of the young men,

saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto; my father

chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

2 Chon. 10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was

of God, that the Lord might perform his word which he spake by the hand

of Ahijah, the Shilonite, to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

2 Chon. 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? And we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to

your tents, O Israel; and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel

went to their tents.

2 Chon. 10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of

Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

2 Chon. 10:18 Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, that was over the

tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But

King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to

Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

2 Chr. Chapter 11

The Lord warns Rehoboam against going to war--Rehoboam strengthens

his kingdom--He takes many wives and concubines

2 Chon. 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 which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the

kingdom again to Rehoboam.

2 Chon. 11:2 But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God,

saying,

2 Chon. 11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah,

and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

2 Chon. 11:4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up nor fight against your

brethren; return every man to his house; for this thing is done of me. And

they obeyed the words of the Lord and returned from going against

Jeroboam.

2 Chon. 11:5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and built cities for defense

in Judah.

2 Chon. 11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

2 Chon. 11:7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,

2 Chon. 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

2 Chon. 11:9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,

2 Chon. 11:10 And Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and

in Benjamin, fenced cities.

2 Chon. 11:11 And he fortified the strongholds and put captains in them,

and store of victuals, and of oil and wine.

2 Chon. 11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears and made

them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

2 Chon. 11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel

resorted to him out of all their coasts,

2 Chon. 11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession and

came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off

from executing the priest's office unto the Lord;

2 Chon. 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the

devils, and for the calves which he had made.

2 Chon. 11:16 And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set

their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice

unto the Lord God of their fathers.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath, the daughter of

Jerimoth, the son of David, to wife and Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the

son of Jesse,

2 Chon. 11:19 Which bare him children: Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.

2 Chon. 11:20 And after her, he took Maachah, the daughter of Absalom,

which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

2 Chon. 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).

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 11:23 And he dealt wisely and dispersed of all his children

throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin unto every fenced city;

and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he desired many wives.

2 Chr. Chapter 12

Rehoboam forsakes the Lord--Egypt overcomes Judah and spoils

Jerusalem--Abijah succeeds Rehoboam

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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,

2 Chon. 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots and threescore thousand

horsemen; and the people were without number that came with him out of

Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.

2 Chon. 12:4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah and

came to Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 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 saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and

therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

2 Chon. 12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled

themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 12:8 Nevertheless, they shall be his servants, that they may know

my service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

2 Chon. 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--

2 Chon. 12:10 Instead of which King Rehoboam made shields of brass and

committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard that kept the entrance

of the king's house.

2 Chon. 12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the

guard came, and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard

chamber.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 12:14 And he did evil because he prepared not his heart to seek the

Lord.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 Chr. Chapter 13

Abijah overcomes Jeroboam

2 Chon. 13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam began Abijah

to reign over Judah.

2 Chon. 13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also

was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between

Abijah and Jeroboam.

2 Chon. 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 men, being mighty

men of valor.

2 Chon. 13:4 And Abijah stood up upon Mount Zemaraim, which is in

mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

2 Chon. 13:5 Ought ye 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?

2 Chon. 13:6 Yet Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon, the

son of David, is risen up and hath rebelled against his lord.

2 Chon. 13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of

Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam, the son of

Solomon, when Rehoboam was young, and tender-hearted, and could not

withstand them.

2 Chon. 13:8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in

the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are

with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

2 Chon. 13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron

and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations

of other lands? So that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a

young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no

gods.

2 Chon. 13:10 But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken

him; and the priests which minister unto the Lord are the sons of Aaron, and

the Levites wait upon their business;

2 Chon. 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 candlestick of gold with the lamps

thereof, to burn every evening; for we keep the charge of the Lord, our God.

But ye have forsaken him.

2 Chon. 13:12 And behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his

priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of

Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers, for ye shall not

prosper.

2 Chon. 13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind

them; so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of

Judah shouted, it came to pass that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel

before Abijah and Judah.

2 Chon. 13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God

delivered them into their hand.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time,

and the children of Judah prevailed because they relied upon the Lord God

of their fathers.

2 Chon. 13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam and took cities from

him: Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof,

and Ephraim with the towns thereof.

2 Chon. 13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of

Abijah; and the Lord struck him, and he died.

2 Chon. 13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and

begat twenty and two sons and sixteen daughters.

2 Chon. 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 Chr. Chapter 14

Asa succeeds Abijah--Asa puts down idolatry and defeats the Ethiopians

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the

Lord, his God,

2 Chon. 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high

places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves,

2 Chon. 14:4 And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers

and to do the law and the commandment.

2 Chon. 14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high

places and the images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

2 Chon. 14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah, for the land had rest; and

he had no war in those years because the Lord had given him rest.

2 Chon. 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 hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

2 Chon. 14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out

of Judah, three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin that bare shields and

drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand; all these were mighty

men of valor.

2 Chon. 14:9 And there came out against them Zerah, the Ethiopian, with a

host of a thousand thousand and three hundred chariots, and came unto

Mareshah.

2 Chon. 14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in

array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

2 Chon. 14:11 And Asa cried unto the Lord, his God, and said, Lord, it is

nothing with thee to help, whether with many or with them that have no

power; help us, O Lord, our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we

go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail

against thee.

2 Chon. 14:12 So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before

Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

2 Chon. 14:13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them

unto Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not

recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord and before his

host; and they carried away very much spoil.

2 Chon. 14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the fear

of the Lord came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was

exceeding much spoil in them.

2 Chon. 14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep

and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chr. Chapter 15

Azariah prophesies--Asa and all Judah covenant with God--Asa rules in

righteousness thirty-five years

2 Chon. 15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah, the son of Oded;

2 Chon. 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa and said unto him, Hear ye me,

Asa, and all Judah, and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while ye be with

him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he

will forsake you.

2 Chon. 15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God,

and without a teaching priest, and without law.

2 Chon. 15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of

Israel and sought him, he was found of them.

2 Chon. 15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out

nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of

the countries.

2 Chon. 15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation and city of city; for God

did vex them with all adversity.

2 Chon. 15:7 Be ye strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak; for

your work shall be rewarded.

2 Chon. 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

from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord that was before the

porch of the Lord.

2 Chon. 15:9 And he gathered all Judah, and Benjamin, and the strangers

with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell

to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that the Lord, his God, was

with him.

2 Chon. 15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the

third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

2 Chon. 15:11 And they offered unto the Lord the same time of the spoil

which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

2 Chon. 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,

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 15:14 And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with

shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 15:16 And also concerning Maachah, the mother of Asa, the king:

He removed her from being queen because she had made an idol in a grove;

and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

2 Chon. 15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel;

nevertheless, the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year

of the reign of Asa.

2 Chr. Chapter 16

Asa pays the king of Syria to smite Israel--Hanani reproves Asa--Asa dies in

the forty-first year of his reign

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of

the house of the Lord and of the king's house and sent to Ben-hadad, king of

Syria, that dwelt in Damascus, saying,

2 Chon. 16:3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between

my father and thy father; behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go; break

thy league with Baasha, king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

2 Chon. 16:4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto King Asa and sent the

captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and

Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

2 Chon. 16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off

building of Ramah and let his work cease.

2 Chon. 16:6 Then Asa, the king, took all Judah; and they carried away the

stones of Ramah and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building;

and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

2 Chon. 16:7 And at that time Hanani, the seer, came to Asa, king of Judah,

and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria and not

relied on the Lord, thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria

escaped out of thine hand.

2 Chon. 16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with very

many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he

delivered them into thine hand.

2 Chon. 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. Herein thou hast done foolishly; therefore, from henceforth

thou shalt have wars.

2 Chon. 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer and put him in a prison

house, for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa

oppressed some of the people the same time.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 16:12 And Asa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign, was

diseased in his feet until his disease was exceeding great; yet in his disease

he sought not to the Lord but to the physicians.

2 Chon. 16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers and died in the one and

fortieth year of his reign.

2 Chon. 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had

made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was

filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the

apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.

2 Chr. Chapter 17

Jehoshaphat succeeds Asa--He strengthens Judah and rules righteously--

He sends Levites and princes to teach Judah--Jehoshaphat and Judah

prosper

2 Chon. 17:1 And Jehoshaphat, his son, reigned in his stead and

strengthened himself against Israel.

2 Chon. 17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah and set

garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa, his

father, had taken.

2 Chon. 17:3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the

first ways of his father David and sought not unto Baalim,

2 Chon. 17:4 But sought to the Lord God of his father and walked in his

commandments and not after the doings of Israel.

2 Chon. 17:5 Therefore, the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and

all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honor in

abundance.

2 Chon. 17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord;

moreover, he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

2 Chon. 17:7 Also, in the third year of his reign, he sent to his princes, even

to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to

Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 he goats.

2 Chon. 17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in

Judah castles and cities of store.

2 Chon. 17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah; and the

men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of

their fathers: of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah, the chief, and with

him mighty men of valor, three hundred thousand;

2 Chon. 17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan, the captain, and with him

two hundred and fourscore thousand;

2 Chon. 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;

2 Chon. 17:17 And of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with

him armed men with bow and shield, two hundred thousand;

2 Chon. 17:18 And next to him was Jehozabad, and with him a hundred

and fourscore thousand ready, prepared for the war.

2 Chon. 17:19 These waited on the king, besides those whom the king put

in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.

2 Chr. Chapter 18

Judah and Israel join forces against Syria--King Ahab is slain

2 Chon. 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance and

joined affinity with Ahab.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 18:3 And Ahab, king of Israel, said unto Jehoshaphat, king of

Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am

as thou art and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the

war.

2 Chon. 18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray

thee, at the word of the Lord today.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord,

besides, that we might inquire of him?

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers and said,

Fetch quickly Micaiah, the son of Imla.

2 Chon. 18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, sat

either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void

place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets

prophesied before them.

2 Chon. 18:10 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, had made him horns

of iron and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria until

they be consumed.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him,

saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one

assent; let thy word, therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak

thou good.

2 Chon. 18:13 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, even what my God

saith, that will I speak.

2 Chon. 18:14 And when he was 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 ye up and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand.

2 Chon. 18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure

thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord?

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee

that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 spake saying after

this manner, and another saying after that manner.

2 Chon. 18:20 Then there came out a lying spirit, and stood before them,

and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith?

2 Chon. 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, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt

also prevail; go out, and do even so, for all these have sinned against me.

2 Chon. 18:22 Now, therefore, behold, the Lord hath found a lying spirit in

the mouth of these, thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against

thee.

2 Chon. 18:23 Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near, and smote

Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord

from me to speak unto thee?

2 Chon. 18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when

thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

2 Chon. 18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him

back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king's son,

2 Chon. 18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison,

and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I

return in peace.

2 Chon. 18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then

hath not the Lord spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

2 Chon. 18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah,

went up to Ramoth-gilead.

2 Chon. 18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise

myself and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of

Israel disguised himself, and they went to the battle.

2 Chon. 18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the

chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save

only with the king of Israel.

2 Chon. 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

compassed about him to fight; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord

helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the

king of Israel between the joints of the harness. Therefore, he said to his

chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host, for

I am wounded.

2 Chon. 18:34 And the battle increased that day; howbeit, the king of Israel

stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even; and about

the time of the sun going down, he died.

2 Chr. Chapter 19

Jehu reproves Jehoshaphat--Jehoshaphat instructs judges, priests, and

Levites

2 Chon. 19:1 And Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, returned to his house in

peace to Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 19:2 And Jehu, the son of Hanani, the seer, went out to meet him

and said to King Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly and love

them that hate the Lord? Therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

2 Chon. 19:3 Nevertheless, there are good things found in thee, in that thou

hast taken away the groves out of the land and hast prepared thine heart to

seek God.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities

of Judah, city by city,

2 Chon. 19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do; for ye judge

not for man but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

2 Chon. 19:7 Wherefore, now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take

heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with the Lord, our God, nor respect

of persons, nor taking of gifts.

2 Chon. 19:8 Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites,

and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel for the judgment

of the Lord and for controversies when they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of

the Lord, faithfully and with a perfect heart.

2 Chon. 19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren

that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and

commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they

trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you and upon your

brethren; this do, and ye shall not trespass.

2 Chon. 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 Chr. Chapter 20

Jehoshaphat proclaims a fast--He prays for deliverance--Enemies destroy

themselves--Jehoshaphat reigns twenty-five years

2 Chon. 20:1 It came to pass after this, also, that the children of Moab, and

the children of Ammon, and with them other besides the Ammonites came

against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2 Chon. 20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There

cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side

Syria; and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar, which was called En-gedi.

2 Chon. 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and

proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and

Jerusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court,

2 Chon. 20:6 And said, O Lord God of our fathers, thou God who art in

heaven and rulest over all the kingdoms of the heathen, and in thy hand

thou hast power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee,

2 Chon. 20:7 Thou, our God, didst drive out the inhabitants of this land

before thy people Israel and gavest it to the seed of Abraham, thy friend,

forever.

2 Chon. 20:8 And they dwelt therein and have built thee a sanctuary therein

for thy name, saying,

2 Chon. 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us--as the sword, judgment, or

pestilence, or famine--we stand before this house and in thy presence (for

thy name is in this house) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt

hear and help.

2 Chon. 20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and

Mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade when they came out

of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and destroyed them not,

2 Chon. 20:11 Behold, they reward us not, but have come to cast us out of

thy possession which thou hast given us to inherit.

2 Chon. 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might

against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to

do; but our eyes are upon thee.

2 Chon. 20:13 And all Judah stood before the Lord with their little ones,

their wives, and their children.

2 Chon. 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;

2 Chon. 20:15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of

Jerusalem, and thou, King Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be

not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude, for the battle is

not yours, but God's.

2 Chon. 20:16 Tomorrow go ye down against them; behold, they come up

by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the

wilderness of Jeruel.

2 Chon. 20:17 Ye shall not go to fight in this day; set yourselves, stand ye

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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the

children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a

loud voice on high.

2 Chon. 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 ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord,

your God; so shall ye be established. Believe his prophets; so shall ye

prosper.

2 Chon. 20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed

singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they

went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy

endureth forever.

2 Chon. 20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set

ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir,

which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

2 Chon. 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the

inhabitants of Mount Seir utterly to slay and destroy them; and when they

had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy

another.

2 Chon. 20:24 And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the

wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and behold, they were dead

bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

2 Chon. 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 gathering of

the spoil, it was so much.

2 Chon. 20:26 And on the fourth day, they assembled themselves in the

valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord; therefore, the name of

the same place was called the valley of Berachah unto this day.

2 Chon. 20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and

Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for

the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

2 Chon. 20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and

trumpets unto the house of the Lord.

2 Chon. 20:29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those

countries when they had heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies

of Israel.

2 Chon. 20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him

rest round about.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 20:33 Howbeit, the high places were not taken away; for as yet the

people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

2 Chon. 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last,

behold, they are written in the book of Jehu, the son of Hanani, who is

mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

2 Chon. 20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, join himself

with Ahaziah, king of Israel, who did very wickedly;

2 Chon. 20:36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to

Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.

2 Chon. 20:37 Then Eliezer, the son of Dodavah of Mareshah, prophesied

against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah,

the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were

not able to go to Tarshish.

2 Chr. Chapter 21

Jehoram succeeds Jehoshaphat and reigns wickedly--Elijah prophesies a

plague on Judah--Jehoram's incurable disease

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 21:2 And he had brethren, the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and

Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah; all these

were the sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.

2 Chon. 21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold,

and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah; but the kingdom gave he

to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

2 Chon. 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 divers

also of the princes of Israel.

2 Chon. 21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did

the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he wrought

that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

2 Chon. 21:7 Howbeit, the Lord would not destroy the house of David

because of the covenant that he had made with David and as he promised to

give a light to him and to his sons forever.

2 Chon. 21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of

Judah and made themselves a king.

2 Chon. 21:9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes and all his chariots

with him; and he rose up by night and smote the Edomites which

compassed him in and the captains of the chariots.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 21:11 Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah,

and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and

compelled Judah thereto.

2 Chon. 21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah, the prophet,

saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David, thy father, Because thou hast not

walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, thy father, nor in the ways of Asa, king

of Judah,

2 Chon. 21:13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast

made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the

whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy

father's house, which were better than thyself,

2 Chon. 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people,

and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods;

2 Chon. 21:15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels

until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.

2 Chon. 21:16 Moreover, the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of

the Philistines and of the Arabians that were near the Ethiopians;

2 Chon. 21:17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried

away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also,

and his wives, so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the

youngest of his sons.

2 Chon. 21:18 And after all this, the Lord smote him in his bowels with an

incurable disease.

2 Chon. 21:19 And it came to pass that in process of time, after the end of

two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, so he died of sore

diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his

fathers.

2 Chon. 21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and

he reigned in Jerusalem eight years and departed without being desired.

Howbeit, they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchers of

the kings.

2 Chr. Chapter 22

Ahaziah becomes king in Judah--Jehu executes God's judgment--Athaliah

destroys royal family and reigns--Joash survives

2 Chon. 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 eldest. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of

Judah, reigned.

2 Chon. 22:2 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to

reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was

Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.

2 Chon. 22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his

mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

2 Chon. 22:4 Wherefore, he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house

of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his

destruction.

2 Chon. 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 smote Joram.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to

Joram; for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu, the

son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

2 Chon. 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

brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

2 Chon. 22:9 And he sought Ahaziah; and they caught him (for he was hid

in Samaria) and brought him to Jehu; and when they had slain him, they

buried him because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the

Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still

the kingdom.

2 Chon. 22:10 But when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son

was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

2 Chon. 22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash, the

son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain,

and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter

of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada, the priest (for she was the sister of

Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she slew him not.

2 Chon. 22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years;

and Athaliah reigned over the land.

2 Chr. Chapter 23

Jehoiada, the priest, makes Joash king--Duties of priests and Levites--

Athaliah slain--Jehoiada restores the worship of God

2 Chon. 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 him.

2 Chon. 23:2 And they went about in Judah and gathered the Levites out of

all the cities of Judah and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to

Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 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 hath said of the sons of David.

2 Chon. 23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do: A third part of you entering

on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the

doors;

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 23:6 But let none come into the house of the Lord save the priests

and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy; but

all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord.

2 Chon. 23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every

man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the

house, he shall be put to death; but be ye with the king when he cometh in

and when he goeth out.

2 Chon. 23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that

Jehoiada, the priest, had commanded and took every man his men that were

to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath; for

Jehoiada, the priest, dismissed not the courses.

2 Chon. 23:9 Moreover, Jehoiada, the priest, delivered to the captains of

hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields that had been King David's,

which were in the house of God.

2 Chon. 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, by the king round about.

2 Chon. 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, God save the king.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 23:13 And she looked and behold, the king stood at his pillar at the

entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king; and all the people

of the land rejoiced and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with

instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent

her clothes and said, Treason, treason!

2 Chon. 23:14 Then Jehoiada, the priest, brought out the captains of

hundreds that were set over the host and said unto them, Have her forth of

the ranges; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For

the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord.

2 Chon. 23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the

entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

2 Chon. 23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between

all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord's people.

2 Chon. 23:17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it

down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan, the

priest of Baal, before the altars.

2 Chon. 23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord

by the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had distributed in the

house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord as it is written in

the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing as it was ordained by

David.

2 Chon. 23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord,

that none which was unclean in anything should enter in.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was

quiet after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

2 Chr. Chapter 24

Joash repairs the house of the Lord--He falls into idolatry and orders

Zechariah slain--Amaziah succeeds Joash

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all

the days of Jehoiada, the priest.

2 Chon. 24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and

daughters.

2 Chon. 24:4 And it came to pass after this that Joash was minded to repair

the house of the Lord.

2 Chon. 24:5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites and said

to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to

repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the

matter. Howbeit, the Levites hastened it not.

2 Chon. 24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada, the chief, and said unto

him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and

out of Jerusalem the collection according to the commandment of Moses,

the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel for the tabernacle

of witness?

2 Chon. 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 bestow upon Baalim.

2 Chon. 24:8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest and set it

without at the gate of the house of the Lord.

2 Chon. 24:9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem,

to bring in to the Lord the collection Moses, the servant of God, laid upon

Israel in the wilderness.

2 Chon. 24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought

in, and cast into the chest until they had made an end.

2 Chon. 24:11 Now it came to pass that at what time the chest was brought

unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites and when they saw that

there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came,

and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus

they did day by day and gathered money in abundance.

2 Chon. 24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of

the service of the house of the Lord and hired masons and carpenters to

repair the house of the Lord and also such as wrought iron and brass to

mend the house of the Lord.

2 Chon. 24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by

them; and they set the house of God in his state and strengthened it.

2 Chon. 24:14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the

money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the

house of the Lord, even vessels to minister and to offer withal, and spoons,

and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house

of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.

2 Chon. 24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days when he died;

a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah

and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

2 Chon. 24:18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers and

served groves and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this,

their trespass.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, the son of

Jehoiada, the priest, which stood above the people and said unto them, Thus

saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye

cannot prosper? Because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken

you.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 me and require me.

2 Chon. 24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of

Syria came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and

destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all

the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

2 Chon. 24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of

men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand because they

had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment

against Joash.

2 Chon. 24:25 And when they were departed from him (for they left him in

great diseases), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the

sons of Jehoiada, the priest, and slew him on his bed. And he died; and they

buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchers of

the kings.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 Chr. Chapter 25

Amaziah avenges his father's death--He defeats Edomites but loses to Israel

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but

not with a perfect heart.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 25:5 Moreover, Amaziah gathered Judah together and made them

captains over thousands and captains over hundreds according to the houses

of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them

from twenty years old and above and found them, three hundred thousand

choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

2 Chon. 25:6 He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of

Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

2 Chon. 25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O King, let not

the army of Israel go with thee; for the Lord is not with Israel, to wit, with

all the children of Ephraim.

2 Chon. 25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle; God shall

make thee fall before the enemy; for God hath power to help and to cast

down.

2 Chon. 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 thee much more than this.

2 Chon. 25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was

come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again; wherefore, their anger was

greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.

2 Chon. 25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people,

and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten

thousand.

2 Chon. 25:12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah

carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast

them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

2 Chon. 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 smote three thousand of them, and took

much spoil.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 25:15 Wherefore, the anger of the Lord was kindled against

Amaziah. And he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast

thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own

people out of thine hand?

2 Chon. 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said

unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? Forbear. Why shouldest

thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare and said, I know that God hath

determined to destroy thee because thou hast done this and hast not

hearkened unto my counsel.

2 Chon. 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 see

one another in the face.

2 Chon. 25:18 And Joash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah,

saying, The thistle that grew in Lebanon sent to the cedar that grew in

Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife; and there passed by

a wild beast that was in Lebanon and trode down the thistle.

2 Chon. 25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine

heart lifteth thee up to boast; abide now at home. Why shouldest thou

meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou and Judah with

thee?

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 25:21 So Joash, the king of Israel, went up; and they saw one

another in the face, both he and Amaziah, king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh,

which belongeth to Judah.

2 Chon. 25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled

every man to his tent.

2 Chon. 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 brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim

to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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?

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 25:28 And they brought him upon horses and buried him with his

fathers in the city of Judah.

2 Chr. Chapter 26

Uzziah becomes king in Judah and prospers--He trespasses in the temple

and is smitten with leprosy--Jotham succeeds Uzziah

2 Chon. 26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen

years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

2 Chon. 26:2 He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after that the king slept

with his fathers.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 26:4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord

according to all that his father Amaziah did.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 26:6 And he went forth, and warred against the Philistines, and

brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of

Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod and among the Philistines.

2 Chon. 26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the

Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal and the Mehunim.

2 Chon. 26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah; and his name

spread abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt, for he strengthened himself

exceedingly.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 26:10 Also he built towers in the desert and digged many wells,

for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plains--

husbandmen also and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he

loved husbandry.

2 Chon. 26:11 Moreover, Uzziah had a host of fighting men, that went out

to war by bands according to the number of their account by the hand of

Jeiel, the scribe, and Maaseiah, the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one

of the king's captains.

2 Chon. 26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty

men of valor were two thousand and six hundred.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them, throughout all the host,

shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to

cast stones.

2 Chon. 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning

men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks to shoot arrows and great

stones withal. And his name spread far abroad, for he was marvelously

helped till he was strong.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 26:17 And Azariah, the priest, went in after him, and with him

fourscore priests of the Lord that were valiant men;

2 Chon. 26:18 And they withstood Uzziah, the king, and said unto him, It

appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the

priests, the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense; go out of

the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor

from the Lord God.

2 Chon. 26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth and had a censer in his hand to burn

incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up

in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord from beside the

incense altar.

2 Chon. 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 thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out because the Lord had

smitten him.

2 Chon. 26:21 And Uzziah, the king, was a leper unto the day of his death

and dwelt in a several house, being a leper, for he was cut off from the

house of the Lord. And Jotham, his son, was over the king's house, judging

the people of the land.

2 Chon. 26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah,

the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

2 Chon. 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 Chr. Chapter 27

Jotham reigns well and prospers--He subdues the Ammonites--Jotham dies

and is succeeded by Ahaz

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 27:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord

according to all that his father Uzziah did; howbeit, he entered not into the

temple of the Lord. And the people did yet corruptly.

2 Chon. 27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the

wall of Ophel he built much.

2 Chon. 27:4 Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the

forests he built castles and towers.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 27:6 So Jotham became mighty because he prepared his ways

before the Lord, his God.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 27:8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign and

reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 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 Chr. Chapter 28

Ahaz is a wicked and idolatrous king--Judah is defeated by Syria and then

by Israel--Judah is sent home by the counsel of the prophet--Ahaz dies--

Hezekiah succeeds him

2 Chon. 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;

2 Chon. 28:2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and made

also molten images for Baalim.

2 Chon. 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

heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

2 Chon. 28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and

on the hills, and under every green tree.

2 Chon. 28:5 Wherefore, the Lord, his God, delivered him into the hand of

the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of

them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered

into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

2 Chon. 28:6 For Pekah, the son of Remaliah, slew in Judah a hundred and

twenty thousand in one day--which were all valiant men--because they had

forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.

2 Chon. 28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah, the

king's son, and Azrikam, the governor of the house, and Elkanah, that was

next to the king.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 28:9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded;

and he went out before the host that came to Samaria and said unto them,

Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he

hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that

reacheth up into heaven.

2 Chon. 28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and

Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you. But are there not with

you, even with you, sins against the Lord, your God?

2 Chon. 28:11 Now hear me, therefore, and deliver the captives again

which ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the

Lord is upon you.

2 Chon. 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,

2 Chon. 28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither;

for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add

more to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is

fierce wrath against Israel.

2 Chon. 28:14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the

princes and all the congregation.

2 Chon. 28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and

took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among

them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink,

and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and

brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren; then they

returned to Samaria.

2 Chon. 28:16 At that time did King Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to

help him.

2 Chon. 28:17 For again the Edomites had come, and smitten Judah, and

carried away captives.

2 Chon. 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 Ajalon,

and Gederoth, and Shoco with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the

villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof; and they dwelt there.

2 Chon. 28:19 For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz, king of

Israel, for he made Judah naked and transgressed sore against the Lord.

2 Chon. 28:20 And Tilgath-pilneser, king of Assyria, came unto him, and

distressed him, but strengthened him not.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more

against the Lord; this is that King Ahaz.

2 Chon. 28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote

him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them,

therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the

ruin of him and of all Israel.

2 Chon. 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 him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to

burn incense unto other gods and provoked to anger the Lord God of his

fathers.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 sepulchers of the

kings of Israel; and Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Chr. Chapter 29

Hezekiah restores the worship of God--He exhorts the Levites

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord

according to all that David, his father, had done.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered

them together into the east street,

2 Chon. 29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; sanctify now

yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and

carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the

lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy

place unto the God of Israel.

2 Chon. 29:8 Wherefore, the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and

Jerusalem; and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to

hissing as ye see with your eyes.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord

God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

2 Chon. 29:11 My sons, be not now negligent; for the Lord hath chosen

you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him

and burn incense.

2 Chon. 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;

2 Chon. 29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel; and of the

sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;

2 Chon. 29:14 And of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the

sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 into the brook Kidron.

2 Chon. 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 porch of the

Lord; so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the

sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

2 Chon. 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

the vessels thereof, and the showbread table with all the vessels thereof.

2 Chon. 29:19 Moreover, all the vessels which King Ahaz in his reign did

cast away in his transgression have we prepared and sanctified; and behold,

they are before the altar of the Lord.

2 Chon. 29:20 Then Hezekiah, the king, rose early, and gathered the rulers

of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

2 Chon. 29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven

lambs, and seven he goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the

sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron,

to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering

before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them;

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with

cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps according to the commandment of

David, and of Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan, the prophet; for so was the

commandment of the Lord by his prophets.

2 Chon. 29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and

the priests with the trumpets.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all

that were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have

consecrated yourselves unto the Lord. Come near, and bring sacrifices and

thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in

sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart, burnt

offerings.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three

thousand sheep.

2 Chon. 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all

the burnt offerings; wherefore, their brethren, the Levites, did help them till

the work was ended and until the other priests had sanctified themselves;

for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the

priests.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had

prepared the people, for the thing was done suddenly.

2 Chr. Chapter 30

Hezekiah proclaims the passover throughout Israel and Judah--Only the

faithful observe the passover

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

2 Chon. 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 of a long time in such sort as it was written.

2 Chon. 30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his

princes throughout all Israel and Judah and according to the commandment

of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord God of

Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you that are

escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

2 Chon. 30:7 And be not ye like your fathers and like your brethren, which

trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who, therefore, gave them

up to desolation, as ye see.

2 Chon. 30:8 Now be ye not stiff-necked as your fathers were; but yield

yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary which he hath

sanctified forever; and serve the Lord, your God, that the fierceness of his

wrath may turn away from you.

2 Chon. 30:9 For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your

children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that

they shall come again into this land; for the Lord, your God, is gracious and

merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return unto him.

2 Chon. 30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of

Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun; but they laughed them to scorn

and mocked them.

2 Chon. 30:11 Nevertheless, divers of Asher, and Manasseh, and of

Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 30:12 Also, in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart

to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of the

Lord.

2 Chon. 30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the

feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 30:16 And they stood in their places after their manner according

to the law of Moses, the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood which

they received of the hand of the Levites.

2 Chon. 30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were not

sanctified; therefore, the Levites had the charge of the killing of the

passovers for everyone that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.

2 Chon. 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 otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for

them, saying, The good Lord pardon everyone,

2 Chon. 30:19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his

fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the

sanctuary.

2 Chon. 30:20 And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah and healed the people.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that

taught the good knowledge of the Lord; and they did eat throughout the

feast seven days, offering peace offerings and making confession to the

Lord God of their fathers.

2 Chon. 30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven

days; and they kept other seven days with gladness.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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 strangers

that came out of the land of Israel and that dwelt in Judah rejoiced.

2 Chon. 30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of

Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, there was not the like in

Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 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 dwelling

place, even unto heaven.

2 Chr. Chapter 31

People utterly destroy images and altars of idolatry--Hezekiah organizes

priests and Levites--Offerings, tithes, and oblations are gathered and

distributed

2 Chon. 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present

went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut

down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all

Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly

destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his

possession, into their own cities.

2 Chon. 31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the

Levites after their courses, every man according to his service--the priests

and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to

give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.

2 Chon. 31:3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the

burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the

burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set

feasts as it is written in the law of the Lord.

2 Chon. 31:4 Moreover, he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem

to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be

encouraged in the law of the Lord.

2 Chon. 31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children

of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and

honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought

they in abundantly.

2 Chon. 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 by heaps.

2 Chon. 31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the

heaps and finished them in the seventh month.

2 Chon. 31:8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps,

they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.

2 Chon. 31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites

concerning the heaps.

2 Chon. 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 left plenty; for

the Lord hath blessed his people, and that which is left is this great store.

2 Chon. 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the

house of the Lord; and they prepared them,

2 Chon. 31:12 And brought in the offerings, and the tithes, and the

dedicated things faithfully, over which Cononiah, the Levite, was ruler and

Shimei, his brother, was the next.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 31:14 And Kore, the son of Imnah, the Levite, the porter toward

the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations

of the Lord and the most holy things.

2 Chon. 31:15 And next to him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and

Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests, in their set

office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the

small,

2 Chon. 31:16 Besides their genealogy of males, from three years old and

upward, even unto everyone that entereth into the house of the Lord, his

daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses,

2 Chon. 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their

fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward in their charges

by their courses,

2 Chon. 31:18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and

their sons, and their daughters through all the congregation; for in their set

office they sanctified themselves in holiness,

2 Chon. 31:19 Also of the sons of Aaron, the priests, which were in the

fields of the suburbs of their cities in every several city, the men that were

expressed by name to give portions to all the males among the priests and to

all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

2 Chon. 31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah and wrought

that which was good, and right, and truth before the Lord, his God.

2 Chon. 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 Chr. Chapter 32

Sennecherib invades Judah--Hezekiah and Isaiah pray--An angel destroys

Assyrian leaders--Hezekiah and Judah prosper--Hezekiah dies and is

succeeded by Manasseh

2 Chon. 32:1 After these things and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib,

king of Assyria, came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the

fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

2 Chon. 32:2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come and that

he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

2 Chon. 32:3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop

the waters of the fountains which were without the city; and they did help

him.

2 Chon. 32:4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all

the fountains and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying,

Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?

2 Chon. 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 without, and

repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in

abundance.

2 Chon. 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 spake

comfortably to them, saying,

2 Chon. 32:7 Be strong and courageous; be not afraid nor dismayed for the

king of Assyria nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there be more

with us than with him.

2 Chon. 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 rested themselves upon

the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

2 Chon. 32:9 After this did Sennacherib, king of Assyria, send his servants

to Jerusalem (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power

with him) unto Hezekiah, king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at

Jerusalem, saying,

2 Chon. 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib, king of Assyria, Whereon do ye

trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

2 Chon. 32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to

die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord, our God, shall deliver us out

of the hand of the king of Assyria?

2 Chon. 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and

his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship

before one altar and burn incense upon it?

2 Chon. 32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the

people of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways

able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

2 Chon. 32:14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my

fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that

your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

2 Chon. 32:15 Now, therefore, let not Hezekiah deceive you nor persuade

you on this manner; neither yet believe him; for no god of any nation or

kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand and out of the

hand of my fathers. How much less shall your God deliver you out of mine

hand?

2 Chon. 32:16 And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God and

against his servant Hezekiah.

2 Chon. 32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel and to

speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have

not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of

Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

2 Chon. 32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto

the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them and to

trouble them, that they might take the city.

2 Chon. 32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the

gods of the people of the earth which were the work of the hands of man.

2 Chon. 32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah, the king, and the prophet

Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

2 Chon. 32:21 And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty

men of valor, and the leaders, and captains in the camp of the king of

Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he

was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels

slew him there with the sword.

2 Chon. 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 other and guided them on every side.

2 Chon. 32:23 And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem and

presents to Hezekiah, king of Judah, so that he was magnified in the sight of

all nations from thenceforth.

2 Chon. 32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death and prayed

unto the Lord; and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

2 Chon. 32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit

done unto him, for his heart was lifted up; therefore, there was wrath upon

him, and upon Judah, and Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 32:26 Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of

his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the

Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

2 Chon. 32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor; and he

made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and

for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels,

2 Chon. 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil,

and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

2 Chon. 32:29 Moreover, he provided him cities and possessions of flocks

and herds in abundance, for God had given him substance very much.

2 Chon. 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water course of

Gihon and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David.

And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

2 Chon. 32:31 Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes

of Babylon, who 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in

the chiefest of the sepulchers of the sons of David; and all Judah and the

inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh, his son,

reigned in his stead.

2 Chr. Chapter 33

Manasseh sets up idolatry--He is carried into Babylon--He repents, is

released, and serves the Lord--Amon succeeds him and resumes idolatry--

Josiah succeeds Amon

2 Chon. 33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and

he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem,

2 Chon. 33:2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto

the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the

children of Israel.

2 Chon. 33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah, his father,

had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and

worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

2 Chon. 33:4 Also, he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the

Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.

2 Chon. 33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts

of the house of the Lord.

2 Chon. 33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the

valley of the son of Hinnom; also, he observed times, and used

enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit and with

wizards; he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to

anger.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 33:8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of

the land which I have appointed for your fathers, so that they will take heed

to do all that I have commanded them according to the whole law, and the

statutes, and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

2 Chon. 33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to

err and to do worse than the heathen whom the Lord had destroyed before

the children of Israel.

2 Chon. 33:10 And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to the people; but they

would not hearken.

2 Chon. 33:11 Wherefore, the Lord brought upon them the captains of the

host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and

bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

2 Chon. 33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord, his

God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

2 Chon. 33:13 And prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and

heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his

kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

2 Chon. 33:14 Now after this, he built a wall without the city of David on

the west side of Gihon in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate,

and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put

captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

2 Chon. 33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the

house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the

house of the Lord and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

2 Chon. 33:16 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon

peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the

Lord God of Israel.

2 Chon. 33:17 Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still in the high places,

yet unto the Lord, their God, only.

2 Chon. 33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto

his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the

Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of

Israel.

2 Chon. 33:19 His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all

his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and

set up groves and graven images before he was humbled, behold, they are

written among the sayings of the seers.

2 Chon. 33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in

his own house; and Amon, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Chon. 33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign

and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 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,

2 Chon. 33:23 And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh, his

father, had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.

2 Chon. 33:24 And his servants conspired against him and slew him in his

own house.

2 Chon. 33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired

against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah, his son, king in

his stead.

2 Chr. Chapter 34

Josiah destroys idolatry and repairs the temple--He reads the book of the

law to the people--He renews the covenant with God

2 Chon. 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

2 Chon. 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 declined neither to the right

hand nor to the left.

2 Chon. 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 groves,

and the carved images, and the molten images.

2 Chon. 34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence;

and the images that were on high above them he cut down; and the groves,

and the carved images, and the molten images he brake in pieces, and made

dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed

unto them.

2 Chon. 34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars and

cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and

Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

2 Chon. 34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and

had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols

throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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

wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house;

2 Chon. 34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn

stone and timber for couplings and to floor the houses which the kings of

Judah had destroyed.

2 Chon. 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 set it forward;

and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music.

2 Chon. 34:13 Also, they were over the bearers of burdens and were

overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service; and of the

Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king and brought the

word of the king back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants,

they do.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 34:18 Then Shaphan, the scribe, told the king, saying, Hilkiah, the

priest, hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

2 Chon. 34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of

the law, that he rent his clothes.

2 Chon. 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,

2 Chon. 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 after all that is written in this

book.

2 Chon. 34:22 And Hilkiah and they that the king had appointed went to

Huldah, the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tikvath, the son of

Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college),

and they spake to her to that effect.

2 Chon. 34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel,

Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

2 Chon. 34:24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place

and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the

book which they have read before the king of Judah,

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 34:26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the

Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel

concerning the words which thou hast heard,

2 Chon. 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble

thyself before God when thou heardest his words against this place and

against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst

rend thy clothes, and weep before me, I have even heard thee also, saith the

Lord.

2 Chon. 34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be

gathered to thy grave in peace; neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I

will bring upon this place and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they

brought the king word again.

2 Chon. 34:29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of

Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 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 ears all the

words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the

countries that pertained to the children of Israel and made all that were

present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord, their God. And all his days

they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.

2 Chr. Chapter 35

Josiah keeps a passover--He is slain in battle

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them

to the service of the house of the Lord,

2 Chon. 35:3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were

holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon, the son of

David, king of Israel, did build; it shall not be a burden upon your

shoulders; serve now the Lord, your God, and his people Israel,

2 Chon. 35:4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after

your courses, according to the writing of David, king of Israel, and

according to the writing of Solomon, his son;

2 Chon. 35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the

families of the fathers of your brethren, the people, and after the division of

the families of the Levites.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 35:7 And Josiah gave to the people of the flock, lambs and kids--

all for the passover offerings for all that were present, to the number of

thirty thousand--and three thousand bullocks; these were of the king's

substance.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 35:9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren,

and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the

Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle and five hundred

oxen.

2 Chon. 35:10 So the service was prepared; and the priests stood in their

place and the Levites in their courses according to the king's

commandment.

2 Chon. 35:11 And they killed the passover; and the priests sprinkled the

blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 35:13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the

ordinance; but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and

in pans and divided them speedily among all the people.

2 Chon. 35:14 And afterward, they made ready for themselves and for the

priests because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were busied in offering of

burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore, the Levites prepared for

themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.

2 Chon. 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 porters waited at every gate; they might

not depart from their service, for their brethren, the Levites, prepared for

them.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the

passover at that time and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

2 Chon. 35:18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from

the days of Samuel, the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such

a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and

Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this

passover kept.

2 Chon. 35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho,

king of Egypt, came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates; and

Josiah went out against him.

2 Chon. 35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do

with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against

the house wherewith I have war; for God commanded me to make haste.

Forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee

not.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 35:23 And the archers shot at King Josiah; and the king said to his

servants, Have me away, for I am sore wounded.

2 Chon. 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 sepulchers of his fathers. And all

Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

2 Chon. 35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singing men

and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day and

made them an ordinance in Israel; and behold, they are written in the

lamentations.

2 Chon. 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,

2 Chon. 35:27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the

book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

2 Chr. Chapter 36

Jehoahaz is deposed by Pharoah and is carried into Egypt--Zedekiah is

made king by Nebuchadnezzar and then rebels--Jerusalem is destroyed--

Proclamation of Cyrus

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to

reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 36:3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem and

condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Chon. 36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim, his brother, king over

Judah and Jerusalem and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took

Jehoahaz, his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and

bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

2 Chon. 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of

the Lord to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 36:10 And when the year was expired, King Nebuchadnezzar sent,

and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the

Lord, and made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 36:11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to

reign and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 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

from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chon. 36:14 Moreover, all the chief of the priests and the people

transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen and

polluted the house of the Lord, which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

2 Chon. 36:15 And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his

messengers, rising up betimes and sending because he had compassion on

his people and on his dwelling place.

2 Chon. 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his

words, and misused his prophets until the wrath of the Lord arose against

his people till there was no remedy.

2 Chon. 36:17 Therefore, he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees,

who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary

and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or him that

stooped for age; he gave them all into his hand.

2 Chon. 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.

2 Chon. 36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall

of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all

the goodly vessels thereof.

2 Chon. 36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away

to Babylon, where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of

the kingdom of Persia,

2 Chon. 36:21 To fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah,

until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate, she

kept sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years.

2 Chon. 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, that he made a

proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing, saying,

2 Chon. 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus, king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the

earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to

build him 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

Ezra Chapter 1

Cyrus, king of Persia, orders the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem

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 saith Cyrus, king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath

given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build

him 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 remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let

the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods,

and with beasts besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in

Jerusalem.

Ezra 1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah, and Benjamin, and

the priests, and the Levites with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go

up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with

vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious

things besides all that was willingly offered.

Ezra 1:7 Also Cyrus, the king, brought forth the vessels of the house of the

Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had

put them in the house of his gods,

Ezra 1:8 Even those did Cyrus, king of Persia, bring forth by the hand of

Mithredath, the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince

of Judah.

Ezra 1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a

thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

Ezra 1:10 Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred

and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

Ezra 1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four

hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that

were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

Ezra Chapter 2

The families and numbers of captives who return to Judah

Ezra 2:1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the

captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar,

the king of Babylon, had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto

Jerusalem and Judah, everyone unto his city,

Ezra 2:2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah,

Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah, the number

of the men of the people of Israel;

Ezra 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand a 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 Kirjath-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 Bethel 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 Jediah, 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 porters: the children of Shallum, the children

of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of

Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all 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 Shalmai, 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 Mehunim, the children of

Nephusim,

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

Thamah,

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 Sophereth, 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 of Zebaim, 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 which went up from Tel-mela, Tel-harsa,

Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their father's house

and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

Ezra 2:60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of

Nekodah, six hundred fifty and two;

Ezra 2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the

children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took a wife of the

daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

Ezra 2:62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by

genealogy, but they were not found; therefore were they, as polluted, put

from the priesthood.

Ezra 2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eat of the

most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

Ezra 2:64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand

three hundred and threescore,

Ezra 2:65 Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were

seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and there were among them

two hundred singing men and singing women.

Ezra 2:66 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 asses, six

thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Ezra 2:68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the

house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of

God, to set it up in his place;

Ezra 2:69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work

threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pounds 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 porters, and the Nethinim dwelt in their cities, and all Israel

in their cities.

Ezra Chapter 3

The people gather to Jerusalem and set up an altar--Offerings are made,

and feasts are kept--Foundations of the temple are laid with rejoicing

Ezra 3:1 And when the seventh month was come and the children of Israel

were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to

Jerusalem.

Ezra 3:2 Then stood up Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, the

priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren and builded

the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon as it is written

in the law of Moses, the man of God.

Ezra 3:3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them

because of the people of those countries; and they offered burnt offerings

thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

Ezra 3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles as it is written and offered

the daily burnt offerings by number according to the custom, as the duty of

every day required,

Ezra 3:5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the

new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and

of everyone 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

meat, and drink, and oil unto them of Zidon and to them of Tyre, to bring

cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa according to the grant that

they had of Cyrus, king of Persia.

Ezra 3:8 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

set forward 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 set forward 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 after the ordinance of

David, king of Israel.

Ezra 3:11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks

unto the Lord because he is good, for his mercy endureth 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 chief of the fathers,

who were ancient men that had seen the first house, when the foundation of

this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many

shouted aloud for joy,

Ezra 3:13 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

Adversaries hinder the building of the temple

Ezra 4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the

children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel,

Ezra 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief of the fathers and

said unto them, Let us build with you, for we seek your God as ye do; and

we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assur,

which brought us up hither.

Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers

of Israel said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house unto

our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord God of Israel as

King Cyrus, the king of Persia, hath commanded us.

Ezra 4:4 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,

wrote they 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 the Syrian tongue and interpreted in the

Syrian tongue.

Ezra 4:8 Rehum, the chancellor, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote a letter

against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes, the king, in this sort;

Ezra 4:9 Then wrote Rehum, the chancellor, and Shimshai, the scribe, and

the rest of their companions: the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the

Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites,

the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

Ezra 4:10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper

brought over and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this

side the river, and at such a time.

Ezra 4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto

Artaxerxes, the king: Thy servants, the men on this side the river, and at

such a time--

Ezra 4:12 Be it known unto the king that the Jews which came up from

thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city,

and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

Ezra 4:13 Be it known now unto the king that, if this city be builded and

the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom; and

so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

Ezra 4:14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace and it

was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and

certified the king,

Ezra 4:15 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy

fathers; so shalt thou find in the book of the records and know that this city

is a rebellious city and hurtful unto kings and provinces and that they have

moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city

destroyed.

Ezra 4:16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again and the

walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side

the river.

Ezra 4:17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum, the chancellor, and to

Shimshai, the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in

Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river: Peace, and at such a time.

Ezra 4:18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before

me.

Ezra 4:19 And I commanded, and search hath been made; and it is found

that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings and that

rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

Ezra 4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have

ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom was

paid unto them.

Ezra 4:21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease and that

this city be not builded until another commandment shall be given from me.

Ezra 4:22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. Why should damage

grow 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 of the house of God which is at Jerusalem.

So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius, king of Persia.

Ezra Chapter 5

Building of the temple resumes

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 Tatnai, governor on this side the

river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions and said thus unto them,

Who hath commanded you to build this house and to make up this wall?

Ezra 5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What 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 answer by letter concerning this matter.

Ezra 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river,

and Shethar-boznai, and his companions, the Apharsachites, which were on

this side the river, sent unto Darius, the king--

Ezra 5:7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein 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 builded with great stones, and

timber is laid in the walls; and this work goeth fast on and prospereth in

their hands.

Ezra 5:9 Then asked we those elders and said unto them thus, Who

commanded you to build this house and to make up these walls?

Ezra 5:10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write

the names of the men that were the chief of them.

Ezra 5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of

the God of heaven and earth and build the house that was builded these

many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

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 vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God,

which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem and

brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus, the king, take

out of the temple of Babylon; and they were delivered unto one whose

name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor,

Ezra 5:15 And said unto him, Take these vessels. Go; carry them into the

temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.

Ezra 5:16 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,

hath it been in building; and yet it is not finished.

Ezra 5:17 Now, therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search

made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be

so that a decree was made of Cyrus, the king, to build this house of God at

Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

Ezra Chapter 6

By decree of King Darius, the temple is finished--The dedication--Passover

is celebrated

Ezra 6:1 Then Darius, the king, made a decree, and search was made in the

house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

Ezra 6:2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the

province of the Medes, a roll; and therein was a record thus written:

Ezra 6:3 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

builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations

thereof be strongly laid, the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth

thereof threescore cubits,

Ezra 6:4 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 vessels of the house of God,

which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem

and brought unto Babylon, be restored and brought again unto the temple

which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of

God.

Ezra 6:6 Now, therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai,

and your companions, the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye

far from thence;

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 his place.

Ezra 6:8 Moreover, I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these

Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of

the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men,

that they be not hindered.

Ezra 6:9 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 appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem,

let it be given them day by day without fail,

Ezra 6:10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savors 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

hanged thereon, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

Ezra 6:12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all

kings and people that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this

house of God which is at Jerusalem. I, Darius, have made a decree; let it be

done with speed.

Ezra 6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side 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 builded, and they prospered through

the prophesying of Haggai, the prophet, and Zechariah, the son of Iddo.

And they builded and finished it according to the commandment of the God

of Israel and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and

Artaxerxes, king of Persia.

Ezra 6:15 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 he 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

courses, 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 pure--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, which were come again out of

captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the

filthiness of the heathen of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat,

Ezra 6:22 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 goes from Persia to Jerusalem with the king's gifts and blessing

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 ready scribe in the

law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given; and the king granted

him all his request according to the hand of the Lord, his God, upon him.

Ezra 7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the

priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the 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 began he to go up from

Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem

according to the good hand of his God upon him.

Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and

to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

Ezra 7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the King Artaxerxes gave

unto Ezra, the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the

commandments of the Lord and of his statutes to Israel.

Ezra 7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra, the priest, a scribe of the

law of the God of heaven, perfect peace and at such a time:

Ezra 7:13 I make a decree that all they of the people of Israel, and of his

priests, and Levites in my realm, which are minded of their own free will to

go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

Ezra 7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and of his seven

counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to the law

of thy God which is in thine 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 thou canst find in all the province

of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people and of the priests,

offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem,

Ezra 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams,

lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them

upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren, to

do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

Ezra 7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house

of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God,

which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's

treasure house.

Ezra 7:21 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

speedily,

Ezra 7:22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures 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 certify you that, touching any of the priests, and

Levites, singers, porters, Nethinim, or ministers of this house of God, it

shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom upon them.

Ezra 7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thine

hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are

beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them

that know them not.

Ezra 7:26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God and the law of the

king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death,

or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a

thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in

Jerusalem,

Ezra 7:28 And hath 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 chief men to go up with me.

Ezra Chapter 8

Ezra and his companions--He sends for Levites--They keep a fast and

continue to Jerusalem

Ezra 8:1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy

of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes, the

king:

Ezra 8:2 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 Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh, Zechariah; and

with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty;

Ezra 8:4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Elihoenai, the son of Zerahiah, and

with him two hundred males;

Ezra 8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel, and with him three

hundred males;

Ezra 8:6 Of the sons also of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan, and with him

fifty males;

Ezra 8:7 And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah, the son of Athaliah, and with

him seventy males;

Ezra 8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael, and

with him fourscore males;

Ezra 8:9 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel, and with him two

hundred and eighteen males;

Ezra 8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah, and with him

a hundred and threescore males;

Ezra 8:11 And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai, and with

him twenty and eight males;

Ezra 8:12 And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan, and

with him a hundred and ten males;

Ezra 8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these:

Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males;

Ezra 8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and with them

seventy males.

Ezra 8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava;

and there abode we in tents three days; and I viewed the people and the

priests and found there none of the sons of Levi.

Ezra 8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for

Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for

Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib and for Elnathan,

men of understanding.

Ezra 8:17 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 expressed by name.

Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we

might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us,

and for our little ones, and for all our substance;

Ezra 8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and

horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way because we had spoken

unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that

seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

Ezra 8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this; and he was

entreated of us.

Ezra 8:24 Then I separated twelve of the chief 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 vessels,

even the offering of 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 vessels a hundred talents, and of gold a hundred talents,

Ezra 8:27 Also twenty basins of gold of a thousand drams, and two vessels

of fine copper, precious as gold.

Ezra 8:28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are

holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord

God of your fathers.

Ezra 8:29 Watch ye, and keep them until ye weigh them before the chief of

the priests, and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel at Jerusalem in

the chambers of the house of the Lord.

Ezra 8:30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and

the gold, and the vessels to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our

God.

Ezra 8:31 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 was the silver, and the gold, and the

vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth, the son

of Uriah, the priest; and with him was Eleazar, the son of Phinehas; and

with them was Jozabad, the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, the son of Binnui,

Levites,

Ezra 8:34 By number and by weight of every one; and all the weight was

written at that time.

Ezra 8:35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which

were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of

Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven

lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering; all this was a burnt offering unto

the Lord.

Ezra 8:36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's

lieutenants and to the governors on this side the river; and they furthered the

people and the house of God.

Ezra Chapter 9

Intermarriage with strangers--Ezra's prayer of intercession for Israel

Ezra 9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me,

saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites have not

separated themselves from the people of the lands--doing according to their

abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the

Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their

sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of

those lands; yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this

trespass.

Ezra 9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle,

and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down

astonished.

Ezra 9:4 Then were assembled unto me everyone that trembled at the

words of the God of Israel because of the transgression of those that had

been carried away; and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.

Ezra 9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and,

having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread

out my hands unto the Lord, my God,

Ezra 9:6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to

thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our

trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

Ezra 9:7 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 a spoil, and to confusion of face as it is this day.

Ezra 9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been showed from the Lord,

our God, to leave us a remnant to escape and to give us a nail in his holy

place, that our God may lighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our

bondage.

Ezra 9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our

bondage but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia,

to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the

desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

Ezra 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have

forsaken thy commandments,

Ezra 9:11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants, the prophets,

saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the

filthiness of the people of the lands with their abominations which have

filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

Ezra 9:12 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 ye 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 thou, our God, hast punished us less than our

iniquities deserve and hast given us such deliverance as this,

Ezra 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments and join in affinity

with the people of these abominations? Wouldest not thou be angry with us

till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor

escaping?

Ezra 9:15 O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we remain yet

escaped as it is this day; behold, we are before thee in our trespasses, for we

cannot stand before thee because of this.

Ezra Chapter 10

Strange marriages--Men repent and put away their strange wives

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 very sore.

Ezra 10:2 And Shechaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,

answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God and have

taken strange wives of the people of the land; yet now there is hope in Israel

concerning this thing.

Ezra 10:3 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 belongeth unto thee; we also will be with

thee; be of good courage, and do it.

Ezra 10:5 Then arose Ezra and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all

Israel to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

Ezra 10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God and went into

the chamber of Johanan, the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he

did eat no bread nor drink water; for he mourned because of the

transgression of them that had been carried away.

Ezra 10:7 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 counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be

forfeited and himself separated from the congregation of those that had

been carried away.

Ezra 10:9 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 street of the house

of God, trembling because of this matter and for the great rain.

Ezra 10:10 And Ezra, the priest, stood up and said unto them, Ye have

transgressed and have taken strange wives to increase the trespass of Israel.

Ezra 10:11 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 strange wives.

Ezra 10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice,

As thou hast said, so must we do.

Ezra 10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we

are not able to stand without; neither is this a work of one day or two; for

we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

Ezra 10:14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all

them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times,

and with them the elders of every city and the judges thereof until the fierce

wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

Ezra 10:15 Only Jonathan, the son of Asahel, and Jahaziah, the son of

Tikvah, were employed about this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai,

the Levite, helped them.

Ezra 10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra, the priest,

with certain chief of the fathers after the house of their fathers, and all of

them by their names, were separated and sat down in the first day of the

tenth month to examine the matter.

Ezra 10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange

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 strange 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 hands 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 Pashur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,

Nethaneel, 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 porters: Shallum, and

Telem, and Uri;

Ezra 10:25 Moreover, of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jeziah,

and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah;

Ezra 10:26 And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and

Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah;

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 Ramoth;

Ezra 10:30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,

Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh;

Ezra 10:31 And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah,

Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Ezra 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah;

Ezra 10:33 Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,

Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei;

Ezra 10:34 Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

Ezra 10:35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,

Ezra 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

Ezra 10:37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,

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 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

Ezra 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph;

Ezra 10:43 Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau,

and Joel, Benaiah.

Ezra 10:44 All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives

by whom they had children.

Nehemiah

Neh. Chapter 1

Nehemiah fasts and prays for the children of Israel

Neh. 1:1 The words of Nehemiah, the son of Hachaliah. And it came to

pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan, the

palace,

Neh. 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of

Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were

left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

Neh. 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity

there in the province are in great affliction and reproach; the wall of

Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

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 thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and

terrible God that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and

observe his commandments,

Neh. 1:6 Let thine ear now be attentive and thine eyes open, that thou

mayest hear the prayer of thy servant which I pray before thee now, day and

night, for the children of Israel, thy servants, and confess the sins of the

children of Israel which we have sinned against thee; both I and my father's

house have sinned.

Neh. 1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee and have not kept the

commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments which thou

commandedst thy servant Moses.

Neh. 1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy

servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the

nations;

Neh. 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do

them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the

heaven, yet will I gather them from thence and will bring them unto the

place that I have chosen to set my name there.

Neh. 1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people whom thou hast

redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand.

Neh. 1:11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the

prayer of thy servant and to the prayer of thy servants who desire to fear thy

name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in

the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Neh. Chapter 2

Artaxerxes sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem--Nehemiah exhorts the Jews to

rebuild the walls

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 not been beforetime sad in his presence.

Neh. 2:2 Wherefore, the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad,

seeing thou art not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I

was very sore afraid,

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' sepulchers,

lieth waste and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Neh. 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So

I prayed to the God of heaven.

Neh. 2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king and if thy servant

have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto

the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it.

Neh. 2:6 And the king said unto me (the queen also sitting by him), For

how long shall thy journey be? And when wilt thou return? So it pleased the

king to send me; and I set him a time.

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 convey me 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 palace which

appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that

I shall enter into. And the king granted me according to the good hand of

my God upon me.

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 was 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 beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

Neh. 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the

dragon well and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which

were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

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 beast that was under me to pass.

Neh. 2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall,

and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

Neh. 2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went or what I did; neither had

I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the

rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

Neh. 2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how

Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. Come, and

let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

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 us to scorn,

and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? Will ye 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 ye

have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.

Neh. Chapter 3

Names of those who rebuilt the walls, doors, and gates

Neh. 3:1 Then Eliashib, the high priest, rose up with his brethren, the

priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it and set up the

doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of

Hananeel.

Neh. 3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them

builded 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 Urijah, the son

of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, the

son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok, the son of Baana.

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 Jehoiada, the son of Paseah, and

Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof and set up the

doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Neh. 3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah, the Gibeonite, and Jadon,

the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah unto the throne of the

governor on this side the river.

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

apothecaries; and they fortified 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, even

over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush, the son of

Hashabniah.

Neh. 3:11 Malchijah, the son of Harim, and Hashub, the son of Pahath-

moab, repaired the other piece and the tower of the furnaces.

Neh. 3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum, the son of Halohesh, 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 dung gate.

Neh. 3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah, the son of Rechab, the ruler

of part of Beth-haccerem; 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

Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up

the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the

pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from

the city of David.

Neh. 3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the

half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchers of David,

and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.

Neh. 3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum, the son of Bani. Next

unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.

Neh. 3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai, the son of Henadad, the

ruler of the half part of Keilah.

Neh. 3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of

Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armory at the turning

of the wall.

Neh. 3:20 After him Baruch, the son of Zabbai, earnestly repaired the other

piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib,

the high priest.

Neh. 3:21 After him repaired Meremoth, the son of Urijah, the son of Koz,

another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the

house of Eliashib.

Neh. 3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

Neh. 3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their

house. After him repaired Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of

Ananiah, by his house.

Neh. 3:24 After him repaired Binnui, the son of Henadad, another piece,

from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the

corner.

Neh. 3:25 Palal, the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall and

the tower which lieth out from the king's high house that was by the court of

the prison. After him Pedaiah, the son of Parosh.

Neh. 3:26 Moreover, the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over

against the water gate toward the east and the tower that lieth out.

Neh. 3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the

great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

Neh. 3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, everyone over

against his house.

Neh. 3:29 After them repaired Zadok, the son of Immer, over against his

house. After him repaired also Shemaiah, the son of Shechaniah, the keeper

of the east gate.

Neh. 3:30 After him repaired Hananiah, the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun,

the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam, the

son of Berechiah, over against his chamber.

Neh. 3:31 After him repaired Malchiah, the goldsmith's son, unto the place

of the Nethinim and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad and to

the going up of the corner.

Neh. 3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate

repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.

Neh. Chapter 4

Nehemiah arms the laborers and sets a watch

Neh. 4:1 But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we builded the

wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

Neh. 4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria and

said, What do these feeble Jews? Will they fortify themselves? Will they

sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they revive the stones out of

the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

Neh. 4:3 Now Tobiah, the Ammonite, was by him, and he said, Even that

which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

Neh. 4:4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach

upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity,

Neh. 4:5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out

from before thee, for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

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 made up and that the breaches began to be stopped, then

they were very wroth,

Neh. 4:8 And conspired, all of them together, to come and 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

decayed, 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 which dwelt by them

came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return

unto us they will be upon you.

Neh. 4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the

higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords,

their spears, and their bows.

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 ye afraid of them; remember the

Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and

your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

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 naught, 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 wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the

spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were

behind all the houses of Judah.

Neh. 4:17 They which builded on the wall and they that bare burdens, with

those that laded, everyone with one of his hands wrought 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 builded. 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 what place, therefore, ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort

ye thither 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 everyone

with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a

guard to us and labor on the day.

Neh. 4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of

the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that

everyone put them off for washing.

Neh. Chapter 5

People complain of usury--Nehemiah rebukes the transgressors--People's

property restored

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 that said, We, our sons, and our daughters are

many; therefore, we take up corn 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 corn because of the dearth.

Neh. 5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's

tribute, 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 into 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, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I

set a great assembly against them.

Neh. 5:8 And I said unto them, We, after our ability, have redeemed our

brethren, the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen. And will ye even sell

your brethren? Or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace

and found nothing to answer.

Neh. 5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do. Ought ye not to walk in the

fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen, our enemies?

Neh. 5:10 I, likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of

them money and corn; I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

Neh. 5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their

vineyards, their olive yards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the

money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil that ye exact of them.

Neh. 5:12 Then said they, We will restore them and will require nothing of

them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests and took an

oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

Neh. 5:13 Also I shook my lap and said, So God shake out every man from

his house and from his labor that performeth not this promise, even thus be

he shaken out and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and

praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.

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 bread of the governor.

Neh. 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were

chargeable unto the people and had taken of them bread and wine, besides

forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare 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 thither 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 heathen 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 store

of all sorts of wine; yet for all this, required not I the bread of the governor

because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Neh. 5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good according to all that I have

done for this people.

Neh. Chapter 6

Sanballat and others harass Nehemiah--The wall is finished

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 builded the wall

and that there was no breach left therein (though at that time I had not set

up the doors upon the gates),

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 mischief.

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 whilst I leave it

and come down to you?

Neh. 6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered

them after the same manner.

Neh. 6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth

time with an open letter in his hand,

Neh. 6:6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and

Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou

buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.

Neh. 6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at

Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah; and now shall it be reported to

the king according to these words. Come now, therefore, and let us take

counsel together.

Neh. 6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as

thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

Neh. 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened

from the work, that it be not done. Now, therefore, O God, strengthen my

hands.

Neh. 6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah, the son of

Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up. And he said, Let us meet

together in the house of God within the temple; and let us shut the doors of

the temple, for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come

to slay thee.

Neh. 6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who is mine

enemy, that such a man as I 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 should I be afraid of him he hired, and do so as he

said, and sin--and that they might have me for an evil report, that they

might reproach me?

Neh. 6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to

these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the

prophets that would have put me in fear.

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 thereof and

all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast

down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of

our God.

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 Shechaniah, the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had

taken 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.

Neh. Chapter 7

Genealogy of those who came out of Babylon--Gold, silver, and garments

are given to the work

Neh. 7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the

doors, and the porters, and the singers, and the Levites were appointed,

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

above many.

Neh. 7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened

until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors and bar

them; and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his

watch and everyone to be over against his house.

Neh. 7:4 Now the city was large and great; but the people were few therein,

and the houses were not builded.

Neh. 7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and

the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I

found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first and

found written therein.

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, everyone unto his city,

Neh. 7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah,

Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum,

Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this:

Neh. 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two;

Neh. 7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two;

Neh. 7:10 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five;

Neh. 7:11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab,

two thousand and eight hundred and twelve;

Neh. 7:12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four;

Neh. 7:13 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five;

Neh. 7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore;

Neh. 7:15 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two;

Neh. 7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three;

Neh. 7:17 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two;

Neh. 7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six;

Neh. 7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six;

Neh. 7:20 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four;

Neh. 7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight;

Neh. 7:22 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three;

Neh. 7:23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three;

Neh. 7:24 The children of Jorah, 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 Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven

hundred forty and three;

Neh. 7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one;

Neh. 7:31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two;

Neh. 7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, two 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

five;

Neh. 7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand six 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 Pashur, 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 of the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and

eight;

Neh. 7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the

children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the

children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and nine;

Neh. 7:46 The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha,

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

Phaseah,

Neh. 7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of

Nephishesim,

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

Tamah,

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 which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-

haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their father's

house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:

Neh. 7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of

Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two;

Neh. 7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz,

the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai, the

Gileadite, to wife and was called after their name.

Neh. 7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by

genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, put from

the priesthood.

Neh. 7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eat of the

most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

Neh. 7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand

three hundred and threescore,

Neh. 7:67 Besides their menservants 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 asses.

Neh. 7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The

Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five

hundred and thirty priests' garments.

Neh. 7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the

work twenty thousand drams of gold and two thousand and two hundred

pounds of silver.

Neh. 7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand

drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven

priests' garments.

Neh. 7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, 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.

Neh. Chapter 8

Ezra reads the law and blesses the Lord--The feast of booths

Neh. 8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into

the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra, the

scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had

commanded to Israel.

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 therein before the street that was before the water

gate from the morning until midday, before the men, and the women, and

those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive

unto the book of the law.

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 Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his

left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and

Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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, with 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,

Hodijah, 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, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest, the

scribe, and the Levites that taught the people said unto all the people, This

day is holy unto the Lord, your God; mourn not nor weep. For all the people

wept when they heard the words of the law.

Neh. 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way; eat the fat, and drink the

sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared; for this

day is holy unto our Lord; neither be ye sorry, for the joy of the Lord is

your strength.

Neh. 8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for

the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

Neh. 8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to

send portions, and to make great mirth because they had understood the

words that were declared unto them.

Neh. 8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the

fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites unto Ezra, the scribe,

even to understand the words of the law.

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 mount and fetch olive branches, and

pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of

thick trees to make booths as it is written.

Neh. 8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made

themselves booths, everyone upon the roof of his house, and in their courts,

and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate,

and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

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

Jeshua, 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 unto the manner.

Neh. Chapter 9

The people repent and praise God

Neh. 9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month, the children of

Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth and earth upon them.

Neh. 9:2 And the seed 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, Hashabniah,

Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the

Lord, your God, forever and ever; and blessed be thy glorious name, which

is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Neh. 9:6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the

heaven of heavens with all their host, the earth and all things that are

therein, the seas and all that is therein; and thou preservest them all; and the

host of heaven worshipeth thee.

Neh. 9:7 Thou art the Lord, the God, who didst choose Abram, and

broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of

Abraham,

Neh. 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant

with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and

the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his

seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous,

Neh. 9:9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest

their cry by the Red Sea,

Neh. 9:10 And showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his

servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt

proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

Neh. 9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them so that they went

through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou

threwest into the deeps as a stone into the mighty waters.

Neh. 9:12 Moreover, thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar and in

the night by a pillar of fire to give them light in the way wherein they

should go.

Neh. 9:13 Thou camest down also upon Mount Sinai, and spakest with

them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good

statutes, and commandments,

Neh. 9:14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and

commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws by the hand of Moses, thy

servant,

Neh. 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and

broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and

promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst

sworn to give them.

Neh. 9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks,

and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Neh. 9:17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that

thou didst among them--but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion

appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but thou art a God ready to

pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and

forsookest them not.

Neh. 9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf and said, This is

thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great

provocations,

Neh. 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the

wilderness; the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead

them in the way, neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light and

the way wherein they should go.

Neh. 9:20 Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and

withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for

their thirst.

Neh. 9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness so that

they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

Neh. 9:22 Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms and nations and didst

divide them into corners; so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land

of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.

Neh. 9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven and

broughtest them into the land concerning which thou hadst promised to

their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

Neh. 9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land; and thou

subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and

gavest them into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land,

that they might do with them as they would.

Neh. 9:25 And they took strong cities and a fat land and possessed houses

full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and olive yards, and fruit trees in

abundance; so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted

themselves in thy great goodness.

Neh. 9:26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee,

and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified

against them to turn them to thee; and they wrought great provocations.

Neh. 9:27 Therefore, thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies,

who vexed them; and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee,

thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies,

thou gavest them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

Neh. 9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee; therefore

leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies so that they had the dominion

over them; yet when they returned and cried unto thee, thou heardest them

from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy

mercies,

Neh. 9:29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again

unto thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy

commandments, but sinned against thy judgments (which if a man do, he

shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and

would not hear.

Neh. 9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them and testifiedst against

them by thy Spirit in thy prophets; yet would they not give ear; therefore

gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Neh. 9:31 Nevertheless, for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly

consume them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Neh. 9:32 Now, therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible

God who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little

before thee that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our

priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people since

the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

Neh. 9:33 Howbeit, thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast

done right, but we have done wickedly;

Neh. 9:34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers

kept thy law nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies

wherewith thou didst testify against them.

Neh. 9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great

goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou

gavest before them; neither turned they from their wicked works.

Neh. 9:36 Behold, we are servants this day; and for the land that thou

gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold,

we are servants in it;

Neh. 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set

over us because of our sins; also they have dominion over our bodies and

over our cattle at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

Neh. 9:38 And because of all this, we make a sure covenant and write it;

and our princes, Levites, and priests seal unto it.

Neh. Chapter 10

A covenant made--Ordinances made for contributions

Neh. 10:1 Now those that sealed were Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of

Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,

Neh. 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,

Neh. 10:3 Pashur, 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, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

Neh. 10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

Neh. 10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

Neh. 10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

Neh. 10:14 The chief of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu,

Bani,

Neh. 10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,

Neh. 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

Neh. 10:17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,

Neh. 10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

Neh. 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,

Neh. 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

Neh. 10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,

Neh. 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

Neh. 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,

Neh. 10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,

Neh. 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

Neh. 10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,

Neh. 10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

Neh. 10:28 And the rest of the people--the priests, the Levites, the porters,

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, everyone having knowledge, and having understanding--

Neh. 10:29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into an

oath that a curse should come upon them if they did not 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, their God, and his judgments, and his

statutes.

Neh. 10:30 And that they would not give their daughters unto the people of

the land nor take the daughters of the people for their sons.

Neh. 10:31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the

sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath or on

the holy day; and that we would leave the seventh year and the exaction of

every debt.

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 meat offering, and for

the continual burnt offering of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set

feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an

atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

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, after the

houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar

of the Lord, our God, as it is written in the law,

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 tillage.

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 treasure house.

Neh. 10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring

the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil unto the chambers,

where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the

porters, and the singers; and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Neh. Chapter 11

Lots cast to determine places of residence

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 parts 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 chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem;

but in the cities of Judah dwelt everyone in his possession in their cities, to

wit, 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 Mahalaleel, 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 Shiloni.

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 Jesaiah;

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 Senuah, 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 Pashur, the son

of Malchiah,

Neh. 11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and

two; and Amashai, the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of

Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

Neh. 11:14 And their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and

eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.

Neh. 11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hashub, the son of

Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni,

Neh. 11:16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had

the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

Neh. 11:17 And Mattaniah, the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of

Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and

Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren, and Abda, the son of Shammua,

the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Neh. 11:18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and

four.

Neh. 11:19 Moreover, the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that

kept the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.

Neh. 11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests and the Levites, were in

all the cities of Judah, everyone 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 Micha. 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, due for every day.

Neh. 11:24 And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of

Zerah, the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the

people.

Neh. 11:25 And for the villages with their fields, some of the children of

Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon and in

the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel and in the villages thereof,

Neh. 11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet,

Neh. 11:27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba and in the villages

thereof,

Neh. 11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah and in the villages thereof,

Neh. 11:29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,

Neh. 11:30 Zanoah, Adullam and in their villages, at Lachish and the fields

thereof, at Azekah and in the villages thereof. 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 Bethel 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.

Neh. Chapter 12

High priests and Levites named--Dedication of the wall

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 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

Neh. 12:4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

Neh. 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

Neh. 12:6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

Neh. 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief 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, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his

brethren;

Neh. 12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them

in the watches.

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 chief of the fathers:

of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

Neh. 12:13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

Neh. 12:14 Of Melicu, 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, Nethaneel.

Neh. 12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and

Jaddua were recorded chief of the fathers; also the priests, to the reign of

Darius, the Persian.

Neh. 12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the

book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.

Neh. 12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua,

the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to

give thanks according to the commandment of David, the man of God, ward

over against ward.

Neh. 12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon,

Akkub were porters, keeping the ward at the thresholds 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, psalteries, and with harps.

Neh. 12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both

out of the plain country round about Jerusalem and from the villages of

Netophathi,

Neh. 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and

Azmaveth; for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

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 princes of Judah upon the wall and

appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went

on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate,

Neh. 12:32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes 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 Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

Neh. 12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai,

Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of

David, the man of God, and Ezra, the scribe, before them.

Neh. 12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they

went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above

the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

Neh. 12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over

against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall from

beyond the tower of the furnaces, even unto the broad wall,

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 Meah,

even unto the sheep gate; and they stood still in the prison gate.

Neh. 12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the

house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me,

Neh. 12:41 And the priests: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah,

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 loud,

with Jezrahiah their overseer.

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

treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather

into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests

and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that

waited.

Neh. 12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God

and the ward of the purification according to the commandment of David

and of Solomon, his son.

Neh. 12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief 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 of the singers and the porters, every day his

portion; and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites

sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

Neh. Chapter 13

Ammonites and Moabites excluded from the congregation of God--

Nehemiah institutes reform, enforces the Sabbath, and condemns marrying

strange wives

Neh. 13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the

people; and therein was found written that the Ammonite and the Moabite

should not come into the congregation of God 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; howbeit,

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 aforetime

they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes

of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to

the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the offerings of the priests.

Neh. 13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem; for in the two and

thirtieth year of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon, came I unto the king; and

after certain days obtained I leave of the king;

Neh. 13:7 And I came to Jerusalem and understood of the evil that Eliashib

did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of

God.

Neh. 13:8 And it grieved me sore; therefore, I cast forth all the household

stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

Neh. 13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers; and thither

brought I again the vessels of the house of God with the meat offering and

the frankincense.

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,

everyone 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 corn, and the new wine,

and the oil unto the treasuries.

Neh. 13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries: Shelemiah, the priest,

and Zadok, the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was

Hanan, the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted

faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.

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 the offices

thereof.

Neh. 13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the

sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses--as also wine, grapes,

and figs, and all manner of burdens which they brought into Jerusalem on

the sabbath day; and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold

victuals.

Neh. 13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish and

all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah and

in Jerusalem.

Neh. 13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah and said unto them,

What evil thing is this that ye do and profane the sabbath day?

Neh. 13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil

upon us and upon this city? Yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by

profaning the sabbath.

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 kind of ware lodged without

Jerusalem once or twice.

Neh. 13:21 Then I testified against them and said unto them, Why lodge ye

about the wall? If ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time

forth came they no more on the sabbath.

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 thy 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 spake half in the speech of Ashdod and

could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each

people.

Neh. 13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain

of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying,

Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons nor take their daughters

unto your sons or for yourselves.

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 outlandish

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 strange wives?

Neh. 13:28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the high

priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat, the Horonite; therefore, I chased him

from me.

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 all strangers and appointed the

wards of the priests and the Levites, everyone in his business,

Neh. 13:31 And for the wood offering at times appointed and for the

firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

Esther

Esth. Chapter 1

Feasts of King Ahasuerus--Queen Vashti defies the king's commandment--

He decrees that women must honor their husbands

Esth. 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus

which reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and

twenty provinces),

Esth. 1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of

his kingdom, which was in Shushan, the palace,

Esth. 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes

and his servants--the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of

the provinces being before him--

Esth. 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.

Esth. 1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all

the people that were present in Shushan, the palace, both unto great and

small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace,

Esth. 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords

of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble; the beds were

of gold and silver upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black

marble.

Esth. 1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being

diverse one from another) and royal wine in abundance according to the

state of the king.

Esth. 1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel; for

so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do

according to every man's pleasure.

Esth. 1:9 Also Vashti, the queen, made a feast for the women in the royal

house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

Esth. 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,

Esth. 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 on.

Esth. 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's

commandment by his chamberlains; therefore was the king very wroth, and

his anger burned in him.

Esth. 1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times (for

so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

Esth. 1:14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha,

Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and

Media, which saw the king's face and which sat the first in the kingdom),

Esth. 1:15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law

because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus

by the chamberlains?

Esth. 1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti,

the queen, hath not done wrong to the king only but also to all the princes

and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Esth. 1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so

that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes when it shall be reported,

The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti, the queen, to be brought in before

him, but she came not.

Esth. 1:18 Likewise, shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto

all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall

there arise too much contempt and wrath.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king

did according to the word of Memucan;

Esth. 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.

Esth. Chapter 2

Ahasuerus chooses Esther to replace Vashti as queen--Through Esther,

Mordecai warns the king of a conspiracy

Esth. 2:1 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was

appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was

decreed against her.

Esth. 2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there

be fair young virgins sought for the king;

Esth. 2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his

kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto

Shushan, the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai,

the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for

purification be given them;

Esth. 2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of

Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

Esth. 2:5 Now in Shushan, the palace, there was a certain Jew, whose name

was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a

Benjamite,

Esth. 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity

which had been carried away with Jeconiah, king of Judah, whom

Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had carried away.

Esth. 2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter;

for she had neither father nor mother; and the maid was fair and beautiful,

whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own

daughter.

Esth. 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 palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the

king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

Esth. 2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him;

and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as

belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out

of the king's house; and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place

of the house of the women.

Esth. 2:10 Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai

had charged her that she should not show it.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 2:12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to King

Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner

of the women (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to

wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and

with other things for the purifying of the women),

Esth. 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.

Esth. 2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into

the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's

chamberlain, which kept the concubines; she came in unto the king no

more, except the king delighted in her and that she were called by name.

Esth. 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 chamberlain, the

keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of

all them that looked upon her.

Esth. 2:16 So Esther was taken unto King Ahasuerus, into his house royal

in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his

reign.

Esth. 2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she

obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set

the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Esth. 2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his

servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces and

gave gifts according to the state of the king.

Esth. 2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time,

then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

Esth. 2:20 Esther had not yet showed her kindred nor her people, as

Mordecai had charged her; for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai

like as when she was brought up with him.

Esth. 2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the

king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were

wroth and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

Esth. 2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther,

the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.

Esth. 2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out;

therefore, they were both hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book of

the chronicles before the king.

Esth. Chapter 3

Mordecai offends Haman--Ahasuerus gives Haman authority to destroy all

Jews

Esth. 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.

Esth. 3:2 And all the king's servants that were in the king's gate bowed and

reverenced Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But

Mordecai bowed not nor did him reverence.

Esth. 3:3 Then the king's servants which were in the king's gate said unto

Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

Esth. 3:4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he

hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's

matters would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Esth. 3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not nor did him

reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

Esth. 3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they

had showed him the people of Mordecai; wherefore, Haman sought to

destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus,

even the people of Mordecai.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 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 thy

kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the

king's laws; therefore, it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the

people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

Esth. 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 lieutenants, and to the governors that were over

every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province

according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in

the name of King Ahasuerus was it written and sealed with the king's ring.

Esth. 3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces,

to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all Jews, both young and old, little

children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth

month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment,

and the decree was given in Shushan, the palace. And the king and Haman

sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

Esth. Chapter 4

The Jews mourn--Esther decides to approach the king--She asks the Jews to

fast for her

Esth. 4:1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his

clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the

city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry,

Esth. 4:2 And came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into

the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Esth. 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment

and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and

fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Esth. 4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her.

Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe

Mordecai and to take away his sackcloth from him; but he received it not.

Esth. 4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains,

whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment

to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

Esth. 4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city,

which was before the king's gate.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

Esth. 4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach and gave him commandment

unto Mordecai:

Esth. 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 scepter that

he may live; but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty

days.

Esth. 4:12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.

Esth. 4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with

thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house more than all the Jews.

Esth. 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall

there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but

thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed. And who knoweth whether

thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Esth. 4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer:

Esth. 4:16 Go gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and

fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day; I, also, and

my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is

not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.

Esth. 4:17 So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther

had commanded him.

Esth. Chapter 5

Esther invites the king and Haman to a banquet--Haman builds a gallows

to hang Mordecai

Esth. 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, over against the

king's house; and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over

against the gate of the house.

Esth. 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 scepter that was in his hand. So Esther drew near and

touched the top of the scepter.

Esth. 5:3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, Queen Esther? And

what is thy request? It shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do

as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther

had prepared.

Esth. 5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy

petition? And it shall be granted thee. And what is thy request? Even to the

half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

Esth. 5:7 Then answered Esther and said, My petition and my request is:

Esth. 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 hath said.

Esth. 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

moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

Esth. 5:10 Nevertheless, Haman refrained himself; and when he came

home, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh, his wife.

Esth. 5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the

multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted

him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the

king.

Esth. 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 am I invited unto her also with the king.

Esth. 5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai, the

Jew, sitting at the king's gate.

Esth. 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 thou unto the

king, that Mordecai may be hanged thereon; then go thou in merrily with

the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the

gallows to be made.

Esth. Chapter 6

The king rewards Mordecai--Haman mourns--His fall is foretold

Esth. 6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to

bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the

king.

Esth. 6:2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and

Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought

to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

Esth. 6:3 And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to

Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him,

There is nothing done for him.

Esth. 6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come

into the outward court of the king's house to speak unto the king to hang

Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

Esth. 6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in

the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

Esth. 6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be

done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman

thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than

to myself?

Esth. 6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king

delighteth to honor,

Esth. 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear,

and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set

upon his head;

Esth. 6:9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of

the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the

king delighteth to 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 delighteth to honor.

Esth. 6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel

and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai, the Jew, that

sitteth at the king's gate; let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

Esth. 6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed

Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and

proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king

delighteth to honor.

Esth. 6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted

to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

Esth. 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 seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun

to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him but shalt surely fall before him.

Esth. 6:14 And, while they were yet talking with him, came the king's

chamberlains and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had

prepared.

Esth. Chapter 7

Esther pleads for her people and herself--The king has Haman hanged

Esth. 7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther, the queen.

Esth. 7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the

banquet of wine, What is thy petition, Queen Esther? And it shall be

granted thee. And what is thy request? And it shall be performed, even to

the half of the kingdom.

Esth. 7:3 Then Esther, the queen, answered and said, If I have found favor

in thy sight, O King, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my

petition and my people at my request;

Esth. 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 had held

my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

Esth. 7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther, the

queen, Who is he and where is he that durst presume in his heart to do so?

Esth. 7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman.

Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 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 whereon 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.

Esth. 7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king,

Behold also the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for

Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of

Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

Esth. 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for

Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Esth. Chapter 8

Mordecai is given authority--The king grants the Jews the right to defend

themselves--The Jews rejoice

Esth. 8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman, the

Jews' enemy, unto Esther, the queen. And Mordecai came before the king,

for Esther had told what he was unto her.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his

feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman, the

Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

Esth. 8:4 Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So

Esther arose, and stood before the king,

Esth. 8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his

sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes,

let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of

Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in

all the king's provinces.

Esth. 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?

Esth. 8:7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther, the queen, and to

Mordecai, the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman; and

him they have hanged upon the gallows because he laid his hands upon the

Jews.

Esth. 8:8 Write ye also for the Jews as it liketh you, in the king's name, and

seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's

name and sealed with the king's ring may no man reverse.

Esth. 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

lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from

India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every

province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their

language, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their

language.

Esth. 8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with

the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback and riders on mules,

camels, and young dromedaries,

Esth. 8:11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to

gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and

to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would

assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a

prey,

Esth. 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.

Esth. 8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every

province was published unto all people--and that the Jews should be ready

against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

Esth. 8:14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being

hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was

given at Shushan, the palace.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor.

Esth. 8:17 And in every province and in every city whithersoever the king's

commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast

and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews, for the

fear of the Jews fell upon them.

Esth. Chapter 9

The Jews slay their enemies--Festival of Purim established

Esth. 9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the

thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree

drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews

hoped to have power over them (though it was turned to the contrary, that

the Jews had rule over them that hated them),

Esth. 9:2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout

all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their

hurt; and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all

people.

Esth. 9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the

deputies, and officers of the king helped the Jews because the fear of

Mordecai fell upon them.

Esth. 9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went

out throughout all the provinces, for this man Mordecai waxed greater and

greater.

Esth. 9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the

sword, and slaughter, and destruction and did what they would unto those

that hated them.

Esth. 9:6 And in Shushan, the palace, the Jews slew and destroyed five

hundred men.

Esth. 9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

Esth. 9:8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

Esth. 9:9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

Esth. 9:10 The ten sons of Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of

the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

Esth. 9:11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan, the

palace, was brought before the king.

Esth. 9:12 And the king said unto Esther, the queen, The Jews have slain

and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan, the palace, and the ten sons of

Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? Now what

is thy petition? And it shall be granted thee. Or what is thy request further?

And it shall be done.

Esth. 9:13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the

Jews which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day's

decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together

on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar and slew three hundred men at

Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

Esth. 9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered

themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their

enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not

their hands on the prey.

Esth. 9:17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar and on the fourteenth

day of the same rested they and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

Esth. 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.

Esth. 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 portions one to another.

Esth. 9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters unto all the

Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

Esth. 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,

Esth. 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies and the

month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy and from mourning

into a good day, that they should make them days of feasting, and joy, and

of sending portions one to another and gifts to the poor.

Esth. 9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as

Mordecai had written unto them,

Esth. 9:24 Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the

enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them and had

cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them and to destroy them.

Esth. 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters

that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return

upon his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the

gallows.

Esth. 9:26 Wherefore, they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.

Therefore, for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen

concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

Esth. 9:27 The Jews ordained and took upon them, and upon their seed, and

upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that

they would keep these two days according to their writing and according to

their appointed time every year,

Esth. 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 fail from among the Jews nor the memorial

of them perish from their seed.

Esth. 9:29 Then Esther, the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai,

the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

Esth. 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,

Esth. 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 seed the matters of the

fastings and their cry.

Esth. 9:32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and

it was written in the book.

Esth. Chapter 10

Mordecai is next to King Ahasuerus in power

Esth. 10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and upon

the isles of the sea.

Esth. 10:2 And all the acts of his power, and of his might, and the

declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him,

are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and

Persia?

Esth. 10:3 For Mordecai, the Jew, was next unto King Ahasuerus, and great

among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the

wealth of his people and speaking peace to all his seed.

Job

Job Chapter 1

Job's love for his children--Satan is allowed to tempt Job--Job's loss and

faithfulness

Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that

man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil.

Job 1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

Job 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand

camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a

very great household, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the

east.

Job 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, everyone 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 gone about, that

Job sent, and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered

burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, It may be

that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job

continually.

Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the children of God came to present

themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

Job 1:7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan

answered the Lord and said, From going to and fro in the earth and from

walking up and down in it.

Job 1:8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant

Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man,

one that feareth God and escheweth evil?

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, Doth Job fear God for

naught?

Job 1:10 Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and

about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his

hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Job 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he

will curse thee to thy face.

Job 1:12 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy

power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth

from the presence of the Lord.

Job 1:13 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 asses 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 only am escaped

alone to tell thee.

Job 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, The

fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the

servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Job 1:17 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

only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Job 1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, Thy

sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest

brother's house;

Job 1:19 And behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness and

smote the four corners of the house; and it fell upon the young men, and

they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent 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 thither; the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed

be the name of the Lord.

Job 1:22 In all this Job sinned not nor charged God foolishly.

Job Chapter 2

Satan tempts Job further, smiting him with boils--Job reproves his wife--

Friends sit with Job during his grief

Job 2:1 Again there was a day when the children 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 whence comest thou? And

Satan answered the Lord and said, From going to and fro in the earth and

from walking up and down in it.

Job 2:3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant

Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man,

one that feareth God and escheweth evil? And still he holdeth fast his

integrity although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without

cause.

Job 2:4 And Satan answered the Lord and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a

man hath will he give for his life.

Job 2:5 But put forth thine hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and

he will curse thee to thy face.

Job 2:6 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save

his life.

Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord and smote Job

with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat

down among the ashes.

Job 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?

Curse God and die.

Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women

speaketh. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not

receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Job 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come

upon him, they came, everyone 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 rent everyone 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 spake a word unto him; for they saw that his grief was

very great.

Job Chapter 3

Job curses the day of his birth--He longs for death

Job 3:1 After this opened Job his mouth and cursed his day.

Job 3:2 And Job spake and said,

Job 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I was born and the night in which it was

said, There is a man-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 be joined unto

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 therein.

Job 3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their

mourning.

Job 3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light but

have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day,

Job 3:10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb nor hid

sorrow from mine eyes.

Job 3:11 Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost

when I came out of the belly?

Job 3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? Or why the breasts, that I should

suck?

Job 3:13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet; I should have

slept; then had I been at rest,

Job 3:14 With kings and counselors of the earth, which 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 which

never saw light.

Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be 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 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the

bitter in soul,

Job 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than

for hid treasures;

Job 3:22 Which 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

hath hedged in?

Job 3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured

out like the waters.

Job 3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that

which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Job 3:26 I was not in safety; neither had I rest; neither was I quiet; yet

trouble came.

Job Chapter 4

Eliphaz questions Job's righteousness

Job 4:1 Then Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered and said,

Job 4:2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who

can withhold himself from speaking?

Job 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the

weak hands.

Job 4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast

strengthened the feeble knees.

Job 4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee,

and thou art troubled.

Job 4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of

thy ways?

Job 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, whoever 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 perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps

are scattered abroad.

Job 4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a

little thereof.

Job 4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth

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 the form thereof; an image

was before mine 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, which 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 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? They die,

even without wisdom.

Job Chapter 5

Eliphaz' counsel continues

Job 5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee. And to which of the

saints wilt thou turn?

Job 5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly 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 eateth up and taketh it, even out of the

thorns; and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Job 5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth

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 Which doeth great things and unsearchable, marvelous things

without number,

Job 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth and sendeth waters upon the

fields,

Job 5:11 To set up on high those that be low, that those which mourn may

be exalted to safety.

Job 5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands

cannot perform their enterprise.

Job 5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the

froward is carried headlong.

Job 5:14 They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope in the noonday

as in the night.

Job 5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and

from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Job 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore,

despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty;

Job 5:18 For he maketh sore and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands

make whole.

Job 5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no

evil touch thee.

Job 5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death; and in war, from the

power of the sword.

Job 5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt

thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Job 5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be

afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Job 5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the

beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

Job 5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and

thou shalt visit thy habitation and shalt not sin.

Job 5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great and thine

offspring as the grass of the earth.

Job 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn

cometh in, in his season.

Job 5:27 Lo this, we have searched it; so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for

thy good.

Job Chapter 6

Job's words of despair

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 whereof

drinketh up my spirit; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against

me.

Job 6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over

his fodder?

Job 6:6 Can that which is unsavory 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 my sorrowful meat.

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 yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in

sorrow; let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy

One.

Job 6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is mine end,

that I should prolong my life?

Job 6:12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

Job 6:13 Is not my help in me? And is wisdom driven quite from me?

Job 6:14 To him that is afflicted, pity should be shown from his friend; but

he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream

of brooks they pass away,

Job 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice and wherein the snow is

hid;

Job 6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they are

consumed out of their place.

Job 6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing and

perish.

Job 6:19 The troops of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba waited for

them.

Job 6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither

and were ashamed.

Job 6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down 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

wherein I have erred.

Job 6:25 How forcible are right words! But what doth your arguing

reprove?

Job 6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one that is

desperate, which are as wind?

Job 6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye 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 iniquity; 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 complains of his afflictions

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 desireth the shadow and as a 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.

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 Oh, remember that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see

good.

Job 7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more; thine eyes

are upon me, and I am not.

Job 7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth

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 refrain 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 whale, that thou settest 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 thou scarest me with dreams and terrifiest me through

visions,

Job 7:15 So that my soul chooseth 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 thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou

shouldest set thine heart upon him?

Job 7:18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning and try him

every moment?

Job 7:19 How long wilt thou not depart from me nor let me alone till I

swallow down my spittle?

Job 7:20 I have sinned. What shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men?

Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee so that I am a burden to

myself?

Job 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away

mine iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in

the morning, but I shall not be.

Job Chapter 8

Bildad's counsel

Job 8:1 Then answered Bildad, the Shuhite, and said,

Job 8:2 How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the

words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Job 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Job 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him and he have cast them away

for their transgression,

Job 8:5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes and make thy supplication

to the Almighty,

Job 8:6 If thou wert pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee

and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly

increase.

Job 8:8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to

the search 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 thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their

heart?

Job 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without

water?

Job 8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness and not cut down, it withereth

before any other herb.

Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope

shall perish,

Job 8:14 Whose hope 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 is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his

garden.

Job 8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap and seeth the place of

stones.

Job 8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I

have not seen thee.

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 perfect man; neither will he help

the evildoers,

Job 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with rejoicing.

Job 8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling

place of the wicked shall come to naught.

Job Chapter 9

Job praises God--He expresses his fear and confusion

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 with 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 hath hardened

himself against him and hath prospered?

Job 9:5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not; which

overturneth them in his anger;

Job 9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof

tremble;

Job 9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the

stars;

Job 9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens and treadeth upon the

waves of the sea;

Job 9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of

the south;

Job 9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out, yea, and wonders

without number.

Job 9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; he passeth on also, but I

perceive him not.

Job 9:12 Behold, he taketh away. Who can hinder him? Who will say unto

him, What doest thou?

Job 9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop

under him.

Job 9:14 How much less shall I answer him and choose out my words to

reason with him?

Job 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would 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 breaketh me with a tempest and multiplieth my wounds

without cause.

Job 9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath but filleth me with

bitterness.

Job 9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong; and if of judgment, who

shall set me a time to plead?

Job 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I say, I

am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Job 9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul; I would

despise my life.

Job 9:22 This is one thing; therefore, I said it: He destroyeth the perfect and

the wicked.

Job 9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the

innocent.

Job 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the

faces of the judges thereof. If not, where, and who is he?

Job 9:25 Now my days are swifter than a post; they flee away; they see no

good.

Job 9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that hasteth

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 thou wilt not hold me

innocent.

Job 9:29 If I be wicked, why then labor I in vain?

Job 9:30 If I wash myself with snow water and make my hands never so

clean,

Job 9:31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine 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 judgment.

Job 9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt 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 reasons with God concerning his afflictions

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 wherefore

thou contendest with me.

Job 10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou

shouldest despise the work of thine hands and shine upon the counsel of the

wicked?

Job 10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?

Job 10:5 Are thy days as the days of man? Are thy years as man's days,

Job 10:6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity and searchest after my sin?

Job 10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can

deliver out of thine hand.

Job 10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round

about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay.

And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Job 10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like cheese?

Job 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh and hast fenced me

with bones and sinews.

Job 10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favor, and thy visitation hath

preserved my spirit.

Job 10:13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart; I know that this is

with thee.

Job 10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from

mine iniquity.

Job 10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not

lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore, see thou mine affliction,

Job 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and again

thou showest thyself marvelous upon me.

Job 10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me and increasest thine

indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

Job 10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?

Oh, that I had given up the ghost and no eye had seen me!

Job 10:19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should 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 whence 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

Zophar reproves Job

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 thy lies make men hold their peace? And when thou

mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Job 11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine

eyes.

Job 11:5 But, oh, that God would speak and open his lips against thee,

Job 11:6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are

double to that which is! Know, therefore, that God exacteth of thee less than

thine iniquity deserveth.

Job 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the

Almighty unto perfection?

Job 11:8 It is as high as heaven. What canst thou do? Deeper than hell.

What canst thou know?

Job 11:9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader than the

sea.

Job 11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder

him?

Job 11:11 For he knoweth vain men; he seeth wickedness also. Will he not

then consider it?

Job 11:12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild

ass's colt.

Job 11:13 If thou prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hands toward

him,

Job 11:14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not

wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

Job 11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt

be steadfast and shalt not fear,

Job 11:16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery and remember it as waters

that pass away;

Job 11:17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine

forth; thou shalt be as the morning;

Job 11:18 And thou shalt be secure because there is hope; yea, thou shalt

dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Job 11:19 Also, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea,

many shall make suit unto thee.

Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape;

and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Job Chapter 12

Job acknowledges God's omnipotence

Job 12:1 And Job answered and said,

Job 12:2 No doubt but ye 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 knoweth not such things as these?

Job 12:4 I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calleth upon God; and

he answereth him; the just, upright man is laughed to scorn.

Job 12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the

thought of him that is at ease.

Job 12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are

secure, into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Job 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of

the air, and they shall tell thee;

Job 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the

sea shall declare unto thee.

Job 12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath

wrought this?

Job 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of

all mankind.

Job 12:11 Doth not the ear try words? And the mouth taste his meat?

Job 12:12 With the ancient is wisdom and in length of days, understanding.

Job 12:13 With him is wisdom and strength; he hath counsel and

understanding.

Job 12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; he

shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Job 12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also, he

sendeth 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 leadeth counselors away spoiled and maketh the judges fools.

Job 12:18 He looseth the bond of kings and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

Job 12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled and overthroweth the mighty.

Job 12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty and taketh away the

understanding of the aged.

Job 12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes and weakeneth the strength of

the mighty.

Job 12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness and bringeth out to

light the shadow of death.

Job 12:23 He increaseth the nations and destroyeth them; he enlargeth the

nations and straiteneth them again.

Job 12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth

and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to

stagger like a drunken man.

Job Chapter 13

Job reproves his friends--He reaffirms his trust in God

Job 13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this; mine ear hath heard and

understood it.

Job 13:2 What ye 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 ye are forgers of lies; ye are all physicians of no value.

Job 13:5 Oh, that ye 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 ye speak wickedly for God and talk deceitfully for him?

Job 13:8 Will ye accept his person? Will ye contend for God?

Job 13:9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one man mocketh

another, do ye so mock him?

Job 13:10 He will surely reprove you if ye do secretly accept persons.

Job 13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid and his dread fall upon

you?

Job 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes; your bodies to bodies 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 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in mine

hand?

Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him; but I will maintain

mine 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 ordered my cause; I know that I shall be

justified.

Job 13:19 Who is he that will plead with me? For now, if I hold my tongue,

I shall give up the ghost.

Job 13:20 Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from

thee.

Job 13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me; and let not thy dread make me

afraid.

Job 13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer

thou me.

Job 13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my

transgression and my sin.

Job 13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and holdest me for thine enemy?

Job 13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? And wilt thou pursue

the dry stubble?

Job 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me and makest me to

possess the iniquities of my youth.

Job 13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks and lookest narrowly unto

all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

Job 13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-

eaten.

Job Chapter 14

Job describes the lot of man--He expresses hope for eternal life

Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

Job 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a

shadow and continueth not.

Job 14:3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one and bringest me

into judgment with thee?

Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

Job 14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are

with thee, thou hast 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 of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout

again and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Job 14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth and the stock thereof

die in the ground,

Job 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs

like a plant.

Job 14:10 But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost.

And where is he?

Job 14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth

up,

Job 14:12 So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more,

they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.

Job 14:13 Oh, that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest

keep me secret until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set

time and remember me!

Job 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed

time will I wait till my change come.

Job 14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee; thou wilt have a desire to

the work of thine hands.

Job 14:16 For now thou numberest my steps. Dost thou not watch over my

sin?

Job 14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine

iniquity.

Job 14:18 And surely the mountain, falling, cometh to naught, and the rock

is removed out of his place.

Job 14:19 The waters wear the stones; thou washest away the things which

grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Job 14:20 Thou prevailest forever against him, and he passeth; thou

changest his countenance and sendest him away.

Job 14:21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are

brought low, but he perceiveth 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

Eliphaz accuses Job of pride and hypocrisy

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

wherewith he can do no good?

Job 15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear and restrainest prayer before God.

Job 15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the

tongue of the crafty.

Job 15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips

testify against thee.

Job 15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou made before

the hills?

Job 15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom

to thyself?

Job 15:9 What knowest thou that we know not? What understandest thou

which is not in us?

Job 15:10 With us are both the gray-headed and very aged men, much elder

than thy father.

Job 15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? Is there any secret

thing with thee?

Job 15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? And what do thy eyes

wink at,

Job 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God and lettest such words go

out of thy mouth?

Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a

woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not

clean in his sight.

Job 15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh

iniquity like water?

Job 15:17 I will show thee; 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 earth was given, and no stranger passed

among them.

Job 15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the

number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

Job 15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall

come upon him.

Job 15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is

waited for of the sword.

Job 15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth

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 to the battle.

Job 15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God and strengtheneth

himself against the Almighty.

Job 15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of

his bucklers,

Job 15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness and maketh collops

of fat on his flanks.

Job 15:28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities and in houses which no man

inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

Job 15:29 He shall not be rich; neither shall his substance continue; neither

shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

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 vanity shall be his

recompense.

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 grape as the vine and shall cast off

his flower as the olive.

Job 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire

shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

Job 15:35 They conceive mischief and bring forth vanity, and their belly

prepareth deceit.

Job Chapter 16

Job's rebuttal

Job 16:1 Then Job answered and said,

Job 16:2 I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are ye all.

Job 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what emboldeneth thee that

thou answerest?

Job 16:4 I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I

could heap up words against you and shake mine head at you.

Job 16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my

lips should assuage your grief.

Job 16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged. And though I forbear,

what am I eased?

Job 16:7 But now he hath made me weary; thou hast made desolate all my

company.

Job 16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against

me; and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

Job 16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me; he gnasheth upon me

with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Job 16:10 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 hath delivered me to the ungodly and turned me over into

the hands of the wicked.

Job 16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder; he hath also taken

me by the neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Job 16:13 His archers compass me round about; he cleaveth my reins

asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Job 16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me

like a giant.

Job 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and defiled my horn in the

dust.

Job 16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow

of death,

Job 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands; also, my prayer is pure.

Job 16:18 O earth, cover not thou 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 mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

Job 16:21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God as a man pleadeth

for his neighbor!

Job 16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I

shall not return.

Job Chapter 17

Job describes his misery

Job 17:1 My breath is corrupt; my days are extinct; the graves are ready for

me.

Job 17:2 Are there not mockers with me? And doth not mine eye continue

in their provocation?

Job 17:3 Lay down now; put me in a surety with thee. Who is he that will

strike hands with me?

Job 17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt

thou not exalt them.

Job 17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his

children shall fail.

Job 17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I

was as a tabret.

Job 17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are

as 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 on his way, and he that hath clean

hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Job 17:10 But as for you all, do ye 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 mine house; I have made my bed in the

darkness.

Job 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father--to the worm, Thou

art 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 bars of the pit when our rest together

is in the dust.

Job Chapter 18

Bildad tells the end of the wicked

Job 18:1 Then answered Bildad, the Shuhite, and said,

Job 18:2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? Mark, and

afterwards we will speak.

Job 18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts and reputed vile in your

sight?

Job 18:4 He teareth himself in his anger. Shall the earth be forsaken for

thee? And shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Job 18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his

fire shall not shine.

Job 18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be

put out with him.

Job 18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel

shall cast him down.

Job 18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a

snare.

Job 18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail

against him.

Job 18:10 The snare is laid for him in 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 the strength of his skin; even the firstborn of

death shall devour his strength.

Job 18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall

bring him to the king of terrors.

Job 18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle because it is 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 remembrance 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 astonished at his day as they

that went before were affrighted.

Job 18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place

of him that knoweth not God.

Job Chapter 19

Job pleads for pity from his friends--He knows that his Redeemer lives--He

prophesies of his own resurrection

Job 19:1 Then Job answered and said,

Job 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul and break me in pieces with

words?

Job 19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that

ye make yourselves strange to me.

Job 19:4 And be it, indeed, that I have erred, mine error remaineth with

myself.

Job 19:5 If, indeed, ye will magnify yourselves against me and plead

against me my reproach,

Job 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me and hath compassed me

with his net.

Job 19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but

there is no judgment.

Job 19:8 He hath fenced up my way, that I cannot pass; and he hath set

darkness in my paths.

Job 19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my

head.

Job 19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone; and mine

hope hath he removed like a tree.

Job 19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth 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 tabernacle.

Job 19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are

verily estranged from me.

Job 19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten

me.

Job 19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for 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 strange to my wife, though I entreated for the

children's sake of mine own body.

Job 19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against

me.

Job 19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me; and they whom I loved are

turned against me.

Job 19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped

with the skin of my teeth.

Job 19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye, my friends, for the

hand of God hath touched me.

Job 19:22 Why do ye 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 graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock

forever!

Job 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at

the latter day upon the earth;

Job 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my

flesh shall I see God,

Job 19:27 Whom I shall see for myself; and mine eyes shall behold, and

not another, though my reins be consumed within me.

Job 19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the

matter is found in me?

Job 19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of

the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Job Chapter 20

Zophar describes the lot of the wicked

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 check of my reproach, and the spirit of my

understanding causeth me to answer.

Job 20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon 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 excellency mount up to the heavens and his head

reach unto the clouds,

Job 20:7 Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. They which 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 meat in his bowels is turned; it is the gall of asps within

him.

Job 20:15 He hath 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 floods, the brooks of honey and

butter.

Job 20:18 That which he labored for shall he restore and shall not swallow

it down; according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not

rejoice therein.

Job 20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor, because

he hath violently taken away a house which he builded not,

Job 20:20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly; he shall not save of

that which he desired.

Job 20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look

for his goods.

Job 20:22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; 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 steel shall

strike him through.

Job 20:25 It is drawn and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword

cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.

Job 20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places; a fire not blown

shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

Job 20:27 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

The wicked may prosper in spite of rejecting God--Both the wicked and

righteous suffer

Job 21:1 But Job answered and said,

Job 21:2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

Job 21:3 Suffer 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 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Job 21:6 Even when I remember, I am afraid; and trembling taketh hold on

my flesh.

Job 21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in

power?

Job 21:8 Their seed is 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 gendereth and faileth not; their cow calveth and

casteth not her calf.

Job 21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children

dance.

Job 21:12 They take the timbrel and harp and rejoice at the sound of the

organ.

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 thy 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 good is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is

far from me.

Job 21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! And how oft cometh

their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind and as chaff that the storm

carrieth away.

Job 21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth 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 hath 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 judgeth those that are

high?

Job 21:23 One dieth 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 dieth in the bitterness of his soul and never eateth

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 ye

wrongfully imagine against me.

Job 21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where are the

dwelling places of the wicked?

Job 21:29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? And do ye not know

their tokens,

Job 21:30 That the wicked is 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 hath 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 draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Job 21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there

remaineth falsehood.

Job Chapter 22

Eliphaz exhorts Job to repent

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 thou art righteous? Or is it

gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Job 22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into

judgment?

Job 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great and thine iniquities infinite?

Job 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught and

stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast

withholden 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 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless

have been broken.

Job 22:10 Therefore, snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth

thee,

Job 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters

cover thee.

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 thou sayest, How doth God know? Can he judge through

the dark cloud?

Job 22:14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he

walketh in the circuit of heaven.

Job 22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

Job 22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was

overflown with a flood;

Job 22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us. And what can the

Almighty do for them?

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 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them

the fire consumeth.

Job 22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good

shall come unto thee.

Job 22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his

words in thine heart.

Job 22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; thou shalt

put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

Job 22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the

stones of the brooks.

Job 22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense, and thou shalt have

plenty of silver.

Job 22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty and shalt lift

up thy face unto God.

Job 22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee; and

thou shalt pay thy vows.

Job 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto

thee; and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Job 22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up;

and he shall save the humble person.

Job 22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent; and it is delivered by

the pureness of thine hands.

Job Chapter 23

Job searches for God, yet fears him--Despite trials, he is confident of his

reward

Job 23:1 Then Job answered and said,

Job 23:2 Even today is my complaint bitter; my stroke is heavier than 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 dispute 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 doth work, but I cannot behold him; he

hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him;

Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take; when he hath tried me, I

shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:11 My foot hath held his steps; his way have I kept and not

declined.

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 in one mind. And who can turn him? And what his soul

desireth, even that he doeth.

Job 23:14 For he performeth 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 maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me,

Job 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness; neither hath he

covered the darkness from my face.

Job Chapter 24

Judgment for the wicked is certain

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 thereof.

Job 24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's

ox for a pledge.

Job 24:4 They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide

themselves together.

Job 24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert go they forth to their work,

rising betimes for a prey; the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their

children.

Job 24:6 They reap everyone his corn in the field; and they gather the

vintage 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 of the

poor.

Job 24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing and they take away

the sheaf from the hungry,

Job 24:11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses,

and suffer thirst.

Job 24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded

crieth out; yet God layeth not folly to them.

Job 24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the

ways thereof nor abide in the paths thereof.

Job 24:14 The murderer, rising with the light, killeth the poor and needy

and in the night is as a thief.

Job 24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No

eye shall see me, and disguiseth 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

know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Job 24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he

beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Job 24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the grave

those which 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 entreateth the barren that beareth not and doeth not good

to the widow.

Job 24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no

man is sure of life,

Job 24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; 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 other and cut off as the tops of the ears

of corn.

Job 24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar and make my

speech nothing worth?

Job Chapter 25

Bildad recognizes man's lowliness

Job 25:1 Then answered Bildad, the Shuhite, and said,

Job 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him; he maketh peace in his high

places.

Job 25:3 Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth 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 shineth 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, which is

a worm?

Job Chapter 26

Job acknowledges the infinite power of God

Job 26:1 But Job answered and said,

Job 26:2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? How savest thou

the arm that hath no strength?

Job 26:3 How hast thou counseled him that hath no wisdom? And how hast

thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

Job 26:4 To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came from

thee?

Job 26:5 Dead things are formed from under the waters and the inhabitants

thereof.

Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Job 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place and hangeth the

earth upon nothing.

Job 26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not

rent under them.

Job 26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne and spreadeth his cloud

upon it.

Job 26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds until the day and

night come to an end.

Job 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

Job 26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he

smiteth through the proud.

Job 26:13 By his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath

formed the crooked serpent.

Job 26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways. But how little a portion is heard

of him? But the thunder of his power, who can understand?

Job Chapter 27

Job maintains his claim to righteousness--Hypocrisy condemned--

Desolation of the wicked

Job 27:1 Moreover, Job continued his parable and said,

Job 27:2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the

Almighty, who hath vexed 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

mine 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 mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me

as the unrighteous.

Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained,

when God taketh away his soul?

Job 27:9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh 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 ye yourselves have seen it. Why then are ye 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 be 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 prepare raiment 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 buildeth his house as a moth and as a booth that the keeper

maketh.

Job 27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he

openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Job 27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters; a tempest stealeth him away

in the night.

Job 27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth, and as a

storm hurleth him out of his place.

Job 27:22 For God shall cast upon him and not spare; he would fain 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

Wisdom is more precious than gold or jewels

Job 28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver and a place for gold where

they fine it.

Job 28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

Job 28:3 He setteth an end to darkness and searcheth out all perfection--the

stones of darkness and the shadow of death.

Job 28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant, even the waters

forgotten of the foot; they are dried up; they are gone away from men.

Job 28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; and under it is turned up

as it were fire.

Job 28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires; and it hath dust of gold.

Job 28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth and which the vulture's

eye hath not seen;

Job 28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it nor the fierce lion passed by

it.

Job 28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the

mountains by the roots.

Job 28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every

precious thing.

Job 28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid

bringeth he forth to light.

Job 28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of

understanding?

Job 28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land

of the living.

Job 28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me. And the sea saith, 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 pearls; 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 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of

understanding,

Job 28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living and kept close from

the fowls of the air?

Job 28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with

our ears.

Job 28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place

thereof.

Job 28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth and seeth under the whole

heaven,

Job 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth 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 recounts his former prosperity and honor

Job 29:1 Moreover, Job continued his parable 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 candle 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 tabernacle;

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 through the city; when I prepared my

seat in the street!

Job 29:8 The young men saw me and hid themselves; and the aged arose

and stood up.

Job 29:9 The princes refrained 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 judgment was as a

robe and a diadem.

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 brake the jaws 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 by 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 spake 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 laughed on 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 chief, and dwelt as a king in the

army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

Job Chapter 30

Job mourns his lost reputation and prosperity

Job 30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose

fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

Job 30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom

old age was perished?

Job 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary, fleeing into the

wilderness in former time desolate and waste,

Job 30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes and juniper roots for their

meat.

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 cliffs 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 spare not to spit in my

face.

Job 30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me, they have also

let loose the bridle 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 soul as the wind;

and my welfare passeth 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

bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

Job 30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and

ashes.

Job 30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me; I stand up, and thou

regardest me not.

Job 30:21 Thou art become cruel to me; with thy strong hand thou opposest

thyself against me.

Job 30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it

and dissolvest my substance.

Job 30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death and to the house

appointed for all living.

Job 30:24 Howbeit, he will not stretch out his hand to the grave though

they cry in his destruction.

Job 30:25 Did not I 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 bowels boiled and rested not; the days of affliction prevented

me.

Job 30:28 I went mourning without the sun; I stood up, and I cried in the

congregation.

Job 30:29 I am a brother to dragons and a companion to owls.

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 organ into the voice

of them that weep.

Job Chapter 31

Job maintains his innocence

Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes. Why then should I think upon

a maid?

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 strange punishment to the

workers of iniquity?

Job 31:4 Doth not he see my ways and count all my steps?

Job 31:5 If I have walked with vanity or if my foot hath hasted to deceit,

Job 31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine

integrity.

Job 31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after

mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands,

Job 31:8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be

rooted out.

Job 31:9 If mine 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 unto 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 consumeth to destruction and would root out

all mine 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 riseth up? And when he visiteth,

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 myself alone, and the fatherless hath

not eaten thereof,

Job 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father,

and I have guided her from my mother's womb),

Job 31:19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor

without covering,

Job 31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with

the fleece of my sheep,

Job 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I saw my

help in the gate,

Job 31:22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade and mine arm be

broken from the bone.

Job 31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of

his highness I could not endure.

Job 31:24 If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, Thou

art my confidence,

Job 31:25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great and because mine

hand had gotten much,

Job 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it shined or the moon walking in

brightness,

Job 31:27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath

kissed my hand,

Job 31:28 This also were 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 tabernacle said not, Oh, that we had of his

flesh! 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 mine 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 mine 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 cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof

complain,

Job 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused

the owners thereof to lose their life,

Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.

The words of Job are ended.

Job Chapter 32

Elihu is angry with Job and his friends--He proclaims his right to speak

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 kindred of Ram; against Job was his wrath kindled because

he justified himself rather than God.

Job 32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled 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 elder

than he.

Job 32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these

three men, then his wrath was kindled.

Job 32:6 And Elihu, the son of Barachel, the Buzite, answered and said, I

am young, and ye are very old; wherefore, I was afraid and durst not show

you mine 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

giveth them understanding.

Job 32:9 Great men are not always wise; neither do the aged understand

judgment.

Job 32:10 Therefore, I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.

Job 32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons

whilst ye 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 ye should say, We have found out wisdom; God thrusteth

him down, not man.

Job 32:14 Now he hath 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 spake not, but stood still, and

answered no more),

Job 32:17 I said, I will answer also my part; I also will show mine opinion.

Job 32:18 For I am full of matter; the spirit within me constraineth me.

Job 32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to

burst like new bottles.

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 flattering titles unto man.

Job 32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing, my Maker

would soon take me away.

Job Chapter 33

Elihu offers to reason with Job--God's mercy and means of delivering men's

souls

Job 33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all

my words.

Job 33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth; my tongue hath 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 hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty

hath given me life.

Job 33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me; stand

up.

Job 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead; I also am

formed out of the clay.

Job 33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid; neither shall my

hand be heavy upon thee.

Job 33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the

voice of thy words, saying,

Job 33:9 I am clean without transgression; I am innocent; neither is there

iniquity in me.

Job 33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me; he counteth me for his

enemy;

Job 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks; he marketh all my paths.

Job 33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just; I will answer thee that God is

greater than man.

Job 33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? For he giveth not account of

any of his matters.

Job 33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice; yet man perceiveth it not.

Job 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon

men in slumberings upon the bed,

Job 33:16 Then he openeth the ears of men and sealeth their instruction,

Job 33:17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose and hide pride

from man.

Job 33:18 He keepeth 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 abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Job 33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones

that were not seen stick out.

Job 33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the

destroyers.

Job 33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a

thousand, to show unto man his uprightness,

Job 33:24 Then he is gracious unto him and saith, Deliver him from going

down to the pit; I have found a ransom.

Job 33:25 His flesh shall be fresher 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 looketh 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 worketh God oftentimes with man,

Job 33:30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the

light of the living.

Job 33:31 Mark well, O Job; hearken unto me; hold thy peace, and I will

speak.

Job 33:32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to

justify thee.

Job 33:33 If not, hearken unto me; hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee

wisdom.

Job Chapter 34

Elihu reproves Job and exhorts him to repentance

Job 34:1 Furthermore, Elihu answered and said,

Job 34:2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that

have knowledge.

Job 34:3 For the ear trieth words as the mouth tasteth meat.

Job 34:4 Let us choose to us judgment; let us know among ourselves what

is good.

Job 34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous; and God hath taken away my

judgment.

Job 34:6 Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without

transgression.

Job 34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water,

Job 34:8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and

walketh with wicked men?

Job 34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight

himself with God.

Job 34:10 Therefore, hearken unto me, ye men of understanding; far be it

from God, that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty, that he

should commit iniquity.

Job 34:11 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 judgment.

Job 34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? Or who hath

disposed the whole world?

Job 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit

and his breath,

Job 34:15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto

dust.

Job 34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of

my words.

Job 34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn

him that is most just?

Job 34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked, and to princes, Ye are

ungodly?

Job 34:19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes

nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of his

hands.

Job 34:20 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 hand.

Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his

goings.

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 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 stead.

Job 34:25 Therefore, he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in

the night so that they are destroyed.

Job 34:26 He striketh 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

heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Job 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? And

when he hideth his face, who then can behold him, whether it be done

against a nation or against a man only?

Job 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

Job 34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement;

I will not offend any more.

Job 34:32 That which I see not teach thou me; if I have done iniquity, I will

do no more.

Job 34:33 Should it be according to thy mind? He will recompense it--

whether thou refuse or whether thou choose--and not I; therefore, speak

what thou knowest.

Job 34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken

unto me.

Job 34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without

wisdom.

Job 34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his

answers for wicked men.

Job 34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; he clappeth his hands

among us and multiplieth his words against God.

Job Chapter 35

Elihu continues his reproof--The rewards of the wicked and the righteous

Job 35:1 Elihu spake, moreover, and said,

Job 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is

more than God's?

Job 35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What

profit shall I have if I be cleansed from my sin?

Job 35:4 I will answer thee and thy companions with thee.

Job 35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see, and behold the clouds which are

higher than thou.

Job 35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? Or if thy

transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

Job 35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he

of thine hand?

Job 35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness

may profit the son of man.

Job 35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions, they make the

oppressed to cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

Job 35:10 But none saith, Where is God, my Maker, who giveth songs in

the night,

Job 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us

wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Job 35:12 There they cry, but none giveth 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 thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is

before him; therefore, trust thou in him.

Job 35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he

knoweth it not in great extremity;

Job 35:16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words

without knowledge.

Job Chapter 36

God's power and greatness

Job 36:1 Elihu also proceeded and said,

Job 36:2 Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on

God's behalf.

Job 36:3 I will fetch 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 perfect in

knowledge is with thee.

Job 36:5 Behold, God is mighty and despiseth not any; he is mighty in

strength and wisdom.

Job 36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked, but giveth right to the

poor.

Job 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings

are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them forever, and they are

exalted.

Job 36:8 And if they be bound in fetters and be holden in cords of

affliction,

Job 36:9 Then he showeth them their work and their transgressions that

they have exceeded.

Job 36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline and commandeth 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

bindeth them.

Job 36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Job 36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction and openeth their ears in

oppression.

Job 36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a

broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on

thy table should be full of fatness.

Job 36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked; judgment and

justice take hold on thee.

Job 36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his

stroke; then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Job 36:19 Will he esteem thy 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 hast thou chosen rather

than affliction.

Job 36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power. Who teacheth like him?

Job 36:23 Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast

wrought iniquity?

Job 36:24 Remember that thou 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 maketh small the drops of water; they pour down rain

according to the vapor thereof,

Job 36:28 Which the clouds do drop and distill upon man abundantly.

Job 36:29 Also, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds or the

noise of his tabernacle?

Job 36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it and covereth the bottom of

the sea.

Job 36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

Job 36:32 With clouds he covereth the light and commandeth it not to shine

by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

Job 36:33 The noise thereof showeth concerning it--the cattle also

concerning the vapor.

Job Chapter 37

God is to be feared for his power and judgment

Job 37:1 At this also my heart trembleth and is moved out of his place.

Job 37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice and the sound that goeth

out of his mouth.

Job 37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the

ends of the earth.

Job 37:4 After it a voice roareth; he thundereth with the voice of his

excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

Job 37:5 God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things doeth he

which we cannot comprehend.

Job 37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth, likewise, to the

small rain and to the great rain of his strength.

Job 37:7 He sealeth 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 cometh the whirlwind, and cold out of the north.

Job 37:10 By the breath of God frost is given; and the breadth of the waters

is straitened.

Job 37:11 Also, by watering he wearieth the thick cloud; he scattereth his

bright cloud;

Job 37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels, that they may do

whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

Job 37:13 He causeth 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 Dost thou know when God disposed them and caused the light of

his cloud to shine?

Job 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous

works of him which is perfect in knowledge,

Job 37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the

south wind?

Job 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong and as a

molten looking glass?

Job 37:19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our

speech by reason of darkness.

Job 37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speak, surely he shall

be swallowed up.

Job 37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds; but

the wind passeth and cleanseth them.

Job 37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north; with God is terrible

majesty.

Job 37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out; he is excellent

in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice; he will not afflict.

Job 37:24 Men do, therefore, fear him; he respecteth not any that are wise

of heart.

Job Chapter 38

The Lord counsels Job

Job 38:1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

Job 38:2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee; and

answer thou me.

Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

Declare, if thou hast understanding.

Job 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath

stretched the line upon it?

Job 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the

cornerstone thereof,

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 brake forth, as if it had

issued out of the womb?

Job 38:9 When I made the cloud, the garment thereof, and thick darkness, a

swaddling band for it,

Job 38:10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

Job 38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall

thy proud waves be stayed?

Job 38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days and caused

the dayspring to know his 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 to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Job 38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm

shall be broken.

Job 38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou

walked in the search of the depth?

Job 38:17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? Or hast thou

seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Job 38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare if thou

knowest it all.

Job 38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? And as for darkness,

where is the place thereof,

Job 38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof and that thou

shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

Job 38:21 Knowest thou it because thou wast then born or because the

number of thy days is great?

Job 38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou

seen the treasures 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 parted, which scattereth the east wind

upon the earth?

Job 38:25 Who hath divided a water course 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 wherein there is no man,

Job 38:27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of

the tender herb to spring forth?

Job 38:28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of

heaven, who hath gendered it?

Job 38:30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is

frozen.

Job 38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the

bands of Orion?

Job 38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou

guide Arcturus with his sons?

Job 38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? Canst thou set the

dominion thereof in the earth?

Job 38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of

waters may cover thee?

Job 38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee,

Here we are?

Job 38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given

understanding to the heart?

Job 38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? Or who can stay the

bottles of heaven,

Job 38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness and the clods cleave fast

together?

Job 38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion or fill the appetite of the

young lions,

Job 38:40 When they couch in their dens and abide in the covert to lie in

wait?

Job 38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? When his young ones cry

unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Job Chapter 39

God's counsel continues

Job 39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring

forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Job 39:2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? Or knowest thou

the time when they bring forth?

Job 39:3 They bow themselves; they bring forth their young ones; they cast

out their sorrows.

Job 39:4 Their young ones are in good liking; they grow up with corn; they

go forth and return not unto them.

Job 39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the

bands of the wild ass,

Job 39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his

dwellings?

Job 39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city; neither regardeth he the

crying of the driver.

Job 39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after

every green thing.

Job 39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee or abide by thy crib?

Job 39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Or will

he harrow the valleys after thee?

Job 39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou

leave thy labor to him?

Job 39:12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed and

gather it into thy barn?

Job 39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks, or wings and

feathers unto the ostrich,

Job 39:14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the

dust,

Job 39:15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them or that the 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 fear,

Job 39:17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom; neither hath he

imparted to her understanding.

Job 39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse

and his rider.

Job 39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck

with thunder?

Job 39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his

nostrils is terrible.

Job 39:21 He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth on

to meet the armed men.

Job 39:22 He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back

from the sword;

Job 39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the

shield.

Job 39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; neither

believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

Job 39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle

afar off, the thunder of the captains and the shouting.

Job 39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom and stretch her wings toward

the south?

Job 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command and make her nest on

high?

Job 39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock

and the strong place.

Job 39:29 From thence she seeketh 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 humbles himself--God continues his counsel

Job 40:1 Moreover, the Lord answered Job and said,

Job 40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? He that

reproveth 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 thee? I will lay mine 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 thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and

declare thou unto me.

Job 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me,

that thou mayest be righteous?

Job 40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? Or canst thou thunder with a voice

like him?

Job 40:10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself

with glory and beauty.

Job 40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold everyone that is

proud, and abase him.

Job 40:12 Look on everyone 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 thee that thine own right hand can

save thee.

Job 40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass

as an ox.

Job 40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel

of his belly.

Job 40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are

wrapped together.

Job 40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of

iron.

Job 40:19 He is the chief 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 lieth under the shady trees in the covert of the reed and fens.

Job 40:22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the

brook compass him about.

Job 40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river and hasteth not; he trusteth that he

can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

Job 40:24 He taketh it with his eyes; his nose pierceth through snares.

Job Chapter 41

Leviathan described

Job 41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or his tongue with a

cord which thou lettest down?

Job 41:2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a

thorn?

Job 41:3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft

words unto thee?

Job 41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a

servant forever?

Job 41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for

thy maidens?

Job 41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him

among the merchants?

Job 41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons or his head with fish

spears?

Job 41:8 Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle; do no more.

Job 41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Shall not one be cast down

even at the sight of him?

Job 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand

before me?

Job 41:11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is

under the whole heaven is mine.

Job 41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely

proportion.

Job 41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? Or who can come to

him with his double bridle?

Job 41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? His teeth are terrible round

about.

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 sundered.

Job 41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, 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 goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or

caldron.

Job 41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

Job 41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy

before him.

Job 41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm in

themselves; they cannot be moved.

Job 41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone, yea, as hard as a piece of the

nether millstone.

Job 41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid; by reason of

breakings they purify themselves.

Job 41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold--the spear, the

dart, nor the habergeon.

Job 41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Job 41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee; sling stones are turned with

him into stubble.

Job 41:29 Darts are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a

spear.

Job 41:30 Sharp stones are under him; he spreadeth sharp-pointed things

upon the mire.

Job 41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a

pot of ointment.

Job 41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to

be hoary.

Job 41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

Job 41:34 He beholdeth all high things; he is a king over all the children of

pride.

Job Chapter 42

Job repents--God reprimands Job's friends and requires sacrifice from

them--God accepts and richly blesses Job

Job 42:1 Then Job answered the Lord and said,

Job 42:2 I know that thou canst do everything and that no thought can be

withholden from thee.

Job 42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have

I uttered that I understood not--things too wonderful for me, which I knew

not.

Job 42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and

declare thou unto me.

Job 42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye

seeth thee;

Job 42:6 Wherefore, 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

thee and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that

is right, as my servant Job hath.

Job 42:8 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 ye have not spoken of me the things 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 turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his

friends; also, the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Job 42:11 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 bemoaned him and comforted him over all the evil

that the Lord had brought upon him; every man also gave him a piece of

money, and everyone an earring 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 she asses.

Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.

Job 42:14 And he called the name of the first Jemima; and the name of the

second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

Job 42:15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters

of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Job 42:16 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

Ps. Chapter 1

Happiness of the godly

Ps. 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,

nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Ps. 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he

meditate day and night.

Ps. 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that

bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and

whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Ps. 1:4 The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind

driveth away.

Ps. 1:5 Therefore, the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners

in the congregation of the righteous.

Ps. 1:6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the

ungodly shall perish.

Ps. Chapter 2

Kings told to accept Christ

Ps. 2:1 Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing?

Ps. 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel

together against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,

Ps. 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.

Ps. 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them

in derision.

Ps. 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore

displeasure.

Ps. 2:6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion.

Ps. 2:7 I will declare the decree; the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my

Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Ps. 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance

and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Ps. 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in

pieces like a potter's vessel.

Ps. 2:10 Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, ye judges of the

earth.

Ps. 2:11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Ps. 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and ye perish from the way when his

wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Ps. Chapter 3

Security of God's protection

A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, his son

Ps. 3:1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that

rise up against me.

Ps. 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in

God. Selah.

Ps. 3:3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter up of

mine head.

Ps. 3:4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy

hill. Selah.

Ps. 3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me.

Ps. 3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set

themselves against me round about.

Ps. 3:7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God; for thou hast smitten all mine

enemies upon the cheekbone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Ps. 3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord; thy blessing is upon thy people.

Selah.

Ps. Chapter 4

David reproves the wicked

To the chief musician on Neginoth, a psalm of David

Ps. 4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast enlarged

me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Ps. 4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? How

long will ye love vanity and seek after leasing? Selah.

Ps. 4:3 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself;

the Lord will hear when I call unto him.

Ps. 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your

bed, and be still. Selah.

Ps. 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

Ps. 4:6 There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord, lift thou

up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Ps. 4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their

corn and their wine increased.

Ps. 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace and sleep; for thou, Lord, only

makest me dwell in safety.

Ps. Chapter 5

David praises God and reproves the wicked

To the chief musician upon Nehiloth, a psalm of David

Ps. 5:1 Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my meditation.

Ps. 5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for unto

thee will I pray.

Ps. 5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning

will I direct my prayer unto thee and will look up.

Ps. 5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; neither

shall evil dwell with thee.

Ps. 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight; thou hatest all workers of

iniquity.

Ps. 5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing; the Lord will abhor the

bloody and deceitful man.

Ps. 5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy

mercy; and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Ps. 5:8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;

make thy way straight before my face.

Ps. 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very

wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

Ps. 5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;

cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled

against thee.

Ps. 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice; let them ever

shout for joy because thou defendest them; let them also that love thy name

be joyful in thee.

Ps. 5:12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou

compass him as with a shield.

Ps. Chapter 6

David pleads for mercy

To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, a psalm of David

Ps. 6:1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger; neither chasten me in thy hot

displeasure.

Ps. 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for

my bones are vexed.

Ps. 6:3 My soul is also sore vexed. But thou, O Lord, how long?

Ps. 6:4 Return, O Lord; deliver my soul; oh, save me for thy mercies' sake.

Ps. 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee. In the grave who shall

give thee thanks?

Ps. 6:6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim;

I water my couch with my tears.

Ps. 6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all

mine enemies.

Ps. 6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard

the voice of my weeping.

Ps. 6:9 The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my

prayer.

Ps. 6:10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed; let them return

and be ashamed suddenly.

Ps. Chapter 7

David prays for protection from his enemies--God's anger with the wicked

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of

Cush, the Benjamite

Ps. 7:1 O Lord, my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me from all them

that persecute me, and deliver me,

Ps. 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is

none to deliver.

Ps. 7:3 O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my

hands,

Ps. 7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (yea, I

have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy),

Ps. 7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul and take it; yea, let him tread

down my life upon the earth and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah.

Ps. 7:6 Arise, O Lord, in thine anger; lift up thyself because of the rage of

mine enemies; and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast

commanded.

Ps. 7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about; for

their sakes, therefore, return thou on high.

Ps. 7:8 The Lord shall judge the people; judge me, O Lord, according to my

righteousness and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Ps. 7:9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish

the just; for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Ps. 7:10 My defense is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

Ps. 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every

day.

Ps. 7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow and

made it ready.

Ps. 7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he

ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Ps. 7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief,

and brought forth falsehood.

Ps. 7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he

made.

Ps. 7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent

dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Ps. 7:17 I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness and will sing

praise to the name of the Lord most high.

Ps. Chapter 8

God's glory magnified by his creation and love for man

To the chief musician upon Gittith, a psalm of David

Ps. 8:1 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, who

hast set thy glory above the heavens!

Ps. 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength

because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the

avenger.

Ps. 8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and

the stars, which thou hast ordained,

Ps. 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man, that

thou visitest him?

Ps. 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast

crowned him with glory and honor.

Ps. 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

thou hast put all things under his feet--

Ps. 8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field,

Ps. 8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth

through the paths of the seas.

Ps. 8:9 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Ps. Chapter 9

David praises God for his judgment

To the chief musician upon Muthlabben, a psalm of David

Ps. 9:1 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all

thy marvelous works.

Ps. 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O

thou Most High.

Ps. 9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy

presence.

Ps. 9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest in the

throne judging right.

Ps. 9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen; thou hast destroyed the wicked;

thou hast put out their name forever and ever.

Ps. 9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end; and thou

hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

Ps. 9:7 But the Lord shall endure forever; he hath prepared his throne for

judgment.

Ps. 9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall minister

judgment to the people in uprightness.

Ps. 9:9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times

of trouble.

Ps. 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; for thou,

Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Ps. 9:11 Sing praises to the Lord which dwelleth in Zion; declare among the

people his doings.

Ps. 9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; he

forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Ps. 9:13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer

of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death,

Ps. 9:14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of

Zion; I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Ps. 9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net

which they hid is their own foot taken.

Ps. 9:16 The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth; the

wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Ps. 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget

God.

Ps. 9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the

poor shall not perish forever.

Ps. 9:19 Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail; let the heathen be judged in thy

sight.

Ps. 9:20 Put them in fear, O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to

be but men. Selah.

Ps. Chapter 10

David professes his faith and trust in God

Ps. 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Why hidest thou thyself in

times of trouble?

Ps. 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor; let them be taken

in the devices that they have imagined.

Ps. 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire and blesseth the

covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

Ps. 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek

after God; God is not in all his thoughts.

Ps. 10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of

his sight; as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

Ps. 10:6 For he hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved--never in

adversity.

Ps. 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit; and his heart is full of

fraud; and under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Ps. 10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places

doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are privily set against the poor.

Ps. 10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den; he lieth in wait to

catch the poor; he doth catch the poor when he draweth him into his net.

Ps. 10:10 He croucheth to the strong ones and humbleth himself, that the

poor may fall by his devices.

Ps. 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten; he hideth his face;

he will never see it.

Ps. 10:12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand; forget not the humble.

Ps. 10:13 The wicked contemn God; wherefore he doth say in his heart,

Thou wilt not require iniquity at my hand.

Ps. 10:14 O Lord, thou hast seen all this, for thou beholdest mischief and

spite, to requite it with thy hand. The poor committeth himself unto thee;

thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Ps. 10:15 O Lord, thou wilt break the arm of the wicked and of the evil and

seek out his wickedness until thou find none that remain.

Ps. 10:16 And the Lord shall be king forever and ever over his people; for

the wicked shall perish out of his land.

Ps. 10:17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble; thou wilt prepare

their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear,

Ps. 10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the

earth may no more oppress.

Ps. Chapter 11

Providence and justice of God

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 11:1 In that day thou shalt come, O Lord; and I will put my trust in thee.

Thou shalt say unto thy people, For mine ear hath heard thy voice. Thou

shalt say unto every soul, Flee unto my mountain. And the righteous shall

flee like a bird that is let go from the snare of the fowler.

Ps. 11:2 For the wicked bend their bow; lo, they make ready their arrow

upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart, to

destroy their foundation.

Ps. 11:3 But the foundations of the wicked shall be destroyed. And what

can they do?

Ps. 11:4 For the Lord, when he shall come into his holy temple, sitting upon

God's throne in heaven, his eyes shall pierce the wicked.

Ps. 11:5 Behold, his eyelids shall try the children of men, and he shall

redeem the righteous; and they shall be tried. The Lord loveth the righteous;

but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Ps. 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire, and brimstone, and a

horrible tempest--the portion of their cup.

Ps. 11:7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth

behold the upright.

Ps. Chapter 12

David is comforted by God's promises

To the chief musician upon Sheminith, a psalm of David

Ps. 12:1 In that day thou shalt help, O Lord, the poor and the meek of the

earth. For the godly man shall cease to be found, and the faithful fail from

among the children of men.

Ps. 12:2 They shall speak vanity, everyone with his neighbor; with

flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak.

Ps. 12:3 But the Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that

speaketh proud things,

Ps. 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our

own. Who shall be Lord over us?

Ps. 12:5 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, I will arise in that day; I will stand

upon the earth, and I will judge the earth for the oppression of the poor, for

the sighing of the needy; and their cry hath entered into mine ear.

Ps. 12:6 Therefore, the Lord shall sit in judgment upon all those who say in

their hearts, We all sit in safety, and puffeth at him. These are the words of

the Lord, yea, pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified

seven times.

Ps. 12:7 Thou shalt save thy people, O Lord; thou shalt keep them; thou

shalt preserve them from the wickedness of their generations forever.

Ps. 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, and the vilest men are exalted; but

in the day of their pride thou shalt visit them.

Ps. Chapter 13

God's grace and mercy

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 13:1 How long, O Lord, wilt thou withdraw thyself from me? How long

wilt thou hide thy face from me, that I may not see thee? Wilt thou forget

me and cast me off from thy presence forever?

Ps. 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart

daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Ps. 13:3 Consider me, O Lord, and hear my cry, O my God, and lighten

mine eyes, lest I sleep the death of the ungodly, lest mine enemy say, I have

prevailed against him.

Ps. 13:4 Those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved;

Ps. 13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy

salvation.

Ps. 13:6 I will sing unto the Lord because he hath dealt bountifully with

me.

Ps. Chapter 14

Man's unbelief--Hope for Zion

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no man that hath seen God.

Because he showeth himself not unto us, therefore, there is no God. Behold,

they are corrupt; they have done abominable works, and none of them doeth

good.

Ps. 14:2 For the Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men

and by his voice said unto his servant, Seek ye among the children of men,

to see if there are any that do understand God. And he opened his mouth

unto the Lord and said, Behold all these who say they are thine.

Ps. 14:3 The Lord answered and said, They are all gone aside, they are

together become filthy; thou canst behold none of them that are doing good,

no, not one.

Ps. 14:4 All they have for their teachers are workers of iniquity, and there is

no knowledge in them. They are they who eat up my people. They eat bread

and call not upon the Lord.

Ps. 14:5 They are in great fear, for God dwells in the generation of the

righteous. He is the counsel of the poor because they are ashamed of the

wicked and flee unto the Lord for their refuge.

Ps. 14:6 They are ashamed of the counsel of the poor because the Lord is

his refuge.

Ps. 14:7 Oh, that Zion were established out of heaven, the salvation of

Israel. O Lord, when wilt thou establish Zion? When the Lord bringeth back

the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice; Israel shall be glad.

Ps. Chapter 15

The righteousness of those who dwell in Zion

A psalm of David

Ps. 15:1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy

holy hill of Zion?

Ps. 15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and

speaketh the truth in his heart;

Ps. 15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his

neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor,

Ps. 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoreth them

that fear the Lord, sweareth not falsely to hurt any man, and changeth not;

Ps. 15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward

against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Ps. Chapter 16

Trust and confidence in God

Michtam of David

Ps. 16:1 Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I put my trust.

Ps. 16:2 Thou hast said unto me that thou art the Lord, my God, and, My

goodness is extended unto thee,

Ps. 16:3 And to all the saints that dwell in the earth, and the excellent, in

whom is all my delight.

Ps. 16:4 And the wicked, there is no delight in them; their sorrows shall be

multiplied upon all those who hasten for to seek another god; their drink

offerings of blood will I not accept nor take up their names into my lips.

Ps. 16:5 Therefore, thou, Lord, art the portion of mine inheritance and of

my cup; thou maintainest my lot.

Ps. 16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a

goodly heritage.

Ps. 16:7 I will bless the Lord who hath given me counsel; my reins also

instruct me in the night seasons.

Ps. 16:8 I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right

hand, I shall not be moved.

Ps. 16:9 Therefore, my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also

shall rest in hope.

Ps. 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer

thine Holy One to see corruption.

Ps. 16:11 Thou wilt show me the path of life; in thy presence is fullness of

joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Ps. Chapter 17

David expresses his sincerity and praises God

A prayer of David

Ps. 17:1 Give me right words, O Lord; speak, and thy servant shall hear

thee; attend unto my cry, and give ear unto my prayer. I come not unto thee

out of feigned lips.

Ps. 17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes

behold the things that are equal.

Ps. 17:3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou

hast tried me; thou shalt find nothing evil in me, for I am purposed my

mouth shall not transgress concerning the works of men.

Ps. 17:4 By the word of thy lips I have kept out of the paths of the

destroyer.

Ps. 17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Ps. 17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear, O God, my speech and

incline thine ear unto me.

Ps. 17:7 Show thy marvelous loving-kindness, O thou that savest them

which put their trust in thee, by thy right hand from those that rise up.

Ps. 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy

wings from the wicked that oppress me.

Ps. 17:9 My deadly enemies compass me about;

Ps. 17:10 They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak

proudly.

Ps. 17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps; they have set their

eyes, bowing down to the earth,

Ps. 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey and, as it were, a young

lion lurking in secret places.

Ps. 17:13 Arise, O Lord; disappoint him; cast him down.

Ps. 17:14 Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword, from men by thy

strong hand--yea, O Lord, from men of the world; for their portion is in

their life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy good things; they are full of

children, and they die and leave the rest of their inheritance to their babes.

Ps. 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be

satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Ps. Chapter 18

Demonstrations of God's power and blessings

To the chief musician, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake

unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him

from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul; and he said,

Ps. 18:1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

Ps. 18:2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God,

my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation,

and my high tower.

Ps. 18:3 I will call upon the Lord, for he is worthy to be praised; so shall I

be saved from mine enemies.

Ps. 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly

men made me afraid.

Ps. 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death

prevented me.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the

hills moved and were shaken because he was wroth.

Ps. 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his

mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.

Ps. 18:9 He bowed the heavens also and came down; and darkness was

under his feet.

Ps. 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he did fly upon the

wings of the wind.

Ps. 18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him

were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Ps. 18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed--

hailstones and coals of fire.

Ps. 18:13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his

voice--hailstones and coals of fire.

Ps. 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows and scattered them; and he shot out

lightnings and discomfited them.

Ps. 18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the

world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of

thy nostrils.

Ps. 18:16 He sent from above; he took me; he drew me out of many waters.

Ps. 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them which

hated me, for they were too strong for me.

Ps. 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity; but the Lord was

my stay.

Ps. 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me

because he delighted in me.

Ps. 18:20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according

to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Ps. 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly

departed from my God.

Ps. 18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his

statutes from me.

Ps. 18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine

iniquity.

Ps. 18:24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my

righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

Ps. 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an

upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;

Ps. 18:26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward

thou wilt show thyself froward.

Ps. 18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people but wilt bring down high

looks.

Ps. 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle; the Lord, my God, will enlighten

my darkness.

Ps. 18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I

leaped over a wall.

Ps. 18:30 O God, thy ways are perfect; the word of the Lord is tried; he is a

buckler to all those who trust in him.

Ps. 18:31 For who is God save the Lord? Or who is a rock save our God,

Ps. 18:32 Our God that girdeth me with strength and maketh my way

perfect?

Ps. 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet and setteth me upon my high

places.

Ps. 18:34 He teacheth my hands to war so that a bow of steel is broken by

mine arms.

Ps. 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; and thy right

hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Ps. 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

Ps. 18:37 I have pursued mine enemies and overtaken them; neither did I

turn again till they were consumed.

Ps. 18:38 I have wounded them, that they were not able to rise; they are

fallen under my feet.

Ps. 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; thou hast

subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Ps. 18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might

destroy them that hate me.

Ps. 18:41 They cried, but found none to save, unto the Lord; but he

answered them not.

Ps. 18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast

them out as the dirt in the streets.

Ps. 18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou

hast made me the head of the heathen; a people whom I have not known

shall serve me.

Ps. 18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; the strangers

shall submit themselves unto me.

Ps. 18:45 The strangers shall fade away and be afraid out of their close

places.

Ps. 18:46 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and let the God of my

salvation be exalted.

Ps. 18:47 It is God that avengeth me and subdueth the people under me.

Ps. 18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies; yea, thou liftest me up

above those that rise up against me; thou hast delivered me from the violent

man.

Ps. 18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the

heathen and sing praises unto thy name.

Ps. 18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king and showeth mercy to his

anointed, to David, and to his seed forevermore.

Ps. Chapter 19

God is glorified through his creation--His law is praised

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth

his handiwork.

Ps. 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth

knowledge.

Ps. 19:3 No speech nor language can be if their voice is not heard.

Ps. 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the

end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Ps. 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoiceth

as a strong man to run a race.

Ps. 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto

the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Ps. 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony

of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Ps. 19:8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the

commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Ps. 19:9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of

the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

Ps. 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold--

sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Ps. 19:11 Moreover, by them is thy servant warned; and in keeping of them

there is great reward.

Ps. 19:12 Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret

faults.

Ps. 19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous acts; let them not

have dominion over me; then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from

the great transgression.

Ps. 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be

acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

Ps. Chapter 20

Confidence in God's succor

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 20:1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of

Jacob defend thee;

Ps. 20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

Ps. 20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice. Selah.

Ps. 20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfill all thy counsel.

Ps. 20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we

will set up our banners; the Lord fulfill all thy petitions.

Ps. 20:6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him

from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

Ps. 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember

the name of the Lord, our God.

Ps. 20:8 They are brought down and fallen; but we are risen and stand

upright.

Ps. 20:9 Save, Lord; let the king hear us when we call.

Ps. Chapter 21

Thanksgiving for blessings

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord. And in thy salvation

how greatly shall he rejoice!

Ps. 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire and hast not withholden the

request of his lips. Selah.

Ps. 21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness; thou

settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

Ps. 21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days

forever and ever.

Ps. 21:5 His glory is great in thy salvation; honor and majesty hast thou laid

upon him.

Ps. 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed forever; thou hast made him

exceeding glad with thy countenance.

Ps. 21:7 For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the

Most High he shall not be moved.

Ps. 21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall

find out those that hate thee.

Ps. 21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger;

the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Ps. 21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from

among the children of men.

Ps. 21:11 For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous

device, which they are not able to perform.

Ps. 21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back when thou shalt

make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Ps. 21:13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength; so will we sing and

praise thy power.

Ps. Chapter 22

David prays in great distress, yet he praises God

To the chief musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, a psalm of David

Ps. 22:1 My God, why hast thou forsaken me? My God, hear the words of

my roaring; thou art far from helping me.

Ps. 22:2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; and in the

night season, and am not silent.

Ps. 22:3 But thou art holy that inhabitest the heavens; thou art worthy of the

praises of Israel.

Ps. 22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee; they trusted, and thou didst deliver

them.

Ps. 22:5 They cried unto thee and were delivered; they trusted in thee and

were not confounded.

Ps. 22:6 But I, a worm, am loved of no man--a reproach of men and

despised of the people.

Ps. 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip; they

shake the head, saying,

Ps. 22:8 He trusted on the Lord, that he would deliver him; let him deliver

him, seeing he delighted in him.

Ps. 22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me

hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

Ps. 22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou wast my God from my

mother's breasts.

Ps. 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Ps. 22:12 Many armies have compassed me; strong armies of Bashan have

beset me around.

Ps. 22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, like a ravening and a

roaring lion.

Ps. 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 bowels.

Ps. 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth

to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Ps. 22:16 For dogs have compassed me; the assembly of the wicked have

enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

Ps. 22:17 I may tell all my bones; they look and stare upon me.

Ps. 22:18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my

vesture.

Ps. 22:19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord; O my strength, haste thee to

help me.

Ps. 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword--my darling from the power of

the dog.

Ps. 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth, for thou hast heard me speak

from the secret places of the wilderness through the horns of the unicorns.

Ps. 22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the

congregation will I praise thee.

Ps. 22:23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye, the seed of Jacob, glorify

him; and fear him, all ye, the seed of Israel.

Ps. 22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the

afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him,

he heard.

Ps. 22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; I will pay

my vows before them that fear him.

Ps. 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord that

seek him; your heart shall live forever.

Ps. 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 thee.

Ps. 22:28 For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he is the governor among the

nations.

Ps. 22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship; all they that

go down to the dust shall bow before him; and none can keep alive his own

soul.

Ps. 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a

generation.

Ps. 22:31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people

that shall be born, what he hath done.

Ps. Chapter 23

Comfort in the Lord

A psalm of David

Ps. 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Ps. 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside

the still waters.

Ps. 23:3 He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness

for his name's sake.

Ps. 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I

will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort

me.

Ps. 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;

thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Ps. 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.

Ps. Chapter 24

The kingdom will be inhabited by the righteous

A psalm of David

Ps. 24:1 The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and

they that dwell therein.

Ps. 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the

floods.

Ps. 24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in

his holy place?

Ps. 24:4 He that hath clean hands and a pure heart, who hath not lifted up

his soul unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully.

Ps. 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from

the God of his salvation.

Ps. 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O

Jacob. Selah.

Ps. 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye generations of Jacob; and be ye lifted up;

and the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle, who is the king

of glory, shall establish you forever.

Ps. 24:8 And he will roll away the heavens and will come down to redeem

his people, to make you an everlasting name, to establish you upon his

everlasting rock.

Ps. 24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye generations of Jacob; lift up your heads,

ye everlasting generations; and the Lord of hosts, the king of kings,

Ps. 24:10 Even the king of glory, shall come unto you, and shall redeem his

people, and shall establish them in righteousness. Selah.

Ps. Chapter 25

David prays for direction, protection, and remission of his sins

A psalm of David

Ps. 25:1 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Ps. 25:2 O my God, I trust in thee; let me not be ashamed; let not mine

enemies triumph over me.

Ps. 25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed; let them be ashamed

which transgress without cause.

Ps. 25:4 Show me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

Ps. 25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art the God of my

salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Ps. 25:6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses;

for they have been ever of old.

Ps. 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions;

according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

Ps. 25:8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will he teach sinners in the

way.

Ps. 25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment; and the meek will he teach

his way.

Ps. 25:10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep

his covenant and his testimonies.

Ps. 25:11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

Ps. 25:12 What man is he that feareth the Lord? Him shall he teach in the

way that he shall choose.

Ps. 25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Ps. 25:14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will

show them his covenant.

Ps. 25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he shall pluck my feet

out of the net.

Ps. 25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate

and afflicted.

Ps. 25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; oh, bring thou me out of

my distresses.

Ps. 25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins.

Ps. 25:19 Consider mine enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with

cruel hatred.

Ps. 25:20 Oh, keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I

put my trust in thee.

Ps. 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on thee.

Ps. 25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Ps. Chapter 26

David proclaims his integrity

A psalm of David

Ps. 26:1 Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity; I have

trusted also in the Lord; therefore, I shall not slide.

Ps. 26:2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

Ps. 26:3 For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes; and I have walked in

thy truth.

Ps. 26:4 I have not sat with vain persons; neither will I go in with

dissemblers.

Ps. 26:5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers and will not sit with the

wicked.

Ps. 26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency; so will I compass thine altar,

O Lord,

Ps. 26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all

thy wondrous works.

Ps. 26:8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where

thine honor dwelleth.

Ps. 26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners nor my life with bloody men,

Ps. 26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Ps. 26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity; redeem me, and be

merciful unto me.

Ps. 26:12 My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I

bless the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 27

Faith and confidence in God

A psalm of David

Ps. 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?

Ps. 27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me

to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Ps. 27:3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear;

though war should rise against me, in this I am confident.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion; in the

secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Ps. 27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round

about me; therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will

sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

Ps. 27:7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice; have mercy also upon

me, and answer me.

Ps. 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face, my heart said unto thee, Thy

face, Lord, will I seek.

Ps. 27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger;

thou hast been my help; leave me not; neither forsake me, O God of my

salvation.

Ps. 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will

take me up.

Ps. 27:11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path because of

mine enemies.

Ps. 27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies, for false

witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty.

Ps. 27:13 Unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land

of the living, thou wouldest deliver my soul into hell.

Ps. 27:14 Thou didst say unto me, Wait on the Lord; be of good courage,

and he shall strengthen thy heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 28

David declares his dependence on God--He prays for the people

A psalm of David

Ps. 28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O Lord, my rock; be not silent to me, lest, if

thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Ps. 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee, when I

lift up my hands towards thy holy oracle.

Ps. 28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked and with the workers of

iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their

hearts.

Ps. 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 their desert.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 28:6 Blessed be the Lord because he hath heard the voice of my

supplications.

Ps. 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him,

and I am helped; therefore, my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song

will I praise him.

Ps. 28:8 The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his

anointed.

Ps. 28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; feed them also, and

lift them up forever.

Ps. Chapter 29

Give glory to God

A psalm of David

Ps. 29:1 Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty; give unto the Lord glory and

strength.

Ps. 29:2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord

in the beauty of holiness.

Ps. 29:3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory

thundereth; the Lord is upon many waters.

Ps. 29:4 The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of

majesty.

Ps. 29:5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh

the cedars of Lebanon.

Ps. 29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf--Lebanon and Sirion like a

young unicorn.

Ps. 29:7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.

Ps. 29:8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the

wilderness of Kadesh.

Ps. 29:9 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve and discovereth

the forests; and in his temple doth everyone speak of his glory.

Ps. 29:10 The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King

forever.

Ps. 29:11 The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless

his people with peace.

Ps. Chapter 30

David praises God for his deliverance

A psalm and song at the dedication of the house of David

Ps. 30:1 I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up and hast not

made my foes to rejoice over me.

Ps. 30:2 O Lord, my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

Ps. 30:3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave; thou hast

kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Ps. 30:4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the

remembrance of his holiness.

Ps. 30:5 For his anger kindleth against the wicked; they repent, and in a

moment it is turned away; and they are in his favor, and he giveth them life;

therefore, weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Ps. 30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

Ps. 30:7 Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong;

thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

Ps. 30:8 I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

Ps. 30:9 When I go down to the pit, my blood shall return to the dust. I will

praise thee; my soul shall declare thy truth. For what profit am I if I do it

not?

Ps. 30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; Lord, be thou my helper.

Ps. 30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast put

off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

Ps. 30:12 To the end that my soul may give glory to thy name, and sing

praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord, my God, I will give thanks unto

thee forever.

Ps. Chapter 31

David rejoices in God's mercy and prays for continued blessings

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 31:1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed;

deliver me in thy righteousness.

Ps. 31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily; be thou my strong

rock, for a house of defense to save me.

Ps. 31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore, for thy name's

sake, lead me and guide me.

Ps. 31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; for thou

art my strength.

Ps. 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit; thou hast redeemed me, O

Lord God of truth.

Ps. 31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities; but I trust in the Lord.

Ps. 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy; for thou hast considered

my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities,

Ps. 31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set

my feet in a large room.

Ps. 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; mine eye is

consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Ps. 31:10 For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing; my

strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

Ps. 31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among

my neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance; they that did see me without

fled from me.

Ps. 31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken

vessel.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 31:14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord; I said, Thou art my God.

Ps. 31:15 My times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine

enemies and from them that persecute me.

Ps. 31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me for thy mercies'

sake.

Ps. 31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee; let

the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Ps. 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak grievous things

proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Ps. 31:19 Oh, how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them

that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the

sons of men!

Ps. 31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride

of man; thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of

tongues.

Ps. 31:21 Blessed be the Lord; for he hath showed me his marvelous

kindness in a strong city.

Ps. 31:22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes;

nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto

thee.

Ps. 31:23 Oh, love the Lord, all ye, his saints; for the Lord preserveth the

faithful and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Ps. 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that

hope in the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 32

Confession and remission of sins

A psalm of David, Maschil

Ps. 32:1 Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven and who have

no sins to be covered.

Ps. 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity and

in whose spirit there is no guile.

Ps. 32:3 When I kept silence, my spirit failed within me; when I opened my

mouth, my bones waxed old through my speaking all the day long.

Ps. 32:4 For day and night thy Spirit was heavy upon me; my moisture is

turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Ps. 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid.

I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest

the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Ps. 32:6 For this shall everyone that is godly pray unto thee in a time when

thou mayest be found; surely in the floods of great waters they shall not

come nigh unto him.

Ps. 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;

thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Ps. 32:8 Thou hast said, I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which

thou shalt go; I will guide thee with mine eye.

Ps. 32:9 Be ye not as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding,

whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto

thee.

Ps. 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; but he that trusteth in the

Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

Ps. 32:11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy,

all ye that are upright in heart.

Ps. Chapter 33

God is praised for his goodness, power, and providence

Ps. 33:1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; to praise the Lord is comely

for the upright in heart.

Ps. 33:2 Praise the Lord with thy voice; sing unto him with the psaltery and

harp, an instrument with ten strings.

Ps. 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.

Ps. 33:4 For the word of the Lord is given to the upright, and all his works

are done in truth.

Ps. 33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment; the earth is full of the

goodness of the Lord.

Ps. 33:6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of

them by the breath of his mouth.

Ps. 33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up

the depth in storehouses.

Ps. 33:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world

stand in awe of him.

Ps. 33:9 For he spake, and it was finished; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Ps. 33:10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught; he

maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Ps. 33:11 The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart

to all generations.

Ps. 33:12 Blessed are the nations and the people whom the Lord God hath

chosen for his own inheritance.

Ps. 33:13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

Ps. 33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the

inhabitants of the earth.

Ps. 33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

Ps. 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host; a mighty man

is not delivered by much strength.

Ps. 33:17 A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither shall he deliver any by

his great strength.

Ps. 33:18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon

them that hope in his mercy,

Ps. 33:19 To deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in a time

of famine.

Ps. 33:20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.

Ps. 33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his

holy name.

Ps. 33:22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us according as we hope in thee.

Ps. Chapter 34

David praises and trusts in God

A psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who

drove him away; and he departed

Ps. 34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in

my mouth.

Ps. 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear

thereof and be glad.

Ps. 34:3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Ps. 34:4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me and delivered me from all my

fears.

Ps. 34:5 They looked unto him and were lightened; and their faces were not

ashamed.

Ps. 34:6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of

all his troubles.

Ps. 34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him

and delivereth them.

Ps. 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that

trusteth in him.

Ps. 34:9 Oh, fear the Lord, ye, his saints; for there is no want to them that

fear him.

Ps. 34:10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; but they that seek the

Lord shall not want any good thing.

Ps. 34:11 Come, ye children; hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of

the Lord.

Ps. 34:12 What man is he that desireth life and loveth many days, that he

may see good?

Ps. 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile.

Ps. 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Ps. 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open

unto their cry.

Ps. 34:16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the

remembrance of them from the earth.

Ps. 34:17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth and delivereth them out

of all their troubles.

Ps. 34:18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and saveth

such as be of a contrite spirit.

Ps. 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth

him out of them all.

Ps. 34:20 He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.

Ps. 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall

be desolate.

Ps. 34:22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them

that trust in him shall be desolate.

Ps. Chapter 35

David prays for protection

A psalm of David

Ps. 35:1 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me; fight

against them that fight against me.

Ps. 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Ps. 35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that

persecute me; say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind; and let the angel of the Lord

chase them.

Ps. 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord

persecute them.

Ps. 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which

without cause they have digged for my soul.

Ps. 35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he

hath hid catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

Ps. 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; it shall rejoice in his

salvation.

Ps. 35:10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which

deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the

needy from him that spoileth him?

Ps. 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I

knew not.

Ps. 35:12 They rewarded me evil for good, for the purpose of the spoiling

of my soul.

Ps. 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 mine own

bosom.

Ps. 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother; I

bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

Ps. 35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves

together; yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I

knew it not; they did tear me and ceased not;

Ps. 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with

their teeth.

Ps. 35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their

destructions, my darling from the lions.

Ps. 35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee

among much people.

Ps. 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;

neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Ps. 35:20 For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters

against them that are quiet in the land.

Ps. 35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me and said, Aha, aha,

our eye hath seen it.

Ps. 35:22 This thou hast seen, O Lord; keep not silence; O Lord, be not far

from me.

Ps. 35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause,

my God and my Lord.

Ps. 35:24 Judge me, O Lord, my God, according to thy righteousness; and

let them not rejoice over me.

Ps. 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it; let them

not say, We have swallowed him up.

Ps. 35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that

rejoice at mine hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that

magnify themselves against me.

Ps. 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, which hath

pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

Ps. 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise

all the day long.

Ps. Chapter 36

Condition of the wicked--Excellency of God's mercy

To the chief musician, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord

Ps. 36:1 The wicked, who live in transgression, saith in their hearts, There

is no condemnation; for there is no fear of God before their eyes.

Ps. 36:2 For they flatter themselves in their own eyes until their iniquities

are found to be hateful.

Ps. 36:3 The words of their mouth are full of iniquity and deceit. The

wicked man hath left off to be wise and to do good;

Ps. 36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that

is not good.

Ps. 36:5 O Lord, thou art in the heavens; they are full of thy mercy. And the

thoughts of a righteous man ascendeth up unto thee whose throne is far

above the clouds.

Ps. 36:6 He is filled with thy righteousness like the great mountains, and

with thy judgments like a great deep. O Lord, thou preservest man and

beast.

Ps. 36:7 How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! Therefore, the

children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

Ps. 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;

and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

Ps. 36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life; in thy light shall we see light.

Ps. 36:10 Oh, continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee, and

thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

Ps. 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of

the wicked remove me.

Ps. 36:12 They are the workers of iniquity and shall fall; they shall be cast

down and shall not be able to rise.

Ps. Chapter 37

David exhorts against envy of evildoers and encourages righteousness

A psalm of David

Ps. 37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers; neither be thou envious

against the workers of iniquity.

Ps. 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the

green herb.

Ps. 37:3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and

verily thou shalt be fed.

Ps. 37:4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires

of thine heart.

Ps. 37:5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall

bring it to pass.

Ps. 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light and thy

judgment as the noonday.

Ps. 37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him; fret not thyself

because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who

bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Ps. 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself in any wise to

do evil.

Ps. 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord,

they shall inherit the earth.

Ps. 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; yea, thou shalt

diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

Ps. 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves

in the abundance of peace.

Ps. 37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just and gnasheth upon him with

his teeth.

Ps. 37:13 The Lord shall laugh at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.

Ps. 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

conversation.

Ps. 37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall

be broken.

Ps. 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many

wicked.

Ps. 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the Lord

upholdeth the righteous.

Ps. 37:18 The Lord knoweth the days of the upright; and their inheritance

shall be forever.

Ps. 37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time; and in the days of

famine they shall be satisfied.

Ps. 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be

as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume

away.

Ps. 37:21 The wicked borroweth and payeth not again; but the righteous

showeth mercy and giveth.

Ps. 37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that

be cursed of him shall be cut off.

Ps. 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and he

delighteth in his way.

Ps. 37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord

upholdeth him with his hand.

Ps. 37:25 I have been young and now am old; yet have I not seen the

righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread.

Ps. 37:26 He is ever merciful and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

Ps. 37:27 Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell forevermore.

Ps. 37:28 For the Lord loveth judgment and forsaketh not his saints; they

are preserved forever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Ps. 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell therein forever.

Ps. 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue

talketh of judgment.

Ps. 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

Ps. 37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh to slay him.

Ps. 37:33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand nor condemn him when

he is judged.

Ps. 37:34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to

inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Ps. 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like

a green bay tree.

Ps. 37:36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he

could not be found.

Ps. 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that

man is peace.

Ps. 37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the end of the

wicked shall come, and they shall be cut off.

Ps. 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; he is their

strength in the time of trouble.

Ps. 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.

Ps. Chapter 38

David mourns for his sins and asks for forgiveness

A psalm of David to bring to remembrance

Ps. 38:1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot

displeasure.

Ps. 38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

Ps. 38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither

is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

Ps. 38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head; as a heavy burden

they are too heavy for me.

Ps. 38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

Ps. 38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day

long.

Ps. 38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome distress; and no soundness

is found in my flesh.

Ps. 38:8 I am feeble, and broken, and very sore. I have wept by reason of

the disquietness of my heart.

Ps. 38:9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from

thee.

Ps. 38:10 My heart panteth; my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine

eyes, it also is gone from me.

Ps. 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof because of my sore; and my

kinsmen stand afar off.

Ps. 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that

seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long.

Ps. 38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that

openeth not his mouth.

Ps. 38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no

reproofs.

Ps. 38:15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope; thou wilt hear, O Lord, my God.

Ps. 38:16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me;

when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

Ps. 38:17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

Ps. 38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

Ps. 38:19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong; and they that

hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

Ps. 38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries because I

follow the thing that good is.

Ps. 38:21 Forsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me.

Ps. 38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

Ps. Chapter 39

David restrains his speech according to God's will

To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun, a psalm of David

Ps. 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 is before me.

Ps. 39:2 I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, even from good, and my

sorrow was stirred.

Ps. 39:3 My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned;

then spake I with my tongue,

Ps. 39:4 Lord, make me to know mine end and the measure of my days,

what it is--that I may know how frail I am.

Ps. 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and mine age is

as nothing before thee; verily, every man at his best state is altogether

vanity. Selah.

Ps. 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show; surely they are

disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall gather

them.

Ps. 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.

Ps. 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach

of the foolish.

Ps. 39:9 I was dumb and opened not my mouth because thou didst chasten

me.

Ps. 39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me, or I shall be consumed by the

blow of thy hand.

Ps. 39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou

makest his beauty to consume away like a moth; surely every man is vanity.

Selah.

Ps. 39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy

peace at my tears; for I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner, as all my

fathers were.

Ps. 39:13 Oh, spare me, that I may recover strength before I go hence and

be no more.

Ps. Chapter 40

Blessed is the man who trusts the Lord

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me and heard

my cry.

Ps. 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 doings.

Ps. 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our

God; many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

Ps. 40:4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust and respecteth

not the proud nor such as turn aside to lies.

Ps. 40:5 Many, O Lord, my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast

done and thy thoughts which are to us-ward; they cannot be reckoned up in

order unto thee; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than

can be numbered.

Ps. 40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou

opened; burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

Ps. 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come; in the volume of the book it is written of

me.

Ps. 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart.

Ps. 40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo, I have

not refrained my lips; O Lord, thou knowest.

Ps. 40:10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared

thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy loving-kindness

and thy truth from the great congregation.

Ps. 40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord; let thy

loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Ps. 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about; mine iniquities

have taken hold upon me so that I am not able to look up; they are more

than the hairs of mine head; therefore, my heart faileth me.

Ps. 40:13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help

me.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto

me, Aha, aha.

Ps. 40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; let such as

love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

Ps. 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me; thou art

my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Ps. Chapter 41

God cares for the poor--David turns to God for succor

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor; the Lord will deliver him

in time of trouble.

Ps. 41:2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive; and he shall be

blessed upon the earth; and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his

enemies.

Ps. 41:3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; thou

wilt make all his pains to cease when he is laid in his bed of sickness.

Ps. 41:4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me; heal my soul, for I have sinned

against thee.

Ps. 41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die and his name

perish?

Ps. 41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity; his heart gathereth

iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Ps. 41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they

devise my hurt.

Ps. 41:8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he

lieth, he shall rise up no more.

Ps. 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of

my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

Ps. 41:10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me and raise me up, that I

may requite them.

Ps. 41:11 By this I know that thou favorest me, because mine enemy doth

not triumph over me.

Ps. 41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity and settest me

before thy face forever.

Ps. 41:13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to

everlasting. Amen and amen.

Ps. Chapter 42

David cries out to God

To the chief musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah

Ps. 42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after

thee, O God.

Ps. 42:2 My soul thirsteth for to see God, for to see the living God. When

shall I come and appear before thee, O God?

Ps. 42:3 My tears have been poured out unto thee day and night while mine

enemies continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Ps. 42:4 When I remember these, mine enemies, I pour out my soul unto

thee; for I had gone with the multitude; I also went with them to the house

of God with the voice of joy and praise, with the multitude that kept

holyday.

Ps. 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted

in me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his

countenance.

Ps. 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore will I

remember thee from the land of Jordan and of the Hermonites from the hill

Mizar.

Ps. 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts; all thy

waves and thy billows are gone over me.

Ps. 42:8 Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the daytime,

and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of

my life.

Ps. 42:9 I will say unto God, my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why

go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Ps. 42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me while

they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

Ps. 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted

within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him who is the health of

my countenance and my God.

Ps. Chapter 43

David's hope in God

Ps. 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation;

oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Ps. 43:2 For thou art the God of my strength. Why dost thou cast me off?

Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Ps. 43:3 Oh, send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me; let them

bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy tabernacles.

Ps. 43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God, my exceeding joy;

yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

Ps. 43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted

within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my

countenance and my God.

Ps. Chapter 44

David recounts God's past victories and asks for his help against enemies

To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah, Maschil

Ps. 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what

work thou didst in their days, in the times of old--

Ps. 44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand and plantedst

them; how thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.

Ps. 44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword; neither

did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the

light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favor unto them.

Ps. 44:4 Thou art my King, O God; command deliverances for Jacob.

Ps. 44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies; through thy name

will we tread them under that rise up against us.

Ps. 44:6 For I will not trust in my bow; neither shall my sword save me.

Ps. 44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies and hast put them to

shame that hated us.

Ps. 44:8 In God we boast all the day long and praise thy name forever.

Selah.

Ps. 44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame, and goest not forth

with our armies.

Ps. 44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy; and they which

hate us spoil for themselves.

Ps. 44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat and hast

scattered us among the heathen.

Ps. 44:12 Thou sellest thy people for naught and dost not increase thy

wealth by their price.

Ps. 44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a

derision to them that are round about us.

Ps. 44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the

head among the people.

Ps. 44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face

hath covered me,

Ps. 44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, by reason

of the enemy and avenger.

Ps. 44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee; neither

have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Ps. 44:18 Our heart is not turned back; neither have our steps declined from

thy way,

Ps. 44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and

covered us with the shadow of death.

Ps. 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our

hands to a strange god,

Ps. 44:21 Shall not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the

heart.

Ps. 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as

sheep for the slaughter.

Ps. 44:23 Awake! Why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! Cast us not off

forever.

Ps. 44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our affliction and

our oppression?

Ps. 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto

the earth.

Ps. 44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

Ps. Chapter 45

Christ is described and praised

To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, for the son of Korah, Maschil, a

song of loves

Ps. 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter; I speak of the things which I

have made touching the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Ps. 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured into thy

lips; therefore, God hath blessed thee forever.

Ps. 45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and

thy majesty.

Ps. 45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth, and

meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible

things.

Ps. 45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies, whereby

the people fall under thee.

Ps. 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of thy kingdom

is a right scepter.

Ps. 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness and hatest wickedness; therefore, God,

thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Ps. 45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia out of the

ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad.

Ps. 45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honorable women; upon thy

right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Ps. 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget

also thine own people and thy father's house;

Ps. 45:11 So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord;

and worship thou him.

Ps. 45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich

among the people shall entreat thy favor.

Ps. 45:13 The King's daughter is all glorious within; her clothing is of

wrought gold.

Ps. 45:14 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework; the

virgins, her companions that follow her, shall be brought unto thee.

Ps. 45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought; they shall

enter into the King's palace.

Ps. 45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest

make princes in all the earth.

Ps. 45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations;

therefore shall the people praise thee forever and ever.

Ps. Chapter 46

God is the refuge of his people--Zion shall come

To the chief musician for the sons of Korah, a song upon Alamoth

Ps. 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a present help in trouble.

Ps. 46:2 Therefore, we will not fear though the earth shall be removed and

though the mountains shall be carried into the midst of the sea,

Ps. 46:3 And the waters thereof roar, being troubled, and the mountains

shake with the swelling thereof.

Ps. 46:4 Yet there shall be a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the

city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.

Ps. 46:5 For Zion shall come, and God shall be in the midst of her; she shall

not be moved; God shall help her right early.

Ps. 46:6 The heathen shall be enraged, and their kingdoms shall be moved;

and the Lord shall utter his voice, and the earth shall be melted.

Ps. 46:7 The Lord of hosts who shall be with us, the God of Jacob, our

refuge. Selah.

Ps. 46:8 Come behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he shall

make in the earth in the latter days.

Ps. 46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the

bow and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire and

saith unto the nations,

Ps. 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the

heathen; I will be exalted in the earth.

Ps. 46:11 The Lord of hosts shall be with us, the God of Jacob, our refuge.

Selah.

Ps. Chapter 47

God is king of all the earth

To the chief musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah

Ps. 47:1 Oh, clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice

of triumph.

Ps. 47:2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the

earth.

Ps. 47:3 He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet.

Ps. 47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob

whom he loved. Selah.

Ps. 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

Ps. 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing

praises.

Ps. 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises with

understanding.

Ps. 47:8 God reigneth over the heathen; God sitteth upon the throne of his

holiness.

Ps. 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.

Ps. Chapter 48

The situation and glory of Zion

A song and psalm for the sons of Korah

Ps. 48:1 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God,

in the mountain of his holiness.

Ps. 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion

on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

Ps. 48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

Ps. 48:4 For lo, the kings were assembled; they passed by together.

Ps. 48:5 They saw it, and so they marveled; they were troubled and hasted

away.

Ps. 48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

Ps. 48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 48:9 We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of

thy temple.

Ps. 48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of

the earth; thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Ps. 48:11 Let Mount Zion rejoice; let the daughters of Judah be glad

because of thy judgments.

Ps. 48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her; tell the towers thereof.

Ps. 48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks; consider her palaces, that ye may tell

it to the generation following.

Ps. 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever; he will be our guide

even unto death.

Ps. Chapter 49

Redemption of souls

To the chief musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah

Ps. 49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

Ps. 49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor together.

Ps. 49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart

shall be of understanding.

Ps. 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying

upon the harp.

Ps. 49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil when the iniquity of my

heels shall compass me about?

Ps. 49:6 They that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the

multitude of their riches,

Ps. 49:7 None can by any means redeem his brother,

Ps. 49:8 Nor give to God a ransom for him that he should still live forever,

that it ceaseth not forever to see corruption.

Ps. 49:9 For the redemption of their souls is through God--and precious.

Ps. 49:10 For he seeth wise men die; likewise, the fool and the brutish

person perish and leave their wealth to others;

Ps. 49:11 Their inward thought of their houses forever, their dwelling

places to all generations. Lands they called after their own names, and they

are honorable.

Ps. 49:12 Nevertheless, man in honor abideth not; he is also like the beasts

that perish.

Ps. 49:13 This I speak of them who walk in their way and forsaketh the

Almighty in their folly; yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for he

shall receive me. Selah.

Ps. 49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his

house is increased;

Ps. 49:17 For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall

not descend after him.

Ps. 49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul (and men will praise

thee when thou doest well to thyself),

Ps. 49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see

light.

Ps. 49:20 Man that is in honor and understandeth not is like the beasts that

perish.

Ps. Chapter 50

Gathering of saints to Zion--Acceptable sacrifices of thanksgiving and

obedience

A psalm of Asaph

Ps. 50:1 The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken and called the earth

from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Ps. 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above and to the earth, that he

may judge his people.

Ps. 50:5 Gather my saints together unto me, those that have made a

covenant with me by sacrifice.

Ps. 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God is judge

himself. Selah.

Ps. 50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify

against thee; I am God, even thy God.

Ps. 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings to

have been continually before me.

Ps. 50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house nor he goats out of thy

folds;

Ps. 50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine and the cattle upon a

thousand hills.

Ps. 50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the

field are mine.

Ps. 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine and

the fullness thereof.

Ps. 50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

Ps. 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the Most

High,

Ps. 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and

thou shalt glorify me.

Ps. 50:16 But unto the wicked, God saith, What hast thou to do to declare

my statutes or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth,

Ps. 50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction and castest my words behind thee?

Ps. 50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him and

hast been partaker with adulterers.

Ps. 50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Ps. 50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest

thine own mother's son.

Ps. 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest

that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee and set

covenants in order before thine eyes.

Ps. 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces

and none can deliver.

Ps. 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his

conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.

Ps. Chapter 51

Prayer for the remission of sins and renewal of the Holy Spirit--Sacrifice of

a broken spirit

To the chief musician, a psalm of David, when Nathan, the prophet, came

unto him after he had gone in to Bath-sheba

Ps. 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness;

according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my

transgressions.

Ps. 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my

sin.

Ps. 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before

me.

Ps. 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in thy

sight, that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when

thou judgest.

Ps. 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother

conceive me.

Ps. 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden

part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Ps. 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall

be whiter than snow.

Ps. 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast

broken may rejoice.

Ps. 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Ps. 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within

me.

Ps. 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit

from me.

Ps. 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy

free Spirit.

Ps. 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be

converted unto thee.

Ps. 51:14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my

salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Ps. 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy

praise.

Ps. 51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; thou

delightest not in burnt offering.

Ps. 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite

heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Ps. 51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of

Jerusalem.

Ps. 51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,

with burnt offering, and whole burnt offering; then shall they offer bullocks

upon thine altar.

Ps. Chapter 52

God will destroy the wicked

To the chief musician, Maschil, a psalm of David, when Doeg, the Edomite,

came, and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of

Ahimelech

Ps. 52:1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The

goodness of God endureth continually.

Ps. 52:2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharp razor, working

deceitfully.

Ps. 52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak

righteousness. Selah.

Ps. 52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Ps. 52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee forever; he shall take thee away,

and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the

living. Selah.

Ps. 52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him.

Ps. 52:7 Lo, the man who made not God his strength, but trusted in the

abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 52:9 I will praise thee forever because thou hast done wonderful works;

I will wait on thy name, for thou art good before thy saints.

Ps. Chapter 53

Corruption of unbelievers

To the chief musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, a psalm of David

Ps. 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Such are corrupt,

and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none that doeth good.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 53:3 Every one of them is gone back; they are altogether become filthy.

Ps. 53:4 The workers of iniquity have no knowledge; they eat up my people

as they eat bread; they have not called upon God.

Ps. 53:5 There is none that doeth good, no not one. They were in great fear,

for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against him.

Ps. 53:6 O Lord, thou hast put to shame those who have said in their hearts

there was no fear, because thou hast despised them.

Ps. 53:7 Oh, that Zion were come, the salvation of Israel; for out of Zion

shall they be judged when God bringeth back the captivity of his people.

And Jacob shall rejoice; Israel shall be glad.

Ps. Chapter 54

Prayer for salvation

To the chief musician on Neginoth, Maschil, a psalm of David, when the

Ziphim came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?

Ps. 54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.

Ps. 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

Ps. 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my

soul; they have not set God before them. Selah.

Ps. 54:4 Behold, God is mine helper; the Lord is with them that uphold my

soul.

Ps. 54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies--cut them off in thy truth.

Ps. 54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee; I will praise thy name, O Lord, for

it is good.

Ps. 54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen

his desire upon mine enemies.

Ps. Chapter 55

David's prayer for himself and the destruction of his enemies

To the chief musician on Neginoth, Maschil, a psalm of David

Ps. 55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my

supplication.

Ps. 55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me; I mourn in my complaint and make a

noise,

Ps. 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.

Ps. 55:4 My heart is sore pained within me; and the terrors of death are

fallen upon me.

Ps. 55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath

overwhelmed me.

Ps. 55:6 And I said, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly

away and be at rest.

Ps. 55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off and remain in the wilderness.

Selah.

Ps. 55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

Ps. 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence

and strife in the city.

Ps. 55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; mischief

also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Ps. 55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof; deceit and guile depart not

from her streets.

Ps. 55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me, neither he that hated

me that did magnify himself against me; if so, then I could have borne it; I

would have hid myself from him;

Ps. 55:13 But it was a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

Ps. 55:14 We took sweet counsel together and walked unto the house of

God in company.

Ps. 55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell;

for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

Ps. 55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

Ps. 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon will I pray and cry aloud; and

he shall hear my voice.

Ps. 55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was

against me; for there were many with me.

Ps. 55:19 God shall hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old.

Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore, they fear not God.

Ps. 55:20 They have put forth their hands against such as be at peace with

them; they have broken the Lord's covenant.

Ps. 55:21 The words of their mouth were smoother than butter, but war was

in their heart. Their words were softer than oil, yet they have drawn swords.

Ps. 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall

never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Ps. 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of

destruction; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I

will trust in thee.

Ps. Chapter 56

David complains of his enemies--He trusts in God

To the chief musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when

the Philistines took him in Gath

Ps. 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up; he,

fighting daily, oppresseth me.

Ps. 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up; for they be many that

fight against me, O thou Most High.

Ps. 56:3 What! Am I afraid? I will trust in thee.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 56:5 Every day they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me

for evil.

Ps. 56:6 They gather themselves together; they hide themselves; they mark

my steps when they wait for my soul.

Ps. 56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In thine anger cast down the people,

O God.

Ps. 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings; put thou my tears into thy bottle. Are

they not in thy book?

Ps. 56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back; this I

know, for God is for me.

Ps. 56:10 In God will I praise his word; in the Lord will I praise his word.

Ps. 56:11 In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do

unto me.

Ps. 56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God; I will render praises unto thee.

Ps. 56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death. Wilt not thou deliver

my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Ps. Chapter 57

David trusts and praises God

To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from

Saul in the cave

Ps. 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God; be merciful unto me, for my soul

trusteth in thee; yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge until

these calamities be overpast.

Ps. 57:2 I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things

for me.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above

all the earth.

Ps. 57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down;

they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen

themselves. Selah.

Ps. 57:7 My heart is fixed, O God; my heart is fixed; I will sing and give

praise.

Ps. 57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I myself will

awake early.

Ps. 57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people; I will sing unto thee

among the nations.

Ps. 57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens and thy truth unto the

clouds.

Ps. 57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be

above all the earth.

Ps. Chapter 58

Judgment of the wicked

To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David

Ps. 58:1 Do ye, indeed, speak righteousness, O congregation? Do ye judge

uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Ps. 58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your

hands in the earth.

Ps. 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon

as they be born, speaking lies.

Ps. 58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; they are like the deaf

adder that stoppeth her ear,

Ps. 58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never

so wisely.

Ps. 58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the great teeth

of the young lions, O Lord.

Ps. 58:7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually; when he

bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Ps. 58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away, like the

untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Ps. 58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as

with a whirlwind, both living and in his wrath.

Ps. 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he will

wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

Ps. 58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily, there is a reward for the righteous;

verily, he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Ps. Chapter 59

David prays for deliverance

To the chief musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when Saul sent, and

they watched the house to kill him

Ps. 59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; defend me from them

that rise up against me.

Ps. 59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody

men.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 59:4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault; awake to help

me, and behold.

Ps. 59:5 Thou, therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to

visit all the heathen; be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

Ps. 59:6 They return at evening; they make a noise like a dog and go round

about the city.

Ps. 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips.

For who, say they, doth hear?

Ps. 59:8 But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the

heathen in derision.

Ps. 59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee; for God is my

defense.

Ps. 59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me; God shall let me see my

desire upon mine enemies.

Ps. 59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by thy power;

and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Ps. 59:12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them

even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which they speak.

Ps. 59:13 Consume them in wrath; consume them, that they may not be;

and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.

Selah.

Ps. 59:14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a

dog and go round about the city.

Ps. 59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat and grudge if they be not

satisfied.

Ps. 59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in

the morning; for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my

trouble.

Ps. 59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing; for God is my defense and

the God of my mercy.

Ps. Chapter 60

God's displeasure--David's petition for help

To the chief musician upon Sushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach, when

he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned

and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand

Ps. 60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off; thou hast scattered us; thou hast been

displeased; oh, turn thyself to us again.

Ps. 60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it; heal the

breaches thereof, for it shaketh.

Ps. 60:3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things; thou hast made us to

drink the wine of astonishment.

Ps. 60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be

displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Ps. 60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy right hand, and

hear me.

Ps. 60:6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice; I will divide

Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Ps. 60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength

of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

Ps. 60:8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; Philistia,

triumph thou because of me.

Ps. 60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into

Edom?

Ps. 60:10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off, and thou, O God,

which didst not go out with our armies?

Ps. 60:11 Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of man.

Ps. 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly; for he it is that shall tread

down our enemies.

Ps. Chapter 61

David recounts God's blessings to him

To the chief musician upon Neginah, a psalm of David

Ps. 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

Ps. 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee when my heart is

overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Ps. 61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me and a strong tower from the

enemy.

Ps. 61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle forever; I will trust in the covert of

thy wings. Selah.

Ps. 61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows; thou hast given me the

heritage of those that fear thy name.

Ps. 61:6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life and his years as many

generations.

Ps. 61:7 He shall abide before God forever; oh, prepare mercy and truth,

which may preserve him.

Ps. 61:8 So will I sing praise unto thy name forever, that I may daily

perform my vows.

Ps. Chapter 62

In God only is salvation

To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David

Ps. 62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God; from him cometh my salvation.

Ps. 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not

be greatly moved.

Ps. 62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? Ye shall be

slain, all of you; as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from

him.

Ps. 62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not

be moved.

Ps. 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength and

my refuge is in God.

Ps. 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before

him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Ps. 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a

lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Ps. 62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if riches

increase, set not your heart upon them.

Ps. 62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power

belongeth unto God.

Ps. 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy; for thou renderest to

every man according to his work.

Ps. Chapter 63

David praises God

A psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah

Ps. 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth

for thee; my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water

is,

Ps. 63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the

sanctuary.

Ps. 63:3 Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise

thee.

Ps. 63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy

name.

Ps. 63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my

mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips,

Ps. 63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the

night watches.

Ps. 63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore, in the shadow of thy

wings will I rejoice.

Ps. 63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee; thy right hand upholdeth me.

Ps. 63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower

parts of the earth.

Ps. 63:10 They shall fall by the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.

Ps. 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone that sweareth by him

shall glory; but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Ps. Chapter 64

David's prayer for deliverance--Trust in God

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 64:1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of

the enemy.

Ps. 64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked, from the

insurrection of the workers of iniquity,

Ps. 64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot

their arrows, even bitter words,

Ps. 64:4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect; suddenly do they

shoot at him and fear not.

Ps. 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they commune of

laying snares privily. They say, Who shall see them?

Ps. 64:6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search; both

the inward thought of every one of them and the heart is deep.

Ps. 64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be

wounded,

Ps. 64:8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all

that see them shall flee away.

Ps. 64:9 And all men shall fear and shall declare the work of God; for they

shall wisely consider of his doing.

Ps. 64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord and shall trust in him; and

all the upright in heart shall glory.

Ps. Chapter 65

God's chosen are blessed by his bounty

To the chief musician, a psalm and song of David

Ps. 65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion; and unto thee shall the

vow be performed.

Ps. 65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

Ps. 65:3 Iniquities prevail against me; as for our transgressions, thou shalt

purge them away.

Ps. 65:4 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.

Ps. 65:5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of

our salvation, who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth and of

them that are afar off upon the sea,

Ps. 65:6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains, being girded with

power,

Ps. 65:7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and

the tumult of the people.

Ps. 65:8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens;

thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

Ps. 65:9 Thou visitest the earth and waterest it; thou greatly enrichest it

with the river of God, which is full of water; thou preparest them corn when

thou hast so provided for it.

Ps. 65:10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly; thou settlest the

furrows thereof; thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the

springing thereof.

Ps. 65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop

fatness.

Ps. 65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; and the little hills

rejoice on every side.

Ps. 65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered

over with corn; they shout for joy; they also sing.

Ps. Chapter 66

God is praised for his power and mighty works

To the chief musician, a song or psalm

Ps. 66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands;

Ps. 66:2 Sing forth the honor of his name; make his praise glorious.

Ps. 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! Through the

greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

Ps. 66:4 All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee; they shall

sing to thy name. Selah.

Ps. 66:5 Come and see the works of God; he is terrible in his doing toward

the children of men.

Ps. 66:6 He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the flood on

foot; there did we rejoice in him.

Ps. 66:7 He ruleth by his power forever; his eyes behold the nations; let not

the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

Ps. 66:8 Oh, bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to

be heard,

Ps. 66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to be

moved.

Ps. 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us as silver is

tried.

Ps. 66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidest affliction upon our

loins.

Ps. 66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through

fire and through water; but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

Ps. 66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings; I will pay thee my

vows,

Ps. 66:14 Which my lips have uttered and my mouth hath spoken when I

was in trouble.

Ps. 66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings with the incense

of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

Ps. 66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he

hath done for my soul.

Ps. 66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my

tongue.

Ps. 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me;

Ps. 66:19 But, verily, God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of

my prayer.

Ps. 66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer nor his

mercy from me.

Ps. Chapter 67

All people are exhorted to praise God

To the chief musician on Neginoth, a psalm or song

Ps. 67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine

upon us, Selah,

Ps. 67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among

all nations.

Ps. 67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

Ps. 67:4 Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for thou shalt judge the

people righteously and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Ps. 67:5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

Ps. 67:6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own

God, shall bless us.

Ps. 67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

Ps. Chapter 68

God is praised for his magnificence

To the chief musician, a psalm or song of David

Ps. 68:1 Let God arise; let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate

him flee before him.

Ps. 68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melteth

before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Ps. 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God; yea, let

them exceedingly rejoice.

Ps. 68:4 Sing unto God; sing praises to his name; extol him that rideth upon

the heavens by his name, JAH, and rejoice before him.

Ps. 68:5 A father of the fatherless and a judge of the widows is God in his

holy habitation.

Ps. 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families; he bringeth out those which are

bound with chains; but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Ps. 68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou

didst march through the wilderness, Selah,

Ps. 68:8 The earth shook; the heavens also dropped at the presence of God;

even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Ps. 68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain whereby thou didst

confirm thine inheritance when it was weary.

Ps. 68:10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein; thou, O God, hast prepared

of thy goodness for the poor.

Ps. 68:11 The Lord gave the word; great was the company of those that

published it.

Ps. 68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace; and she that tarried at home

divided the spoil.

Ps. 68:13 Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings

of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Ps. 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in

Salmon.

Ps. 68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan--a high hill as the hill of

Bashan.

Ps. 68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? This is the hill which God desireth to

dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it forever.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high; thou hast led captivity captive; thou

hast received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God

might dwell among them.

Ps. 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the

God of our salvation. Selah.

Ps. 68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God, the

Lord, belong the issues from death.

Ps. 68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp

of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

Ps. 68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan; I will bring my

people again from the depths of the sea,

Ps. 68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and the

tongue of thy dogs in the same.

Ps. 68:24 They have seen thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God,

my King, in the sanctuary.

Ps. 68:25 The singers went before; the players on instruments followed

after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Ps. 68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the

fountain of Israel.

Ps. 68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah, and

their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

Ps. 68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength; strengthen, O God, that

which thou hast wrought for us.

Ps. 68:29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents

unto thee.

Ps. 68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls with

the calves of the people, till everyone submit himself with pieces of silver;

scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Ps. 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out

her hands unto God.

Ps. 68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; oh, sing praises unto

the Lord, Selah,

Ps. 68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of

old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

Ps. 68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God; his excellency is over Israel, and

his strength is in the clouds.

Ps. 68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places; the God of Israel

is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

Ps. Chapter 69

David's affliction--He confesses his sins--He prays for deliverance

To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a psalm of David

Ps. 69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

Ps. 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into

deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Ps. 69:3 I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I

wait for my God.

Ps. 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine

head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are

mighty; then I restored that which I took not away.

Ps. 69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from

thee.

Ps. 69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed

for my sake; let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God

of Israel.

Ps. 69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered

my face.

Ps. 69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren and an alien unto my

mother's children.

Ps. 69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of

them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Ps. 69:10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my

reproach.

Ps. 69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to

them.

Ps. 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me, and I was the song of

the drunkards.

Ps. 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable

time; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, hear me in the truth of thy

salvation.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me; neither let the deep swallow

me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Ps. 69:16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy loving-kindness is good; turn unto me

according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Ps. 69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble; hear

me speedily.

Ps. 69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it; deliver me because of

mine enemies.

Ps. 69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor;

mine adversaries are all before thee.

Ps. 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness; and I

looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I

found none.

Ps. 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave

me vinegar to drink.

Ps. 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them; and that which should

have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

Ps. 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins

continually to shake.

Ps. 69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger

take hold of them.

Ps. 69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

Ps. 69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to

the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

Ps. 69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into thy

righteousness.

Ps. 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be

written with the righteous.

Ps. 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful; let thy salvation, O God, set me up

on high.

Ps. 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify him

with thanksgiving.

Ps. 69:31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that

hath horns and hooves.

Ps. 69:32 The humble shall see this and be glad; and your heart shall live

that seek God.

Ps. 69:33 For the Lord heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners.

Ps. 69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him--the seas and everything that

moveth therein.

Ps. 69:35 For God will save Zion and will build the cities of Judah, that

they may dwell there and have it in possession.

Ps. 69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his

name shall dwell therein.

Ps. Chapter 70

David prays for the destruction of his enemies

To the chief musician, a psalm of David, to bring to remembrance

Ps. 70:1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha,

aha.

Ps. 70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such

as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Ps. 70:5 But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, O God; thou art my

help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.

Ps. Chapter 71

David prays for himself and pledges continued dedication to God

Ps. 71:1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be put to

confusion.

Ps. 71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape; incline

thine ear unto me, and save me.

Ps. 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort;

thou hast given commandment to save me, for thou art my rock and my

fortress.

Ps. 71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the

hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Ps. 71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God; thou art my trust from my

youth.

Ps. 71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb; thou art he that

took me out of my mother's bowels; my praise shall be continually of thee.

Ps. 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

Ps. 71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honor all the

day.

Ps. 71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my

strength faileth.

Ps. 71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my

soul take counsel together,

Ps. 71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him; persecute and take him, for there

is none to deliver him.

Ps. 71:12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste for my help.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 71:14 But I will hope continually and will yet praise thee more and

more.

Ps. 71:15 My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all

the day, for I know not the numbers thereof.

Ps. 71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will make mention of

thy righteousness, even of thine only.

Ps. 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; and hitherto have I

declared thy wondrous works.

Ps. 71:18 Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not

until I have showed thy strength unto this generation and thy power to

everyone that is to come.

Ps. 71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great

things. O God, who is like unto thee!

Ps. 71:20 Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt

quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Ps. 71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side.

Ps. 71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my

God; unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

Ps. 71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee, and my soul,

which thou hast redeemed.

Ps. 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long;

for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my

hurt.

Ps. Chapter 72

David prophesies of Solomon's successful reign

A psalm for Solomon

Ps. 72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto

the king's son.

Ps. 72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with

judgment.

Ps. 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills,

by righteousness.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure,

throughout all generations.

Ps. 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers

that water the earth.

Ps. 72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace so

long as the moon endureth.

Ps. 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river

unto the ends of the earth.

Ps. 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his

enemies shall lick the dust.

Ps. 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the

kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Ps. 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve

him.

Ps. 72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth, the poor also, and

him that hath no helper.

Ps. 72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy and shall save the souls of the

needy.

Ps. 72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence; and precious

shall their blood be in his sight.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 72:16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the

mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city

shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 72:18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth

wondrous things.

Ps. 72:19 And blessed be his glorious name forever; and let the whole earth

be filled with his glory. Amen and amen.

Ps. 72:20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

Ps. Chapter 73

The prosperity and destruction of the wicked

A psalm of Asaph

Ps. 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Ps. 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh

slipped.

Ps. 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the

wicked.

Ps. 73:4 For there are no bands in their death; but their strength is firm.

Ps. 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like

other men.

Ps. 73:6 Therefore, pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence

covereth them as a garment.

Ps. 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than heart could

wish.

Ps. 73:8 They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they

speak loftily.

Ps. 73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh

through the earth.

Ps. 73:10 Therefore, his people return hither; and waters of a full cup are

wrung out to them.

Ps. 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in

the Most High?

Ps. 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world; they

increase in riches.

Ps. 73:13 Verily, I have cleansed my heart in vain and washed my hands in

innocency.

Ps. 73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued and chastened every

morning.

Ps. 73:15 If I say, I will speak thus, behold, I should offend against the

generation of thy children.

Ps. 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me,

Ps. 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their

end.

Ps. 73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst them

down into destruction.

Ps. 73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are

utterly consumed with terrors,

Ps. 73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest,

thou shalt despise their image.

Ps. 73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

Ps. 73:22 So foolish was I and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.

Ps. 73:23 Nevertheless, I am continually with thee; thou hast holden me by

my right hand.

Ps. 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and afterward receive me

to glory.

Ps. 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth

that I desire besides thee.

Ps. 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart

and my portion forever.

Ps. 73:27 For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou hast

destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

Ps. 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 thy works.

Ps. Chapter 74

Asaph laments the destruction of the sanctuary--He pleads for God's help

Maschil of Asaph

Ps. 74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us off forever? Why doth thine anger

smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Ps. 74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the

rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this Mount Zion,

wherein thou hast dwelt.

Ps. 74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations, even all that the

enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Ps. 74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up

their ensigns for signs.

Ps. 74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the

thick trees.

Ps. 74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with

axes and hammers.

Ps. 74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; they have defiled by casting

down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

Ps. 74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together. They have

burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

Ps. 74:9 We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there

among us any that knoweth how long.

Ps. 74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy

blaspheme thy name forever?

Ps. 74:11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out

of thy bosom.

Ps. 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the

earth.

Ps. 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou brakest the heads

of the dragons in the waters.

Ps. 74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to

be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Ps. 74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood; thou driedst up

mighty rivers.

Ps. 74:16 The day is thine; the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the

light and the sun.

Ps. 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer

and winter.

Ps. 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that

the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Ps. 74:19 Oh, deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of

the wicked; forget not the congregation of thy poor forever.

Ps. 74:20 Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth

are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Ps. 74:21 Oh, let not the oppressed return ashamed; let the poor and needy

praise thy name.

Ps. 74:22 Arise, O God; plead thine own cause; remember how the foolish

man reproacheth thee daily.

Ps. 74:23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies; the tumult of those that rise

up against thee increaseth continually.

Ps. Chapter 75

Asaph praises God and promises to execute justice

To the chief musician, Al-taschith, a psalm or song of Asaph

Ps. 75:1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks; unto thee do we give thanks,

for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.

Ps. 75:2 When I shall receive the congregation, I will judge uprightly.

Ps. 75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved; I bear up

the pillars of it. Selah.

Ps. 75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not

up the horn;

Ps. 75:5 Lift not up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.

Ps. 75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor

from the south.

Ps. 75:7 But God is the judge; he putteth down one and setteth up another.

Ps. 75:8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is

full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same; but the dregs thereof, all the

wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them.

Ps. 75:9 But I will declare forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

Ps. 75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the

righteous shall be exalted.

Ps. Chapter 76

God's majesty in the church--Exhortation to serve him reverently

To the chief musician on Neginoth, a psalm or song of Asaph

Ps. 76:1 In Judah is God known; his name is great in Israel.

Ps. 76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle and his dwelling place in Zion.

Ps. 76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword,

and the battle. Selah.

Ps. 76:4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

Ps. 76:5 The stout-hearted are spoiled; they have slept their sleep; and none

of the men of might have found their hands.

Ps. 76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast

into a dead sleep.

Ps. 76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared. And who may stand in thy sight

when once thou art angry?

Ps. 76:8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth

feared and was still,

Ps. 76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.

Selah.

Ps. 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee; the remainder of wrath

shalt thou restrain.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes; he is terrible to the kings of

the earth.

Ps. Chapter 77

Meditations of the psalmist--God's works remembered

To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of Asaph

Ps. 77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and

he gave ear unto me.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 77:3 I remembered God and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit

was overwhelmed. Selah.

Ps. 77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking; I am so troubled that I cannot

speak.

Ps. 77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

Ps. 77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night; I commune with mine

own heart; and my spirit made diligent search.

Ps. 77:7 Will the Lord cast off forever? And will he be favorable no more?

Ps. 77:8 Is his mercy clean gone forever? Doth his promise fail

forevermore?

Ps. 77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his

tender mercies? Selah.

Ps. 77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity; but I will remember the years of

the right hand of the Most High.

Ps. 77:11 I will remember the works of the Lord; surely I will remember

thy wonders of old.

Ps. 77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work and talk of thy doings.

Ps. 77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary. Who is so great a God as our

God?

Ps. 77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy

strength among the people.

Ps. 77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob

and Joseph. Selah.

Ps. 77:16 The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee; they were

afraid; the depths also were troubled.

Ps. 77:17 The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound; thine

arrows also went abroad.

Ps. 77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven; the lightnings

lightened the world; the earth trembled and shook.

Ps. 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy

footsteps are not known.

Ps. 77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and

Aaron.

Ps. Chapter 78

God's blessings recounted--Punishment of the disobedient

Maschil of Asaph

Ps. 78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words

of my mouth.

Ps. 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

Ps. 78:3 Which we have heard and known and our fathers have told us.

Ps. 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 hath done.

Ps. 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,

Ps. 78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children

which should be born, who should arise and declare them to their children,

Ps. 78:7 That they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of

God, but keep his commandments,

Ps. 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 steadfast with God.

Ps. 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned

back in the day of battle.

Ps. 78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his

law,

Ps. 78:11 And forgot his works and his wonders that he had showed them.

Ps. 78:12 Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers in the land of

Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Ps. 78:13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; and he made

the waters to stand as a heap.

Ps. 78:14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night

with a light of fire.

Ps. 78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as out

of the great depths.

Ps. 78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock and caused waters to run

down like rivers.

Ps. 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the Most

High in the wilderness.

Ps. 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Ps. 78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table

in the wilderness?

Ps. 78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the

streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Can he provide flesh for his

people?

Ps. 78:21 Therefore, the Lord heard this and was wroth; so a fire was

kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel,

Ps. 78:22 Because they believed not in God and trusted not in his salvation,

Ps. 78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened

the doors of heaven,

Ps. 78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given

them of the corn of heaven.

Ps. 78:25 Man did eat angels' food; he sent them meat to the full.

Ps. 78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven; and by his power

he brought in the south wind.

Ps. 78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust and feathered fowls like as

the sand of the sea;

Ps. 78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp round about their

habitations.

Ps. 78:29 So they did eat and were well filled; for he gave them their own

desire;

Ps. 78:30 They were not estranged from their lust; but while their meat was

yet in their mouths,

Ps. 78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them,

and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

Ps. 78:32 For all this they sinned still and believed not for his wondrous

works.

Ps. 78:33 Therefore, their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in

trouble.

Ps. 78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and

inquired early after God.

Ps. 78:35 And they remembered that God was their Rock and the high God

their Redeemer.

Ps. 78:36 Nevertheless, they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied

unto him with their tongues.

Ps. 78:37 For their heart was not right with him; neither were they steadfast

in his covenant.

Ps. 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,

Ps. 78:39 For he remembered that they were but flesh--a wind that passeth

away and cometh not again.

Ps. 78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness and grieve him in

the desert!

Ps. 78:41 Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, and limited the Holy

One of Israel.

Ps. 78:42 They remembered not his hand nor the day when he delivered

them from the enemy--

Ps. 78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the

field of Zoan,

Ps. 78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood, and their floods, that they

could not drink.

Ps. 78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them,

and frogs, which destroyed them.

Ps. 78:46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar and their labor

unto the locust.

Ps. 78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with

frost.

Ps. 78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail and their flocks to hot

thunderbolts.

Ps. 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and

indignation, and trouble by sending evil angels among them.

Ps. 78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death

but gave their life over to the pestilence,

Ps. 78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt--the chief of their strength in

the tabernacles of Ham--

Ps. 78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep and guided them

in the wilderness like a flock.

Ps. 78:53 And he led them on safely so that they feared not; but the sea

overwhelmed their enemies.

Ps. 78:54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this

mountain which his right hand had purchased.

Ps. 78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an

inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Ps. 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God and kept not

his testimonies,

Ps. 78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers; they

were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Ps. 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places and moved

him to jealousy with their graven images.

Ps. 78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth and greatly abhorred Israel,

Ps. 78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he

placed among men,

Ps. 78:61 And delivered his strength into captivity and his glory into the

enemy's hand.

Ps. 78:62 He gave his people over also unto the sword and was wroth with

his inheritance.

Ps. 78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not

given to marriage.

Ps. 78:64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no

lamentation.

Ps. 78:65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep and like a mighty man

that shouteth by reason of wine.

Ps. 78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts; he put them to a

perpetual reproach.

Ps. 78:67 Moreover, he refused the tabernacle of Joseph and chose not the

tribe of Ephraim,

Ps. 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which he loved.

Ps. 78:69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which

he hath established forever.

Ps. 78:70 He chose David also, his servant, and took him from the

sheepfolds;

Ps. 78:71 From following the ewes great with young, he brought him to

feed Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

Ps. 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart and guided

them by the skillfulness of his hands.

Ps. Chapter 79

Desolation of Jerusalem--Plea for mercy and relief

A psalm of Asaph

Ps. 79:1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy

temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Ps. 79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto

the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Ps. 79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and

there was none to bury them.

Ps. 79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to

them that are round about us.

Ps. 79:5 How long, Lord? Wilt thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy

burn like fire?

Ps. 79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee and

upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Ps. 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling place.

Ps. 79:8 Oh, remember not against us former iniquities; let thy tender

mercies speedily prevent us; for we are brought very low.

Ps. 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; and

deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

Ps. 79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? Let him

be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of

thy servants which is shed.

Ps. 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the

greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Ps. 79:12 And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their

reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Ps. 79:13 So we, thy people and sheep of thy pasture, will give thee thanks

forever; we will show forth thy praise to all generations.

Ps. Chapter 80

Prayer for Israel's deliverance

To the chief musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, a psalm of Asaph

Ps. 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a

flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth.

Ps. 80:2 Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh stir up thy strength,

and come and save us.

Ps. 80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be

saved.

Ps. 80:4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the

prayer of thy people?

Ps. 80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears and givest them tears to

drink in great measure.

Ps. 80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; and our enemies laugh

among themselves.

Ps. 80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we

shall be saved.

Ps. 80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the

heathen and planted it.

Ps. 80:9 Thou preparedst room before it and didst cause it to take deep root,

and it filled the land.

Ps. 80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs

thereof were like the goodly cedars.

Ps. 80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea and her branches unto the

river.

Ps. 80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges so that all they

which pass by the way do pluck her?

Ps. 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the

field doth devour it.

Ps. 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts; look down from

heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

Ps. 80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the

branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

Ps. 80:16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of

thy countenance.

Ps. 80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of

man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

Ps. 80:18 So will not we go back from thee; quicken us, and we will call

upon thy name.

Ps. 80:19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts; cause thy face to shine; and

we shall be saved.

Ps. Chapter 81

Exhortation to praise God

To the chief musician upon Gittith, a psalm of Asaph

Ps. 81:1 Sing aloud unto God, our strength; make a joyful noise unto the

God of Jacob.

Ps. 81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with

the psaltery.

Ps. 81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on

our solemn feast day.

Ps. 81:4 For this was a statute for Israel and a law of the God of Jacob.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were delivered

from the pots.

Ps. 81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in

the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Ps. 81:8 Hear, O my people; and I will testify unto thee, O Israel, if thou

wilt hearken unto me.

Ps. 81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship

any strange god.

Ps. 81:10 I am the Lord, thy God, which brought thee out of the land of

Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Ps. 81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would

none of me.

Ps. 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust; and they walked in

their own counsels.

Ps. 81:13 Oh, that my people had hearkened unto me and Israel had walked

in my ways!

Ps. 81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies and turned my hand

against their adversaries.

Ps. 81:15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto

him; but their time should have endured forever.

Ps. 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 thee.

Ps. Chapter 82

Prayer for justice

A psalm of Asaph

Ps. 82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among

the gods.

Ps. 82:2 How long will ye suffer them to judge unjustly and accept the

persons of the wicked? Selah.

Ps. 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and

needy.

Ps. 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the

wicked.

Ps. 82:5 They know not; neither will they understand; they walk on in

darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Ps. 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most

High.

Ps. 82:7 But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes.

Ps. 82:8 Arise, O God; judge the earth; for thou shalt inherit all nations.

Ps. Chapter 83

Prayer for God to confound his enemies

A song or psalm of Asaph

Ps. 83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God; hold not thy peace, and be not still,

O God.

Ps. 83:2 For lo, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee have

lifted up the head.

Ps. 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people and consulted

against thy hidden ones.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent; they are

confederate against thee--

Ps. 83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, of Moab, and the

Hagarenes,

Ps. 83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek, the Philistines with the

inhabitants of Tyre.

Ps. 83:8 Assur also is joined with them; they have helped the children of

Lot. Selah.

Ps. 83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the

brook of Kishon,

Ps. 83:10 Which perished at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.

Ps. 83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb and like Zeeb; yea, all their princes

as Zebah and as Zalmunna,

Ps. 83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in

possession.

Ps. 83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel, as the stubble before the

wind.

Ps. 83:14 As the fire burneth a wood and as the flame setteth the mountains

on fire,

Ps. 83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with

thy storm.

Ps. 83:16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Lord.

Ps. 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yea, let them be

put to shame and perish,

Ps. 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH,

art the Most High over all the earth.

Ps. Chapter 84

Blessedness of communion with God

To the chief musician upon Gittith, a psalm for the sons of Korah

Ps. 84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

Ps. 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord; my

heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Ps. 84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for

herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts,

my King, and my God.

Ps. 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be still praising

thee. Selah.

Ps. 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the

ways of them,

Ps. 84:6 Who, passing through the valley of Baca, make it a well; the rain

also filleth the pools.

Ps. 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion

appeareth before God.

Ps. 84:8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob.

Selah.

Ps. 84:9 Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the face of thine

anointed.

Ps. 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a

doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 84:12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Ps. Chapter 85

God's blessings and righteousness

To the chief musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah

Ps. 85:1 Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; thou hast brought

back the captivity of Jacob.

Ps. 85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all

their sin. Selah.

Ps. 85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; thou hast turned thyself from

the fierceness of thine anger.

Ps. 85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us

to cease.

Ps. 85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us forever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger

to all generations?

Ps. 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Ps. 85:7 Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may

dwell in our land.

Ps. 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have

kissed each other.

Ps. 85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look

down from heaven.

Ps. 85:12 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall

yield her increase.

Ps. 85:13 Righteousness shall go before him and shall set us in the way of

his steps.

Ps. Chapter 86

David's dependence on God's mercy

A prayer of David

Ps. 86:1 Bow down thine ear, O Lord; hear me, for I am poor and needy.

Ps. 86:2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy; O thou, my God, save thy servant

that trusteth in thee.

Ps. 86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord; for I cry unto thee daily.

Ps. 86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up

my soul.

Ps. 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in

mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Ps. 86:6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my

supplications.

Ps. 86:7 In the day of my trouble, I will call upon thee; for thou wilt answer

me.

Ps. 86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are

there any works like unto thy works.

Ps. 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before

thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.

Ps. 86:10 For thou art great and doest wondrous things; thou art God alone.

Ps. 86:11 Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth; unite my heart

to fear thy name.

Ps. 86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord, my God, with all my heart; and I will

glorify thy name forevermore.

Ps. 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my

soul from the lowest hell.

Ps. 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 thee before them.

Ps. 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,

long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Ps. 86:16 Oh, turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength

unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Ps. 86:17 Show me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it

and be ashamed because thou, Lord, hast helped me and comforted me.

Ps. Chapter 87

Glory of Zion

A psalm or song for the sons of Korah

Ps. 87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.

Ps. 87:2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of

Jacob.

Ps. 87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her;

and the Highest himself shall establish her.

Ps. 87:6 The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man

was born there. Selah.

Ps. 87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there; all

my springs are in thee.

Ps. Chapter 88

David's prayer in affliction

A song or psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief musician upon Mahalath

Leannoth, Maschil of Heman, the Ezrahite

Ps. 88:1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before

thee;

Ps. 88:2 Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry,

Ps. 88:3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the

grave.

Ps. 88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man

that hath no strength,

Ps. 88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom

thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from thy hand.

Ps. 88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Ps. 88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all

thy waves. Selah.

Ps. 88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast

made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Ps. 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction; Lord, I have called

daily upon thee; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Ps. 88:10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and

praise thee? Selah.

Ps. 88:11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave, or thy

faithfulness in destruction?

Ps. 88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark, and thy righteousness in

the land of forgetfulness?

Ps. 88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my

prayer prevent thee.

Ps. 88:14 Lord, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face

from me?

Ps. 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up; while I suffer

thy terrors, I am distracted.

Ps. 88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

Ps. 88:17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me

about together.

Ps. 88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me and mine

acquaintance into darkness.

Ps. Chapter 89

God's faithfulness extolled

Maschil of Ethan, the Ezrahite

Ps. 89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I

make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Ps. 89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever; thy faithfulness

shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Ps. 89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have sworn unto David,

my servant,

Ps. 89:4 Thy seed will I establish forever and build up thy throne to all

generations. Selah.

Ps. 89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord--thy faithfulness

also in the congregation of the saints.

Ps. 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?

Ps. 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.

Ps. 89:8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee, or to thy

faithfulness round about thee?

Ps. 89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea; when the waves thereof arise,

thou stillest them.

Ps. 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces as one that is slain; thou hast

scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

Ps. 89:11 The heavens are thine; the earth also is thine; as for the world and

the fullness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Ps. 89:12 The north and the south, thou hast created them; Tabor and

Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Ps. 89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, and high is thy right

hand.

Ps. 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne; mercy and

truth shall go before thy face.

Ps. 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound; they shall walk,

O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

Ps. 89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness

shall they be exalted.

Ps. 89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favor our horn

shall be exalted.

Ps. 89:18 For the Lord is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our

King.

Ps. 89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One and saidst, I have

laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the

people.

Ps. 89:20 I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed

him,

Ps. 89:21 With whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall

strengthen him.

Ps. 89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness

afflict him.

Ps. 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face and plague them

that hate him.

Ps. 89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; and in my

name shall his horn be exalted.

Ps. 89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea and his right hand in the rivers.

Ps. 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock

of my salvation.

Ps. 89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the

earth.

Ps. 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him forevermore, and my covenant

shall stand fast with him.

Ps. 89:29 His seed also will I make to endure forever and his throne as the

days of heaven.

Ps. 89:30 If his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments,

Ps. 89:31 If they break my statutes and keep not my commandments,

Ps. 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their

iniquity with stripes.

Ps. 89:33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him

nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Ps. 89:34 My covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that is gone out

of my lips.

Ps. 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

Ps. 89:36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before

me.

Ps. 89:37 It shall be established forever as the moon and as a faithful

witness in heaven. Selah.

Ps. 89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred; thou hast been wroth with

thine anointed.

Ps. 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast

profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

Ps. 89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his

strongholds to ruin.

Ps. 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him; he is a reproach to his

neighbors.

Ps. 89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made

all his enemies to rejoice.

Ps. 89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword and hast not made

him to stand in the battle.

Ps. 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease and cast his throne down to the

ground.

Ps. 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him

with shame. Selah.

Ps. 89:46 How long, Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath

burn like fire?

Ps. 89:47 Remember how short my time is. Wherefore hast thou made all

men in vain?

Ps. 89:48 What man is he that liveth and shall not see death? Shall he

deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Ps. 89:49 Lord, where are thy former loving-kindnesses which thou swarest

unto David in thy truth?

Ps. 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants--how I do bear in

my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people,

Ps. 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord--wherewith

they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

Ps. 89:52 Blessed be the Lord forevermore. Amen and amen.

Ps. Chapter 90

God's immortality and man's mortality

A prayer of Moses, the man of God

Ps. 90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Ps. 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth or ever thou hadst formed

the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Ps. 90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction and sayest, Return, ye children of

men.

Ps. 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is

past and as a watch in the night.

Ps. 90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the

morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Ps. 90:6 In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is

cut down and withereth.

Ps. 90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we

troubled.

Ps. 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light

of thy countenance.

Ps. 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath; we spend our years

as a tale that is told.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? Even according to thy

fear, so is thy wrath.

Ps. 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts

unto wisdom.

Ps. 90:13 Return us, O Lord. How long wilt thou hide thy face from thy

servants and let them repent of all their hard speeches they have spoken

concerning thee?

Ps. 90:14 Oh, satisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be

glad all our days.

Ps. 90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us

and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Ps. 90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants and thy glory unto their

children.

Ps. 90:17 And let the beauty of the Lord, our God, be upon us; and

establish thou the work of our hands upon us, yea, the work of our hands

establish thou it.

Ps. Chapter 91

God's protection of the righteous

Ps. 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide

under the shadow of the Almighty.

Ps. 91:2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God; in

him will I trust.

Ps. 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from

the noisome pestilence.

Ps. 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt

thou trust; his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Ps. 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow

that flieth by day,

Ps. 91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the

destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Ps. 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side and ten thousand at thy right hand;

but it shall not come nigh thee.

Ps. 91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the

wicked.

Ps. 91:9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the

Most High, thy habitation,

Ps. 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee; neither shall any plague come nigh

thy dwelling.

Ps. 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all

thy ways.

Ps. 91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot

against a stone.

Ps. 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the

dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Ps. 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver

him; I will set him on high because he hath known my name.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.

Ps. Chapter 92

God's goodness--The righteous will flourish

A psalm or song for the sabbath day

Ps. 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises

unto thy name, O Most High,

Ps. 92:2 To show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning and thy

faithfulness every night,

Ps. 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the psaltery, upon the

harp with a solemn sound.

Ps. 92:4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work; I will

triumph in the works of thy hands.

Ps. 92:5 O Lord, how great are thy works! And thy thoughts are very deep.

Ps. 92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 92:8 But thou, Lord, art most high forevermore.

Ps. 92:9 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for lo, thine enemies shall perish; all

the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Ps. 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of a unicorn; I shall be

anointed with fresh oil.

Ps. 92:11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine

ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

Ps. 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like

a cedar in Lebanon.

Ps. 92:13 Those that he planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the

courts of our God.

Ps. 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and

flourishing,

Ps. 92:15 To show that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no

unrighteousness in him.

Ps. Chapter 93

The majesty and power of God

Ps. 93:1 The Lord reigneth; he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed

with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself; the world also is

stablished, that it cannot be moved.

Ps. 93:2 Thy throne is established of old; thou art from everlasting.

Ps. 93:3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord; the floods have lifted up their

voice; the floods lift up their waves.

Ps. 93:4 The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea,

than the mighty waves of the sea.

Ps. 93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure; holiness becometh thine house, O

Lord, forever.

Ps. Chapter 94

A plea for punishment of the wicked--Trust that God will care for the

faithful

Ps. 94:1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth, O God, to whom

vengeance belongeth, show thyself.

Ps. 94:2 Lift up thyself, thou Judge of the earth; render a reward to the

proud.

Ps. 94:3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked

triumph?

Ps. 94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things, and all the

workers of iniquity boast themselves?

Ps. 94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

Ps. 94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger and murder the fatherless.

Ps. 94:7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see; neither shall the God of Jacob

regard it.

Ps. 94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people and ye fools. When will

ye be wise?

Ps. 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye,

shall he not see?

Ps. 94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? He that

teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

Ps. 94:11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

Ps. 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest

him out of thy law,

Ps. 94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity until

the pit be digged for the wicked.

Ps. 94:14 For the Lord will not cast off his people; neither will he forsake

his inheritance.

Ps. 94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness; and all the upright

in heart shall follow it.

Ps. 94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Or who will stand

up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Ps. 94:17 Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in

silence.

Ps. 94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth, thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

Ps. 94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight

my soul.

Ps. 94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which

frameth mischief by a law?

Ps. 94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous

and condemn the innocent blood.

Ps. 94:22 But the Lord is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

Ps. 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.

Ps. Chapter 95

Exhortation to praise God

Ps. 95:1 Oh, come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to

the Rock of our salvation.

Ps. 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and make a

joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Ps. 95:3 For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods.

Ps. 95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth; the strength of the hills

is his also.

Ps. 95:5 The sea is his, and he made it; and his hand formed the dry land.

Ps. 95:6 Oh, come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the

Lord, our Maker.

Ps. 95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture and the

sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice,

Ps. 95:8 Harden not your heart as in the provocation and as in the day of

temptation in the wilderness,

Ps. 95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Ps. 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,

Ps. 95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into

my rest.

Ps. Chapter 96

Exhortation to rejoice in praising God

Ps. 96:1 Oh, sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the

earth.

Ps. 96:2 Sing unto the Lord; bless his name; show forth his salvation from

day to day.

Ps. 96:3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all

people.

Ps. 96:4 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared

above all gods.

Ps. 96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols; but the Lord made the

heavens.

Ps. 96:6 Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his

sanctuary.

Ps. 96:7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people; give unto the

Lord glory and strength.

Ps. 96:8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; bring an offering,

and come into his courts.

Ps. 96:9 Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; fear before him, all

the earth.

Ps. 96:10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth; the world also

shall be established, that it shall not be moved; he shall judge the people

righteously.

Ps. 96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar

and the fullness thereof.

Ps. 96:12 Let the field be joyful and all that is therein; then shall all the

trees of the wood rejoice,

Ps. 96:13 Before the Lord; for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth;

he shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth.

Ps. Chapter 97

Majesty of God's power

Ps. 97:1 The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be

glad thereof.

Ps. 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and

judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Ps. 97:3 A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about.

Ps. 97:4 His lightnings enlightened the world; the earth saw and trembled.

Ps. 97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the

presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Ps. 97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his

glory.

Ps. 97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast

themselves of idols; worship him, all ye gods.

Ps. 97:8 Zion heard and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced

because of thy judgments, O Lord.

Ps. 97:9 For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth; thou art exalted far

above all gods.

Ps. 97:10 Ye that love the Lord hate evil; he preserveth the souls of his

saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ps. 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in

heart.

Ps. 97:12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the

remembrance of his holiness.

Ps. Chapter 98

All creation exhorted to praise God

A psalm

Ps. 98:1 Oh, sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvelous

things; his right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory.

Ps. 98:2 The Lord hath made known his salvation; his righteousness hath he

openly showed in the sight of the heathen.

Ps. 98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of

Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Ps. 98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth; make a loud noise,

and rejoice, and sing praise.

Ps. 98:5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp--with the harp and the voice of a

psalm.

Ps. 98:6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the

Lord, the King.

Ps. 98:7 Let the sea roar and the fullness thereof, the world and they that

dwell therein.

Ps. 98:8 Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills be joyful together,

Ps. 98:9 Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth; with

righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Ps. Chapter 99

God's greatness and goodness

Ps. 99:1 The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble; he sitteth between the

cherubim; let the earth be moved.

Ps. 99:2 The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

Ps. 99:3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name, for it is holy.

Ps. 99:4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish

equity; thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Ps. 99:5 Exalt ye the Lord, our God, and worship at his footstool, for he is

holy.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 99:7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar; they kept his testimonies

and the ordinance that he gave them.

Ps. 99:8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord, our God; thou wast a God that

forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

Ps. 99:9 Exalt the Lord, our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord,

our God, is holy.

Ps. Chapter 100

Praise God with gladness

A psalm of praise

Ps. 100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

Ps. 100:2 Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with

singing.

Ps. 100:3 Know ye that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and

not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Ps. 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with

praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Ps. 100:5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth

endureth to all generations.

Ps. Chapter 101

David pledges his obedience

A psalm of David

Ps. 101:1 I will sing of mercy and judgment; unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

Ps. 101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when wilt thou

come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Ps. 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes; I hate the work of

them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Ps. 101:4 A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked

person.

Ps. 101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off; him that

hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Ps. 101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may

dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

Ps. 101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that

telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Ps. 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.

Ps. Chapter 102

Hope and trust in God despite trials

A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and poureth out his

complaint before the Lord

Ps. 102:1 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

Ps. 102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble;

incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.

Ps. 102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned

as a hearth.

Ps. 102:4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat

my bread.

Ps. 102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my

skin.

Ps. 102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the

desert.

Ps. 102:7 I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

Ps. 102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad

against me are sworn against me.

Ps. 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with

weeping,

Ps. 102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted

me up and cast me down.

Ps. 102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like

grass.

Ps. 102:12 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure forever, and thy remembrance

unto all generations.

Ps. 102:13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favor

her, yea, the set time, is come.

Ps. 102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones and favor the dust

thereof.

Ps. 102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings

of the earth thy glory.

Ps. 102:16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

Ps. 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their

prayer.

Ps. 102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people

which shall be gathered shall praise the Lord,

Ps. 102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from

heaven did the Lord behold the earth,

Ps. 102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are

appointed to death,

Ps. 102:21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion and his praise in

Jerusalem,

Ps. 102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms to

serve the Lord.

Ps. 102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

Ps. 102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days; thy

years are throughout all generations.

Ps. 102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the

heavens are the work of thy hands.

Ps. 102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall

wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall

be changed;

Ps. 102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

Ps. 102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall

be established before thee.

Ps. Chapter 103

God is praised for his grace and mercy

A psalm of David

Ps. 103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his

holy name.

Ps. 103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

Ps. 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases,

Ps. 103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction, who crowneth thee

with loving-kindness and tender mercies,

Ps. 103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things, so that thy youth is

renewed like the eagle's.

Ps. 103:6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are

oppressed.

Ps. 103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children

of Israel.

Ps. 103:8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous

in mercy.

Ps. 103:9 He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger forever.

Ps. 103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us

according to our iniquities.

Ps. 103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy

toward them that fear him.

Ps. 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our

transgressions from us.

Ps. 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that

fear him.

Ps. 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

Ps. 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he

flourisheth.

Ps. 103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof

shall know it no more.

Ps. 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,

Ps. 103:18 To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his

commandments, to do them.

Ps. 103:19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his

kingdom ruleth over all.

Ps. 103:20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels that excel in strength, that do his

commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Ps. 103:21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts, ye ministers of his that do his

pleasure.

Ps. 103:22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion; bless

the Lord, O my soul.

Ps. Chapter 104

The power, providence, and glory of God

Ps. 104:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord, my God, thou art very great;

thou art clothed with power and majesty,

Ps. 104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest

out the heavens like a curtain,

Ps. 104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, who maketh

the clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind,

Ps. 104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire,

Ps. 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be

removed forever.

Ps. 104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment; the waters

stood above the mountains.

Ps. 104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder, they hasted

away.

Ps. 104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto

the place which thou hast founded for them.

Ps. 104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over, that they turn

not again to cover the earth.

Ps. 104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the

hills.

Ps. 104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses

quench their thirst.

Ps. 104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,

which sing among the branches.

Ps. 104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers; the earth is satisfied

with the fruit of thy works.

Ps. 104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the

service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth,

Ps. 104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his

face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

Ps. 104:16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap--the cedars of Lebanon,

which he hath planted,

Ps. 104:17 Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees

are her house.

Ps. 104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for

the conies.

Ps. 104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going

down.

Ps. 104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of

the forest do creep forth.

Ps. 104:21 The young lions roar after their prey and seek their meat from

God.

Ps. 104:22 The sun ariseth; they gather themselves together and lay them

down in their dens.

Ps. 104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening.

Ps. 104:24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made

them all; the earth is full of thy riches.

Ps. 104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping

innumerable--both small and great beasts.

Ps. 104:26 There go the ships; and thou hast made leviathan to play therein.

Ps. 104:27 These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat

in due season.

Ps. 104:28 That thou givest them they gather; thou openest thine hand; they

are filled with good.

Ps. 104:29 Thou hidest thy face; they are troubled; thou takest away their

breath; they die and return to their dust.

Ps. 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy Spirit; they are created; and thou

renewest the face of the earth.

Ps. 104:31 The glory of the Lord shall endure forever; the Lord shall

rejoice in his works.

Ps. 104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills,

and they smoke.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the Lord.

Ps. 104:35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked

be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 105

God's manifold blessings for Israel

Ps. 105:1 Oh, give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name; make known

his deeds among the people.

Ps. 105:2 Sing unto him; sing psalms unto him; talk ye of all his wondrous

works.

Ps. 105:3 Glory ye in his holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek

the Lord.

Ps. 105:4 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his face evermore.

Ps. 105:5 Remember his marvelous works that he hath done, his wonders

and the judgments of his mouth,

Ps. 105:6 O ye seed of Abraham, his servant, ye children of Jacob, his

chosen.

Ps. 105:7 He is the Lord, our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

Ps. 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he

commanded to a thousand generations,

Ps. 105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac,

Ps. 105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for

an everlasting covenant,

Ps. 105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your

inheritance,

Ps. 105:12 When they were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and

strangers in it.

Ps. 105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom

to another people,

Ps. 105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings

for their sakes,

Ps. 105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Ps. 105:16 Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land; he brake the

whole staff of bread.

Ps. 105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a

servant,

Ps. 105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in iron,

Ps. 105:19 Until the time that his word came; the word of the Lord tried

him.

Ps. 105:20 The king sent and loosed him, even the ruler of the people, and

let him go free.

Ps. 105:21 He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his substance,

Ps. 105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his senators

wisdom.

Ps. 105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of

Ham.

Ps. 105:24 And he increased his people greatly and made them stronger

than their enemies.

Ps. 105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtly with his

servants.

Ps. 105:26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

Ps. 105:27 They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of

Ham.

Ps. 105:28 He sent darkness and made it dark; and they rebelled not against

his word.

Ps. 105:29 He turned their waters into blood and slew their fish.

Ps. 105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance in the chambers of

their kings.

Ps. 105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies and lice in all their

coasts.

Ps. 105:32 He gave them hail for rain and flaming fire in their land.

Ps. 105:33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees and brake the trees

of their coasts.

Ps. 105:34 He spake, and the locusts came and caterpillars, and that without

number,

Ps. 105:35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land and devoured the fruit

of their ground.

Ps. 105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their

strength.

Ps. 105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold; and there was

not one feeble person among their tribes.

Ps. 105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them fell

upon them.

Ps. 105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light in the

night.

Ps. 105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails and satisfied them with

the bread of heaven.

Ps. 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the

dry places like a river.

Ps. 105:42 For he remembered his holy promise unto Abraham, his servant.

Ps. 105:43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with

gladness,

Ps. 105:44 And gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the

labor of the people,

Ps. 105:45 That they might observe his statutes and keep his laws. Praise ye

the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 106

God's blessings despite Israel's rebellion

Ps. 106:1 Praise ye the Lord. Oh, give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good;

for his mercy endureth forever.

Ps. 106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can show forth

all his praise?

Ps. 106:3 Blessed are they that keep judgment and he that doeth

righteousness at all times.

Ps. 106:4 Remember me, O Lord, with the favor of thy people; oh, visit me

with thy salvation,

Ps. 106:5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the

gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

Ps. 106:6 We have sinned with our fathers; we have committed iniquity; we

have done wickedly.

Ps. 106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they

remembered not the multitude of thy mercies, but provoked thee at the sea,

at the Red Sea.

Ps. 106:8 Nevertheless, he saved them for his name's sake, that he might

make his mighty power to be known.

Ps. 106:9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them

through the depths as through the wilderness.

Ps. 106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them and

redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Ps. 106:11 And the waters covered their enemies; there was not one of them

left.

Ps. 106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

Ps. 106:13 They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel,

Ps. 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted God in the

desert.

Ps. 106:15 And he gave them their request but sent leanness into their soul.

Ps. 106:16 They envied Moses also in the camp and Aaron, the saint of the

Lord.

Ps. 106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the

company of Abiram.

Ps. 106:18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up

the wicked.

Ps. 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped the molten image.

Ps. 106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that

eateth grass.

Ps. 106:21 They forgot God, their savior, which had done great things in

Egypt,

Ps. 106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the

Red Sea.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,

Ps. 106:25 But murmured in their tents and hearkened not unto the voice of

the Lord.

Ps. 106:26 Therefore, he lifted up his hand against them to overthrow them

in the wilderness,

Ps. 106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter

them in the lands.

Ps. 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor and ate the

sacrifices of the dead.

Ps. 106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions; and the

plague brake in upon them.

Ps. 106:30 Then stood up Phinehas and executed judgment; and so the

plague was stayed.

Ps. 106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all

generations forevermore.

Ps. 106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill

with Moses for their sakes,

Ps. 106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly

with his lips.

Ps. 106:34 They did not destroy the nations concerning whom the Lord

commanded them,

Ps. 106:35 But were mingled among the heathen and learned their works.

Ps. 106:36 And they served their idols which were a snare unto them.

Ps. 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

Ps. 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.

Ps. 106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works and went a

whoring with their own inventions.

Ps. 106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people,

insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

Ps. 106:41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that

hated them ruled over them.

Ps. 106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into

subjection under their hand.

Ps. 106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with

their counsel and were brought low for their iniquity.

Ps. 106:44 Nevertheless, he regarded their affliction when he heard their

cry;

Ps. 106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant and spared his

people according to the multitude of his mercies.

Ps. 106:46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them

captive.

Ps. 106:47 Save us, O Lord, our God, and gather us from among the

heathen to give thanks unto thy holy name and to triumph in thy praise.

Ps. 106:48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to

everlasting; and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 107

God's providence described

Ps. 107:1 Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy

endureth forever.

Ps. 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed

from the hand of the enemy,

Ps. 107:3 And gathered them out of the lands--from the east, and from the

west, from the north, and from the south.

Ps. 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no

city to dwell in.

Ps. 107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

Ps. 107:6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered

them out of their distresses.

Ps. 107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a

city of habitation.

Ps. 107:8 Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his

wonderful works to the children of men!

Ps. 107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul and filleth the hungry soul with

goodness,

Ps. 107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound

in affliction and iron,

Ps. 107:11 Because they rebelled against the works of God and contemned

the counsel of the Most High.

Ps. 107:12 Therefore, he brought down their heart with labor; they fell

down, and there was none to help.

Ps. 107:13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved

them out of their distresses.

Ps. 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and

brake their bands in sunder.

Ps. 107:15 Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his

wonderful works to the children of men!

Ps. 107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron in

sunder.

Ps. 107:17 Fools, because of their transgression and because of their

iniquities, are afflicted.

Ps. 107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near

unto the gates of death.

Ps. 107:19 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them

out of their distresses.

Ps. 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from

their destructions.

Ps. 107:21 Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his

wonderful works to the children of men!

Ps. 107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare

his works with rejoicing.

Ps. 107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great

waters,

Ps. 107:24 These see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.

Ps. 107:25 For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth

up the waves thereof.

Ps. 107:26 They mount up to the heaven; they go down again to the depths;

their soul is melted because of trouble.

Ps. 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at

their wits' end.

Ps. 107:28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth

them out of their distresses.

Ps. 107:29 He maketh the storm a calm so that the waves thereof are still.

Ps. 107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them

unto their desired haven.

Ps. 107:31 Oh, that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his

wonderful works to the children of men!

Ps. 107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people and

praise him in the assembly of the elders.

Ps. 107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into

dry ground,

Ps. 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that

dwell therein.

Ps. 107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground

into water springs.

Ps. 107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare

a city for habitation,

Ps. 107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits

of increase.

Ps. 107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and

suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Ps. 107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,

affliction, and sorrow.

Ps. 107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes and causeth them to wander

in the wilderness where there is no way.

Ps. 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction and maketh him

families like a flock.

Ps. 107:42 The righteous shall see it and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop

her mouth.

Ps. 107:43 Whoso is wise and will observe these things, even they shall

understand the loving-kindness of the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 108

David's confidence in God's help

A song or psalm of David

Ps. 108:1 O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with

my glory.

Ps. 108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp; I myself will awake early.

Ps. 108:3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people; and I will sing

praises unto thee among the nations.

Ps. 108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reacheth

unto the clouds.

Ps. 108:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above

all the earth,

Ps. 108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and

answer me.

Ps. 108:7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice; I will divide

Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Ps. 108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of

mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

Ps. 108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over

Philistia will I triumph.

Ps. 108:10 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into

Edom?

Ps. 108:11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? And wilt not thou, O

God, go forth with our hosts?

Ps. 108:12 Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man.

Ps. 108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly, for he it is that shall tread

down our enemies.

Ps. Chapter 109

David prays for judgment upon his enemies

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 109:1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

Ps. 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.

Ps. 109:3 They compassed me about; they spake against me also with

words of hatred and fought against me without a cause.

Ps. 109:4 And, notwithstanding my love, they are my adversaries; yet I will

continue in prayer for them.

Ps. 109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good and hatred for my love.

Ps. 109:6 Set thou a wicked man over them; and let Satan stand at his right

hand.

Ps. 109:7 When they shall be judged, let them be condemned, and let their

prayer become sin.

Ps. 109:8 Let their days be few; let another take their office.

Ps. 109:9 Let their children be fatherless and their wives widows.

Ps. 109:10 Let their children be continually vagabonds and beg; let them

seek also out of their desolate places.

Ps. 109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that they have; and let the stranger

spoil their labor.

Ps. 109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto them; neither let there be

any to favor their fatherless children.

Ps. 109:13 Let their posterity be cut off in the generation following; let their

names be blotted out.

Ps. 109:14 Let the iniquity of their fathers be remembered before the Lord;

and let not the sin of their mothers be blotted out.

Ps. 109:15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the

memory of them from the earth,

Ps. 109:16 Because they remembered not to show mercy but persecuted the

poor and needy man, that they might even slay the broken in heart.

Ps. 109:17 As they loved cursing, so let it come upon them; as they

delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from them.

Ps. 109:18 As they clothed themselves with cursing like as with their

garments, so let it come into their bowels like water and like oil into their

bones.

Ps. 109:19 Let it be unto them as a garment which covereth them and for a

girdle wherewith they are girded continually.

Ps. 109:20 This shall be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and

of them who speak evil against my soul.

Ps. 109:21 But do thou deliver me, O Lord, my God, for thy name's sake;

because thy mercy is good, therefore deliver thou me.

Ps. 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

Ps. 109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth; I am tossed up and

down as the locust.

Ps. 109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of

fatness.

Ps. 109:25 I became also a reproach unto them; when they looked upon me,

they shook their heads.

Ps. 109:26 Help me, O Lord, my God; oh, save me according to thy mercy,

Ps. 109:27 That they may know that this is thy hand, that thou, Lord, hast

done it.

Ps. 109:28 Let them curse but bless thou; when they arise, let them be

ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Ps. 109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover

themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle.

Ps. 109:30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise

him among the multitude.

Ps. 109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from

those that condemn his soul.

Ps. Chapter 110

The kingdom, priesthood, and triumph of Christ

A psalm of David

Ps. 110:1 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I

make thine enemies thy footstool.

Ps. 110:2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou

in the midst of thine enemies.

Ps. 110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the

beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning; thou hast the dew of

thy youth.

Ps. 110:4 The Lord hath sworn and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever

after the order of Melchizedek.

Ps. 110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of

his wrath.

Ps. 110:6 He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill their streets with

their dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

Ps. 110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up

the head.

Ps. Chapter 111

God is praised--Fear of the Lord brings wisdom

Ps. 111:1 Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in

the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

Ps. 111:2 The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have

pleasure therein.

Ps. 111:3 His work is honorable and glorious; and his righteousness

endureth forever.

Ps. 111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is

gracious and full of compassion.

Ps. 111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him; he will ever be

mindful of his covenant.

Ps. 111:6 He hath showed his people the power of his works, that he may

give them the heritage of the heathen.

Ps. 111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his

commandments are sure.

Ps. 111:8 They stand fast forever and ever and are done in truth and

uprightness.

Ps. 111:9 He sent redemption unto his people; he hath commanded his

covenant forever; holy and reverend is his name.

Ps. 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good

understanding have all they that do his commandments; his praise endureth

forever.

Ps. Chapter 112

The righteous will prosper

Ps. 112:1 Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man who feareth the Lord and

delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Ps. 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright

shall be blessed.

Ps. 112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house; and his righteousness

endureth forever.

Ps. 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious,

and full of compassion, and righteous.

Ps. 112:5 A good man showeth favor and lendeth; he will guide his affairs

with discretion.

Ps. 112:6 Surely he shall not be moved forever; the righteous shall be in

everlasting remembrance.

Ps. 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in

the Lord.

Ps. 112:8 His heart is established; he shall not be afraid until he see

judgment executed upon his enemies.

Ps. 112:9 He hath dispersed; he hath given to the poor; his righteousness

endureth forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

Ps. 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.

Ps. Chapter 113

Praise God for his excellence

Ps. 113:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord; praise the

name of the Lord.

Ps. 113:2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and

forevermore.

Ps. 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the

Lord's name is to be praised.

Ps. 113:4 The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the

heavens.

Ps. 113:5 Who is like unto the Lord, our God, who dwelleth on high,

Ps. 113:6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and

in the earth!

Ps. 113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of

the dunghill,

Ps. 113:8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his

people.

Ps. 113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful

mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 114

God's dominion over the earth

Ps. 114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people

of strange language,

Ps. 114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

Ps. 114:3 The sea saw it and fled; Jordan was driven back.

Ps. 114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

Ps. 114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? Thou Jordan, that

thou wast driven back?

Ps. 114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? And ye little hills, like

lambs?

Ps. 114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence

of the God of Jacob,

Ps. 114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a

fountain of waters.

Ps. Chapter 115

God is glorified--Idols are derided

Ps. 115:1 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name be glory for

thy mercy and for thy truth's sake.

Ps. 115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

Ps. 115:3 But our God is in the heavens; he hath done whatsoever he hath

pleased.

Ps. 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Ps. 115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they

see not;

Ps. 115:6 They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell

not;

Ps. 115:7 They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they

walk not; neither speak they through their throat.

Ps. 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is everyone that

trusteth in them.

Ps. 115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord; he is thy help and thy shield.

Ps. 115:10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; he is thy help and thy

shield.

Ps. 115:11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; he is your help and your

shield.

Ps. 115:12 The Lord hath been mindful of us; he will bless us; he will bless

the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

Ps. 115:13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

Ps. 115:14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your

children.

Ps. 115:15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

Ps. 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's; but the earth hath

he given to the children of men.

Ps. 115:17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into

silence.

Ps. 115:18 But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.

Praise the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 116

God's grace, righteousness, and mercy

Ps. 116:1 I love the Lord because he hath heard my voice and my

supplications.

Ps. 116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call

upon him as long as I live.

Ps. 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat

hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.

Ps. 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee,

deliver my soul.

Ps. 116:5 Gracious is the Lord and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Ps. 116:6 The Lord preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and he helped

me.

Ps. 116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt

bountifully with thee.

Ps. 116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears,

and my feet from falling.

Ps. 116:9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Ps. 116:10 I believed, therefore have I spoken; I was greatly afflicted.

Ps. 116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Ps. 116:12 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?

Ps. 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the

Lord.

Ps. 116:14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his

people.

Ps. 116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Ps. 116:16 O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of

thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds.

Ps. 116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call

upon the name of the Lord.

Ps. 116:18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his

people,

Ps. 116:19 In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, O

Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 117

Exhortation to praise God

Ps. 117:1 Oh, praise the Lord, all ye nations; praise him, all ye people.

Ps. 117:2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us; and the truth of the

Lord endureth forever. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 118

Thanksgiving to God--The coming of Christ

Ps. 118:1 Oh, give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good because his mercy

endureth forever.

Ps. 118:2 Let Israel now say that his mercy endureth forever.

Ps. 118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercy endureth forever.

Ps. 118:4 Let them now that fear the Lord say that his mercy endureth

forever.

Ps. 118:5 I called upon the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me and set

me in a large place.

Ps. 118:6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do unto

me?

Ps. 118:7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me; therefore shall I

see my desire upon them that hate me.

Ps. 118:8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

Ps. 118:9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

Ps. 118:10 All nations compassed me about; but in the name of the Lord

will I destroy them.

Ps. 118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about; but

in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

Ps. 118:12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the

fire of thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

Ps. 118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall; but the Lord helped

me.

Ps. 118:14 The Lord is my strength and song and is become my salvation.

Ps. 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the

righteous; the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

Ps. 118:16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord

doeth valiantly.

Ps. 118:17 I shall not die, but live and declare the works of the Lord.

Ps. 118:18 The Lord hath chastened me sore; but he hath not given me over

unto death.

Ps. 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them, and I

will praise the Lord,

Ps. 118:20 This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.

Ps. 118:21 I will praise thee, for thou hast heard me and art become my

salvation.

Ps. 118:22 The stone which the builders refused has become the headstone

of the corner.

Ps. 118:23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

Ps. 118:24 This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be

glad in it.

Ps. 118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, send

now prosperity.

Ps. 118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord; we have

blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

Ps. 118:27 God is the Lord, which hath showed us light; bind the sacrifice

with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Ps. 118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee; thou art my God; I will

exalt thee.

Ps. 118:29 Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy

endureth forever.

Ps. Chapter 119

Prayers, praise, and professions of obedience to God's law

ALEPH

Ps. 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way who walk in the law of the

Lord.

Ps. 119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies and that seek him with

the whole heart.

Ps. 119:3 They also do no iniquity; they walk in his ways.

Ps. 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

Ps. 119:5 Oh, that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Ps. 119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy

commandments.

Ps. 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart when I shall have

learned thy righteous judgments.

Ps. 119:8 I will keep thy statutes; oh, forsake me not utterly.

BETH

Ps. 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed

thereto according to thy word.

Ps. 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee; oh, let me not wander

from thy commandments.

Ps. 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against

thee.

Ps. 119:12 Blessed art thou, O Lord; teach me thy statutes.

Ps. 119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

Ps. 119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as much as in all

riches.

Ps. 119:15 I will meditate upon thy precepts and have respect unto thy

ways.

Ps. 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.

GIMEL

Ps. 119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live and keep thy

word.

Ps. 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of

thy law.

Ps. 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth; hide not thy commandments from

me.

Ps. 119:20 My heart breaketh, for my soul longeth after thy judgments at all

times.

Ps. 119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud; they are cursed who do err from

thy commandments.

Ps. 119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy

testimonies.

Ps. 119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me; but thy servant did

meditate in thy statutes.

Ps. 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.

DALETH

Ps. 119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust; quicken thou me according to

thy word.

Ps. 119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me; teach me thy

statutes.

Ps. 119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; so shall I talk of

thy wondrous works.

Ps. 119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness; strengthen thou me according

unto thy word.

Ps. 119:29 Remove from me the way of lying; and grant me thy law

graciously.

Ps. 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth; thy judgments have I laid before

me.

Ps. 119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame.

Ps. 119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt

enlarge my heart.

Ps. 119:33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it to

the end.

Ps. 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall

observe it with my whole heart.

Ps. 119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do

I delight.

Ps. 119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness.

Ps. 119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou

me in thy way.

Ps. 119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant who is devoted to thy fear.

Ps. 119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear, for thy judgments are

good.

Ps. 119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts; quicken me in thy

righteousness.

VAU

Ps. 119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation,

according to thy word.

Ps. 119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me,

for I trust in thy word.

Ps. 119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I

have hoped in thy judgments.

Ps. 119:44 So shall I keep thy law continually forever and ever.

Ps. 119:45 And I will walk at liberty, for I seek thy precepts.

Ps. 119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings and will not be

ashamed.

Ps. 119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have

loved.

Ps. 119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I

have loved; and I will meditate upon thy statutes.

ZAIN

Ps. 119:49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast

caused me to hope.

Ps. 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction, for thy word hath quickened

me.

Ps. 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not

declined from thy law.

Ps. 119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord, and have comforted

myself.

Ps. 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that

forsake thy law.

Ps. 119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

Ps. 119:55 I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night and have kept

thy law.

Ps. 119:56 This I had because I kept thy precepts.

CHETH

Ps. 119:57 Thou art my portion, O Lord; I have said that I would keep thy

words.

Ps. 119:58 I entreated thy favor with my whole heart; be merciful unto me

according to thy word.

Ps. 119:59 I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:60 I made haste and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

Ps. 119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me; but I have not

forgotten thy law.

Ps. 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy

righteous judgments.

Ps. 119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee and of them that

keep thy precepts.

Ps. 119:64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy; teach me thy statutes.

TETH

Ps. 119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto

thy word.

Ps. 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I have believed thy

commandments.

Ps. 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now have I kept thy

word.

Ps. 119:68 Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Ps. 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me; but I will keep thy

precepts with my whole heart.

Ps. 119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

Ps. 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy

statutes.

Ps. 119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold

and silver.

JOD

Ps. 119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me

understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

Ps. 119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I

have hoped in thy word.

Ps. 119:75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right and that thou in

faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Ps. 119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort

according to thy word unto thy servant.

Ps. 119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy

law is my delight.

Ps. 119:78 Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt perversely with me

without a cause; but I will meditate upon thy precepts.

Ps. 119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known

thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

CAPH

Ps. 119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation; but I hope in thy word.

Ps. 119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort

me?

Ps. 119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget

thy statutes.

Ps. 119:84 How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute

judgment on them that persecute me?

Ps. 119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

Ps. 119:86 All thy commandments are faithful; they persecute me

wrongfully; help thou me.

Ps. 119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy

precepts.

Ps. 119:88 Quicken me after thy loving-kindness; so shall I keep the

testimony of thy mouth.

LAMED

Ps. 119:89 Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

Ps. 119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations; thou hast established the

earth, and it abideth.

Ps. 119:91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances, for all are

thy servants.

Ps. 119:92 Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished

in mine affliction.

Ps. 119:93 I will never forget thy precepts, for with them thou hast

quickened me.

Ps. 119:94 I am thine; save me, for I have sought thy precepts.

Ps. 119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will

consider thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection; but thy commandment is

exceeding broad.

MEM

Ps. 119:97 Oh, how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

Ps. 119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine

enemies, for they are ever with me.

Ps. 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy

testimonies are my meditation.

Ps. 119:100 I understand more than the ancients because I keep thy

precepts.

Ps. 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep

thy word.

Ps. 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast taught

me.

Ps. 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than

honey to my mouth.

Ps. 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding; therefore, I hate

every false way.

NUN

Ps. 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

Ps. 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it--that I will keep thy

righteous judgments.

Ps. 119:107 I am afflicted very much; quicken me, O Lord, according unto

thy word.

Ps. 119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O

Lord, and teach me thy judgments.

Ps. 119:109 My soul is continually in thy hand; and I do not forget thy law.

Ps. 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet I erred not from thy

precepts.

Ps. 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are

the rejoicing of my heart.

Ps. 119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes always, even

unto the end.

SAMECH

Ps. 119:113 I hate vain thoughts; but thy law do I love.

Ps. 119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I hope in thy word.

Ps. 119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers; for I will keep the

commandments of my God.

Ps. 119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; and let me

not be ashamed of my hope.

Ps. 119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect

unto thy statutes continually.

Ps. 119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes, for

their deceit is falsehood.

Ps. 119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross;

therefore, I love thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy

judgments.

AIN

Ps. 119:121 I have done judgment and justice; leave me not to mine

oppressors.

Ps. 119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress

me.

Ps. 119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation and for the word of thy

righteousness.

Ps. 119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me

thy statutes.

Ps. 119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy

testimonies,

Ps. 119:126 And the time, O Lord, for me to work; for they have made void

thy law.

Ps. 119:127 Therefore, I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above

fine gold.

Ps. 119:128 Therefore, I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be

right; and I hate every false way.

Ps. 119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul keep

them.

Ps. 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; they give understanding

unto the simple.

Ps. 119:131 I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed for thy

commandments.

Ps. 119:132 Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to

do unto those that love thy name.

Ps. 119:133 Order my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have

dominion over me.

Ps. 119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep thy

precepts.

Ps. 119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy

statutes.

Ps. 119:136 Rivers of water run down mine eyes because they keep not thy

law.

TZADDI

Ps. 119:137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.

Ps. 119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and

very faithful.

Ps. 119:139 My zeal hath consumed me because mine enemies have

forgotten thy words.

Ps. 119:140 Thy word is very pure; therefore, thy servant loveth it.

Ps. 119:141 I am small and despised; yet do not I forget thy precepts.

Ps. 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law

is the truth.

Ps. 119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; yet thy

commandments are my delights.

Ps. 119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting; give me

understanding, and I shall live.

KOPH

Ps. 119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep thy

statutes.

Ps. 119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning and cried; I hoped in

thy word.

Ps. 119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in

thy word.

Ps. 119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy loving-kindness; O Lord,

quicken me according to thy judgment.

Ps. 119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief; they are far from

thy law.

Ps. 119:151 Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth.

Ps. 119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast

founded them forever.

RESH

Ps. 119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; for I do not forget thy

law.

Ps. 119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me; quicken me according to thy

word.

Ps. 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not thy statutes.

Ps. 119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord; quicken me according to

thy judgments.

Ps. 119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not

decline from thy testimonies.

Ps. 119:158 I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they kept

not thy word.

Ps. 119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts; quicken me, O Lord,

according to thy loving-kindness.

Ps. 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning; and every one of thy

righteous judgments endureth forever.

SCHIN

Ps. 119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart

standeth in awe of thy word.

Ps. 119:162 I rejoice at thy word as one that findeth great spoil.

Ps. 119:163 I hate and abhor lying; but thy law do I love.

Ps. 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous

judgments.

Ps. 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law; and nothing shall

offend them.

Ps. 119:166 Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation and done thy

commandments.

Ps. 119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them

exceedingly.

Ps. 119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways

are before thee.

TAU

Ps. 119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord; give me

understanding according to thy word.

Ps. 119:170 Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to

thy word.

Ps. 119:171 My lips shall utter praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

Ps. 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word, for all thy commandments

are righteousness.

Ps. 119:173 Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy precepts.

Ps. 119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my

delight.

Ps. 119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments

help me.

Ps. 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, for I do

not forget thy commandments.

Ps. Chapter 120

Prayer for deliverance

A song of degrees

Ps. 120:1 In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

Ps. 120:2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful

tongue.

Ps. 120:3 What shall be given unto thee? Or what shall be done unto thee,

thou false tongue?

Ps. 120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of juniper.

Ps. 120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of

Kedar!

Ps. 120:6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

Ps. 120:7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Ps. Chapter 121

Confidence in God

A song of degrees

Ps. 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my

help.

Ps. 121:2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

Ps. 121:3 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Ps. 121:4 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will

not slumber.

Ps. 121:5 The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Ps. 121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Ps. 121:7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy

soul.

Ps. 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from

this time forth and even forevermore.

Ps. Chapter 122

Prayer for peace

A song of degrees of David

Ps. 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of

the Lord.

Ps. 122:2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Ps. 122:3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together,

Ps. 122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the

testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

Ps. 122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of

David.

Ps. 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love thee.

Ps. 122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

Ps. 122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be

within thee.

Ps. 122:9 Because of the house of the Lord, our God, I will seek thy good.

Ps. Chapter 123

Prayer for mercy

A song of degrees

Ps. 123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Ps. 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 that he have mercy upon us.

Ps. 123:3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord; have mercy upon us; for we are

exceedingly filled with contempt.

Ps. 123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are

at ease and with the contempt of the proud.

Ps. Chapter 124

Thanksgiving for deliverance

A song of degrees of David

Ps. 124:1 Now may Israel say, If the Lord was not on our side when men

rose up against us, then they had swallowed us up quick when their wrath

was kindled against us.

Ps. 124:2 Then the waters had overwhelmed us; the stream had gone over

our soul;

Ps. 124:3 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Ps. 124:4 Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their

teeth.

Ps. 124:5 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the

snare is broken, and we are escaped.

Ps. 124:6 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Ps. Chapter 125

Trust in God

A song of degrees

Ps. 125:1 They that trust in the Lord in Mount Zion cannot be removed but

abide forever.

Ps. 125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round

about his people from henceforth, even forever.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 125:4 Do good, O Lord, unto the good and unto the upright in their

hearts.

Ps. 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.

Ps. Chapter 126

Confidence in the Lord

A song of degrees

Ps. 126:1 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like

them that dream.

Ps. 126:2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with

singing. Then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things

for them.

Ps. 126:3 The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.

Ps. 126:4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.

Ps. 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Ps. 126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall

doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Ps. Chapter 127

Dependence on the Lord--Children are a blessing

A song of degrees for Solomon

Ps. 127:1 Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it;

except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Ps. 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of

sorrows; for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Ps. 127:3 Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb

is his reward.

Ps. 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man, so are children of the

youth.

Ps. 127:5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not

be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Ps. Chapter 128

Blessings for those who fear the Lord

A song of degrees

Ps. 128:1 Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord, that walketh in his

ways.

Ps. 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands; happy shalt thou be,

and it shall be well with thee.

Ps. 128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house--

thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Ps. 128:4 Behold that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

Ps. 128:5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion; and thou shalt see the good

of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

Ps. 128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children and peace upon Israel.

Ps. Chapter 129

The afflictions of Israel

A song of degrees

Ps. 129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel

now say;

Ps. 129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have

not prevailed against me.

Ps. 129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their

furrows.

Ps. 129:4 The Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the

wicked.

Ps. 129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Ps. 129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth

afore it groweth up,

Ps. 129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth

sheaves his bosom.

Ps. 129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be

upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 130

Hope for mercy and redemption

A song of degrees

Ps. 130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

Ps. 130:2 Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my

supplications.

Ps. 130:3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

Ps. 130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Ps. 130:5 I wait for the Lord; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Ps. 130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the

morning; I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Ps. 130:7 Let Israel hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and

with him is plenteous redemption.

Ps. 130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Ps. Chapter 131

Humility and hope

A song of degrees of David

Ps. 131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I

exercise myself in great matters or in things too high for me.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 131:3 Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and forever.

Ps. Chapter 132

David's covenant--God's promises to his people

A song of degrees

Ps. 132:1 Lord, remember David and all his afflictions--

Ps. 132:2 How he sware unto the Lord and vowed unto the mighty God of

Jacob:

Ps. 132:3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house nor go up

into my bed;

Ps. 132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes or slumber to mine eyelids,

Ps. 132:5 Until I find out a place for the Lord, a habitation for the mighty

God of Jacob.

Ps. 132:6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah; we found it in the fields of the

wood.

Ps. 132:7 We will go into his tabernacles; we will worship at his footstool.

Ps. 132:8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength.

Ps. 132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints

shout for joy.

Ps. 132:10 For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine

anointed.

Ps. 132:11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from

it. Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

Ps. 132:12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I

shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne forevermore.

Ps. 132:13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his

habitation.

Ps. 132:14 This is my rest forever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

Ps. 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with

bread.

Ps. 132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall

shout aloud for joy.

Ps. 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud; I have ordained a

lamp for mine anointed.

Ps. 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his

crown flourish.

Ps. Chapter 133

The fellowship of saints

A song of degrees of David

Ps. 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell

together in unity!

Ps. 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,

Ps. 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.

Ps. Chapter 134

Exhortation to praise God

A song of degrees

Ps. 134:1 Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord which by

night stand in the house of the Lord.

Ps. 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

Ps. 134:3 The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

Ps. Chapter 135

Exhortation to praise God--Vanity of idol worship

Ps. 135:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O

ye servants of the Lord.

Ps. 135:2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house

of our God,

Ps. 135:3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praises unto his name,

for it is pleasant.

Ps. 135:4 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his

peculiar treasure.

Ps. 135:5 For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all

gods.

Ps. 135:6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth,

in the seas, and all deep places.

Ps. 135:7 He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he

maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries,

Ps. 135:8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast;

Ps. 135:9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt,

upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants;

Ps. 135:10 Who smote great nations and slew mighty kings--

Ps. 135:11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the

kingdoms of Canaan--

Ps. 135:12 And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel, his

people.

Ps. 135:13 Thy name, O Lord, endureth forever, and thy memorial, O Lord,

throughout all generations.

Ps. 135:14 For the Lord will judge his people, and he will not repent

himself concerning his servants.

Ps. 135:15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's

hands.

Ps. 135:16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they

see not;

Ps. 135:17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in

their mouths.

Ps. 135:18 They that make them are like unto them; so is everyone that

trusteth in them.

Ps. 135:19 Bless the Lord, O house of Israel; bless the Lord, O house of

Aaron;

Ps. 135:20 Bless the Lord, O house of Levi; ye that fear the Lord, bless the

Lord.

Ps. 135:21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion. Blessed be the Lord out of

Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 136

Give thanks to God for his mercies

Ps. 136:1 Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy

endureth forever.

Ps. 136:2 Oh, give thanks unto the God of gods, for his mercy endureth

forever.

Ps. 136:3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his mercy endureth

forever--

Ps. 136:4 To him who alone doeth great wonders, for his mercy endureth

forever;

Ps. 136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens, for his mercy endureth

forever;

Ps. 136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his

mercy endureth forever;

Ps. 136:7 To him that made great lights, for his mercy endureth forever--

Ps. 136:8 The sun to rule by day, for his mercy endureth forever;

Ps. 136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night, for his mercy endureth

forever--

Ps. 136:10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his mercy

endureth forever,

Ps. 136:11 And brought out Israel from among them, for his mercy

endureth forever,

Ps. 136:12 With a strong hand and with a stretched-out arm, for his mercy

endureth forever;

Ps. 136:13 To him which divided the Red Sea into parts, for his mercy

endureth forever,

Ps. 136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for his mercy

endureth forever,

Ps. 136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his

mercy endureth forever;

Ps. 136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness, for his

mercy endureth forever;

Ps. 136:17 To him which smote great kings, for his mercy endureth forever,

Ps. 136:18 And slew famous kings, for his mercy endureth forever:

Ps. 136:19 Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his mercy endureth forever,

Ps. 136:20 And Og, the king of Bashan, for his mercy endureth forever,

Ps. 136:21 And gave their land for a heritage, for his mercy endureth

forever,

Ps. 136:22 Even a heritage unto Israel his servant, for his mercy endureth

forever;

Ps. 136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate, for his mercy endureth

forever,

Ps. 136:24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies, for his mercy endureth

forever;

Ps. 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh, for his mercy endureth forever.

Ps. 136:26 Oh, give thanks unto the God of heaven, for his mercy endureth

forever.

Ps. Chapter 137

Faithfulness despite captivity

Ps. 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when

we remembered Zion.

Ps. 137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Ps. 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.

Ps. 137:4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

Ps. 137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning.

Ps. 137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my

mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Ps. 137:7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of

Jerusalem, who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

Ps. 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed, happy shall he

be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Ps. 137:9 Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against

the stones.

Ps. Chapter 138

David praises God for his faithfulness

A psalm of David

Ps. 138:1 I will praise thee with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing

praise unto thee.

Ps. 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple and praise thy name for thy

loving-kindness and for thy truth; for that hast magnified thy word above all

thy name.

Ps. 138:3 In the day when I cried, thou answeredst me and strengthenedst

me with strength in my soul.

Ps. 138:4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they

hear the words of thy mouth.

Ps. 138:5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory

of the Lord.

Ps. 138:6 Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; but

the proud he knoweth afar off.

Ps. 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; thou

shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy

right hand shall save me.

Ps. 138:8 The Lord will perfect me in knowledge concerning his kingdom.

I will praise thee, O Lord, forever; for thou art merciful and wilt not forsake

the works of thine own hands.

Ps. Chapter 139

God's omnipotence

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 139:1 O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me.

Ps. 139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; thou

understandest my thought afar off.

Ps. 139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down and art acquainted

with all my ways.

Ps. 139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou

knowest it altogether.

Ps. 139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before and laid thine hand upon

me.

Ps. 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot

attain unto it.

Ps. 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from

thy presence?

Ps. 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in

hell, behold, thou art there.

Ps. 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts

of the sea,

Ps. 139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold

me.

Ps. 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall

be light about me,

Ps. 139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as

the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Ps. 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins; thou hast covered me in my

mother's womb.

Ps. 139:14 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Ps. 139:15 My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret

and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Ps. 139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy

book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned,

when as yet I knew none of them.

Ps. 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great

is the sum of them!

Ps. 139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand;

when I awake, I am still with thee.

Ps. 139:19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God; depart from me,

therefore, ye bloody men.

Ps. 139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy

name in vain.

Ps. 139:21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? And am not I

grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Ps. 139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them mine enemies.

Ps. 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my

thoughts;

Ps. 139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the

way everlasting.

Ps. Chapter 140

David prays for deliverance from the wicked

To the chief musician, a psalm of David

Ps. 140:1 Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man; preserve me from the

violent man,

Ps. 140:2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they

gathered together for war.

Ps. 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison

is under their lips. Selah.

Ps. 140:4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me

from the violent man, who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Ps. 140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me and cords; they have spread a

net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Ps. 140:6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God; hear the voice of my

supplications, O Lord.

Ps. 140:7 O God, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered

my head in the day of battle.

Ps. 140:8 Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; further not his

wicked device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Ps. 140:9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief

of their own lips cover them.

Ps. 140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire,

into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

Ps. 140:11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt

the violent man to overthrow him.

Ps. 140:12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and

the right of the poor.

Ps. 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name; the upright

shall dwell in thy presence.

Ps. Chapter 141

Prayer for freedom from sin and safety from snares

A psalm of David

Ps. 141:1 Lord, I cry unto thee; make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice

when I cry unto thee.

Ps. 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, and the lifting

up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Ps. 141:3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Ps. 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 dainties.

Ps. 141:5 When the righteous smite me with the word of the Lord, it is a

kindness; and when they reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil and shall

not destroy my faith; for yet my prayer also shall be for them. I delight not

in their calamities.

Ps. 141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear

my words; for they are sweet.

Ps. 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth as when one cutteth

and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

Ps. 141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O God, the Lord; in thee is my trust;

leave not my soul destitute.

Ps. 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the

gins of the workers of iniquity.

Ps. 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets whilst that I withal

escape.

Ps. Chapter 142

Comfort in prayer

Maschil of David; a prayer when he was in the cave

Ps. 142:1 I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord

did I make my supplication.

Ps. 142:2 I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my

trouble.

Ps. 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest

my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Ps. 142:4 I looked on my right hand and beheld, but there was no man that

would know me; refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

Ps. 142:5 I cried unto thee, O Lord; I said, Thou art my refuge and my

portion in the land of the living.

Ps. 142:6 Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from

my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

Ps. 142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name; the

righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

Ps. Chapter 143

Plea for strength and protection

A psalm of David

Ps. 143:1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications; in thy

faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

Ps. 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight

shall no man living be justified.

Ps. 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life

down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that

have long been dead.

Ps. 143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within

me is desolate.

Ps. 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse

on the work of thy hands.

Ps. 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee; my soul thirsteth after thee as

a thirsty land. Selah.

Ps. 143:7 Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit faileth; hide not thy face

from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Ps. 143:8 Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee

do I trust; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my

soul unto thee.

Ps. 143:9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies; I flee unto thee to hide

me.

Ps. 143:10 Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God; thy Spirit is good;

lead me into the land of uprightness.

Ps. 143:11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake; for thy righteousness'

sake, bring my soul out of trouble.

Ps. 143:12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them

that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.

Ps. Chapter 144

Prayer for blessings

A psalm of David

Ps. 144:1 Blessed be the Lord, my strength, which teacheth my hands to

war and my fingers to fight,

Ps. 144:2 My goodness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer,

my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me.

Ps. 144:3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! Or the son

of man, that thou makest account of him!

Ps. 144:4 Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Ps. 144:5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains,

and they shall smoke.

Ps. 144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; shoot out thine arrows, and

destroy them.

Ps. 144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great

waters from the hand of strange children,

Ps. 144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand

of falsehood.

Ps. 144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God; upon a psaltery and an

instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

Ps. 144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings, who delivereth David,

his servant, from the hurtful sword.

Ps. 144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,

whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of

falsehood,

Ps. 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our

daughters may be as cornerstones, polished after the similitude of a palace;

Ps. 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;

Ps. 144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking

in nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

Ps. 144:15 Happy is that people that is in such a case; yea, happy is that

people whose God is the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 145

God's greatness and compassion

David's psalm of praise

Ps. 145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O King; and I will bless thy name

forever and ever.

Ps. 145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name forever and

ever.

Ps. 145:3 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is

unsearchable.

Ps. 145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare

thy mighty acts.

Ps. 145:5 I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty and of thy

wondrous works.

Ps. 145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; and I will

declare thy greatness.

Ps. 145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness

and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Ps. 145:8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of

great mercy.

Ps. 145:9 The Lord is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his

works.

Ps. 145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall

bless thee.

Ps. 145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy

power,

Ps. 145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts and the

glorious majesty of his kingdom.

Ps. 145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion

endureth throughout all generations.

Ps. 145:14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all those that be

bowed down.

Ps. 145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat

in due season.

Ps. 145:16 Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living

thing.

Ps. 145:17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works.

Ps. 145:18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call

upon him in truth.

Ps. 145:19 He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him; he also will hear

their cry and will save them.

Ps. 145:20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him; but all the wicked

will he destroy.

Ps. 145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh

bless his holy name forever and ever.

Ps. Chapter 146

God alone is worthy of praise and trust

Ps. 146:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.

Ps. 146:2 While I live will I praise the Lord; I will sing praises unto my

God while I have any being.

Ps. 146:3 Put not your trust in princes nor in the son of man, in whom there

is no help.

Ps. 146:4 His breath goeth forth; he returneth to his earth; in that very day

his thoughts perish.

Ps. 146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope

is in the Lord, his God,

Ps. 146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is,

which keepeth truth forever,

Ps. 146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed, which giveth food

to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners;

Ps. 146:8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind; the Lord raiseth them that

are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous;

Ps. 146:9 The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and

widow; but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Ps. 146:10 The Lord shall reign forever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all

generations. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 147

Many reasons for praising God

Ps. 147:1 Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for

it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

Ps. 147:2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the

outcasts of Israel.

Ps. 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds.

Ps. 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their

names.

Ps. 147:5 Great is our Lord and of great power; his understanding is

infinite.

Ps. 147:6 The Lord lifteth up the meek; he casteth the wicked down to the

ground.

Ps. 147:7 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp

unto our God,

Ps. 147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the

earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Ps. 147:9 He giveth to the beast his food and to the young ravens which cry.

Ps. 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse; he taketh not

pleasure in the legs of a man.

Ps. 147:11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that

hope in his mercy.

Ps. 147:12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

Ps. 147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed

thy children within thee.

Ps. 147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the finest

of the wheat.

Ps. 147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth; his word

runneth very swiftly.

Ps. 147:16 He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

Ps. 147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels. Who can stand before his

cold?

Ps. 147:18 He sendeth out his word and melteth them; he causeth his wind

to blow and the waters flow.

Ps. 147:19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments

unto Israel.

Ps. 147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; and as for his judgments,

they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 148

All creation is exhorted to praise God

Ps. 148:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens; praise

him in the heights.

Ps. 148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.

Ps. 148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.

Ps. 148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that be above

the heavens.

Ps. 148:5 Let them praise the name of the Lord; for he commanded, and

they were created.

Ps. 148:6 He hath also stablished them forever and ever; he hath made a

decree which shall not pass.

Ps. 148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps.

Ps. 148:8 Fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling his word,

Ps. 148:9 Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,

Ps. 148:10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying fowl,

Ps. 148:11 Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the

earth,

Ps. 148:12 Both young men and maidens, old men and children--

Ps. 148:13 Let them praise the name of the Lord; for his name alone is

excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

Ps. 148:14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his

saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the

Lord.

Ps. Chapter 149

Praise God with music and song

Ps. 149:1 Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise

in the congregation of saints.

Ps. 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him; let the children of Zion

be joyful in their King.

Ps. 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing praises unto

him with the timbrel and harp.

Ps. 149:4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people; he will beautify the

meek with salvation.

Ps. 149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud upon their

beds.

Ps. 149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth and a two-edged

sword in their hand,

Ps. 149:7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen and punishments upon

the people,

Ps. 149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of

iron,

Ps. 149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written; this honor have all

his saints. Praise ye the Lord.

Ps. Chapter 150

Let all that have breath praise God

Ps. 150:1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the

firmament of his power.

Ps. 150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts; praise him according to his

excellent greatness.

Ps. 150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with the

psaltery and harp.

Ps. 150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance; praise him with stringed

instruments and organs.

Ps. 150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals; praise him upon the high-

sounding cymbals.

Ps. 150:6 Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the

Lord.

Proverbs

Prov. Chapter 1

Value of proverbs--Fear God, obey parents, walk not with sinners--

Wisdom's reproof

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 subtlety 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 dark sayings.

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 thy father, and forsake not the law

of thy mother;

Prov. 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head and chains

about thy neck.

Prov. 1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not--

Prov. 1:11 If they say, Come with us; let us lay wait for blood; let us lurk

privily 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 precious substance; we shall fill our houses

with spoil;

Prov. 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse--

Prov. 1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy 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 lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their

own lives.

Prov. 1:19 So are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain, which taketh

away the life of the owners thereof.

Prov. 1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets;

Prov. 1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the

gates; in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

Prov. 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity, and the

scorners delight in their scorning, 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 ye refused; I have stretched out my

hand, and no man regarded;

Prov. 1:25 But ye have set at naught all my counsel and would none of my

reproof.

Prov. 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear

cometh,

Prov. 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction

cometh as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish cometh 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 For that they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the

Lord;

Prov. 1:30 They would 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 whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely and shall be

quiet from fear of evil.

Prov. Chapter 2

Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding defend against temptation

Prov. 2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words and hide my

commandments with thee,

Prov. 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply thine heart

to understanding,

Prov. 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge and liftest up thy voice for

understanding,

Prov. 2:4 If thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hid

treasures,

Prov. 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the

knowledge of God.

Prov. 2:6 For the Lord giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge

and understanding.

Prov. 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous; he is a buckler to

them that walk uprightly.

Prov. 2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment and preserveth the way of his

saints.

Prov. 2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and

equity, yea, every good path.

Prov. 2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart and knowledge is

pleasant unto thy soul,

Prov. 2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee; understanding shall keep thee--

Prov. 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that

speaketh froward 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 frowardness of the

wicked,

Prov. 2:15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths;

Prov. 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger

which flattereth with her words,

Prov. 2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth and forgetteth the

covenant of her God.

Prov. 2:18 For her house inclineth 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 thou mayest 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 perfect 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.

Prov. Chapter 3

Keep the law--Trust the Lord and accept his correction--Seek wisdom

Prov. 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my

commandments,

Prov. 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace shall they add to thee.

Prov. 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck;

write them upon the table of thine heart;

Prov. 3:4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of

God and man.

Prov. 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own

understanding.

Prov. 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Prov. 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the Lord, and depart from

evil.

Prov. 3:8 It shall be health to thy navel and marrow to thy bones.

Prov. 3:9 Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the firstfruits of all

thine increase;

Prov. 3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy 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 loveth he correcteth, even as a father the son

in whom he delighteth.

Prov. 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and the man that getteth

understanding,

Prov. 3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of

silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Prov. 3:15 She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst

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 retaineth her.

Prov. 3:19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding

hath 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 thine eyes; keep sound

wisdom and discretion;

Prov. 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul and grace to thy neck.

Prov. 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not

stumble.

Prov. 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt

lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Prov. 3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the

wicked when it cometh.

Prov. 3:26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot

from being taken.

Prov. 3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due when it is in the

power of thine hand to do it.

Prov. 3:28 Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I

will give, when thou hast it by thee.

Prov. 3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely

by thee.

Prov. 3:30 Strive not with a man without cause if he have done thee no

harm.

Prov. 3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Prov. 3:32 For the froward 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

blesseth the habitation of the just.

Prov. 3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the

lowly.

Prov. 3:35 The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of

fools.

Prov. Chapter 4

Pursue wisdom and understanding--Shun the wicked

Prov. 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know

understanding.

Prov. 4:2 For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my law.

Prov. 4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of

my mother.

Prov. 4:4 He taught me also and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my

words; keep my commandments, and live.

Prov. 4:5 Get wisdom; get understanding; forget it not; neither decline from

the words of my mouth.

Prov. 4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she

shall keep thee.

Prov. 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom; and with all

thy getting, get understanding.

Prov. 4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to

honor when thou dost embrace her.

Prov. 4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace; a crown of

glory shall she deliver to thee.

Prov. 4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy

life shall be many.

Prov. 4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right

paths.

Prov. 4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when

thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Prov. 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go; keep her, for she is

thy 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 except they have done mischief; and their

sleep is taken away unless they cause some 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 shineth 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 thine ear unto my sayings.

Prov. 4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of

thine heart.

Prov. 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them and health to all their

flesh.

Prov. 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of

life.

Prov. 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far

from thee.

Prov. 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight

before thee.

Prov. 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Prov. 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from

evil.

Prov. Chapter 5

Exhortation to chastity--Results of disobedience

Prov. 5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my

understanding,

Prov. 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion and that thy lips may keep

knowledge.

Prov. 5:3 For the lips of a strange 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 two-edged sword.

Prov. 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Prov. 5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are movable,

that thou canst not know them.

Prov. 5:7 Hear me now, therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the

words of my mouth.

Prov. 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her

house,

Prov. 5:9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others and thy years unto the

cruel,

Prov. 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth and thy labors be in the

house of a stranger,

Prov. 5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy 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 mine

ear to them that instructed me!

Prov. 5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and

assembly.

Prov. 5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern and running waters out of

thine own well.

Prov. 5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the

streets.

Prov. 5:17 Let them be only thine own and not strangers' with thee.

Prov. 5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and rejoice with the wife of thy

youth.

Prov. 5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts

satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

Prov. 5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman

and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Prov. 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he

pondereth all his goings.

Prov. 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be

holden with the cords of his sins.

Prov. 5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly

he shall go astray.

Prov. Chapter 6

Avoid idleness--Seven things the Lord hates--Adultery destroys the soul

Prov. 6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy

hand with a stranger,

Prov. 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with

the words of thy mouth.

Prov. 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself when thou art come into

the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

Prov. 6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Prov. 6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird

from the hand of the fowler.

Prov. 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise,

Prov. 6:7 Which, having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Prov. 6:8 Provideth her meat in the summer and gathereth her food in the

harvest.

Prov. 6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out

of thy sleep?

Prov. 6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to

sleep,

Prov. 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as

an armed man.

Prov. 6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward

mouth.

Prov. 6:13 He winketh with his eyes; he speaketh with his feet; he teacheth

with his fingers;

Prov. 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart; he deviseth mischief continually; he

soweth discord.

Prov. 6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he

be broken without remedy.

Prov. 6:16 These six things doth 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 deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in

running to mischief,

Prov. 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord

among brethren.

Prov. 6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the

law of thy mother;

Prov. 6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy

neck.

Prov. 6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall

keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

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 thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the

tongue of a strange woman.

Prov. 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee

with her eyelids.

Prov. 6:26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece

of bread; and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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 he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever toucheth

her shall not be innocent.

Prov. 6:30 Men do not despise a thief if he steal to satisfy his soul when he

is hungry;

Prov. 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all

the substance of his house.

Prov. 6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh

understanding; he that doeth it destroyeth 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 is 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 rest content,

though thou givest many gifts.

Prov. Chapter 7

Exhortation to keep the commandments and be wise--Seduction by a harlot

Prov. 7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with

thee.

Prov. 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live, and my law as the apple of

thine eye.

Prov. 7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers; write them upon the table of thine

heart.

Prov. 7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy

kinswoman,

Prov. 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the

stranger which flattereth 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 without, now in the streets, and lieth 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 thee, diligently to seek thy face;

and I have found thee.

Prov. 7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved

works, 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 solace

ourselves with loves.

Prov. 7:19 For the goodman is not at home; he is gone a long journey;

Prov. 7:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him and will come home at

the day appointed.

Prov. 7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the

flattering of her lips she forced him.

Prov. 7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,

or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

Prov. 7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver, as a bird hasteth to the snare

and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Prov. 7:24 Hearken unto me now, therefore, O ye children, and attend to

the words of my mouth.

Prov. 7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways; go not astray in her

paths.

Prov. 7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, many strong men

have been slain by her.

Prov. 7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of

death.

Prov. Chapter 8

Wisdom is more precious than gold

Prov. 8:1 Doth not wisdom cry and understanding put forth her voice?

Prov. 8:2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of

the paths.

Prov. 8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in 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 ye simple, understand wisdom; and, ye fools, be ye of an

understanding heart.

Prov. 8:6 Hear, for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my

lips shall be 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

froward or perverse in them.

Prov. 8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth 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 of witty

inventions.

Prov. 8:13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the

evil way, and the froward 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

judgment,

Prov. 8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I

will fill their treasures.

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, or ever 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

highest part of the dust of the world.

Prov. 8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there--when he set a

compass 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 commandment; when he appointed the foundations of the earth--

Prov. 8:30 Then I was by him as one brought up with him; 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 ye 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 heareth me, watching daily at my gates,

waiting at the posts of my doors.

Prov. 8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life and shall obtain favor of the

Lord.

Prov. 8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul; all they

that hate me love death.

Prov. Chapter 9

Wisdom exemplified--Warning against folly

Prov. 9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house; she hath hewn out her seven

pillars;

Prov. 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath

also furnished her table.

Prov. 9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens; she crieth upon the highest

places of the city.

Prov. 9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; as for him that wanteth

understanding, she saith to him,

Prov. 9:5 Come eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have

mingled.

Prov. 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Prov. 9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that

rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Prov. 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; rebuke a wise man, and

he will love thee.

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 is understanding.

Prov. 9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life

shall be increased.

Prov. 9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; but if thou

scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Prov. 9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple and knoweth

nothing.

Prov. 9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high

places of the city,

Prov. 9:15 To call passengers who go right on their ways;

Prov. 9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; and as for him that

wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Prov. 9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Prov. 9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there and that her guests

are in the depths of hell.

Prov. Chapter 10

Virtues and vices compared

Prov. 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son maketh a glad father; but

a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Prov. 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness

delivereth from death.

Prov. 10:3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but

he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Prov. 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand

of the diligent maketh rich.

Prov. 10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; but he that sleepeth

in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

Prov. 10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just; but violence covereth

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 receive commandments; but a prating fool

shall fall.

Prov. 10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; but he that perverteth

his ways shall be known.

Prov. 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; but a prating fool

shall fall.

Prov. 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but violence

covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Prov. 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all sins.

Prov. 10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding, wisdom is found;

but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

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 destruction of the

poor is their poverty.

Prov. 10:16 The labor of the righteous tendeth to life, the fruit of the

wicked to sin.

Prov. 10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction; but he that

refuseth reproof erreth.

Prov. 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips and he that uttereth a

slander is a fool.

Prov. 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin; but he that

refraineth his lips is wise.

Prov. 10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the

wicked is little worth.

Prov. 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many; but fools die for want of

wisdom.

Prov. 10:22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich; and he addeth no

sorrow with it.

Prov. 10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief; but a man of

understanding hath 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 passeth, 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 prolongeth 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 earth.

Prov. 10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom; but the froward

tongue shall be cut out.

Prov. 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; but the

mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Prov. Chapter 11

Righteousness and wickedness contrasted

Prov. 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord; but a just weight

is his delight.

Prov. 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh 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

delivereth 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 naughtiness.

Prov. 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; and the

hope of unjust men perisheth.

Prov. 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh

in his stead.

Prov. 11:9 A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor; but through

knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Prov. 11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; 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 despiseth his neighbor; but a man of

understanding holdeth his peace.

Prov. 11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit

concealeth 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 smart for it; and he that

hateth suretyship is sure.

Prov. 11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honor; and strong men retain

riches.

Prov. 11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is

cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Prov. 11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but to him that soweth

righteousness shall be a sure reward.

Prov. 11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life, so he that pursueth evil

pursueth it to his own death.

Prov. 11:20 They that are of a froward heart are an abomination to the

Lord; but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

Prov. 11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished;

but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Prov. 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which

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 that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that

withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Prov. 11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth shall be

watered also himself.

Prov. 11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him; but

blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Prov. 11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favor; but he that

seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Prov. 11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall

flourish as a branch.

Prov. 11:29 He that troubleth 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 winneth

souls is wise.

Prov. 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth--much

more the wicked and the sinner.

Prov. Chapter 12

The way of righteousness is life

Prov. 12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth

reproof is brutish.

Prov. 12:2 A good man obtaineth favor of the Lord; but a man of wicked

devices 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

maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Prov. 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the

wicked are deceit.

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 hath a servant is better than he that

honoreth himself and lacketh bread.

Prov. 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender

mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Prov. 12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that

followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Prov. 12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men; but the root of the

righteous yieldeth fruit.

Prov. 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips; but the

just shall come out of 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

hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Prov. 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known; but a prudent man covereth

shame.

Prov. 12:17 He that speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness, but a false

witness deceit.

Prov. 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the

tongue of the wise is 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 is joy.

Prov. 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just; but the wicked shall be

filled with mischief.

Prov. 12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly

are his delight.

Prov. 12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of fools

proclaimeth foolishness.

Prov. 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be

under tribute.

Prov. 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word

maketh it glad.

Prov. 12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor; but the way

of the wicked seduceth them.

Prov. 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting;

but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

Prov. 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof

there is no death.

Prov. Chapter 13

The discipline of obedience

Prov. 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth

not rebuke.

Prov. 13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of

the transgressors shall eat violence.

Prov. 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth

wide his lips shall have destruction.

Prov. 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing; but the soul

of the diligent shall be made fat.

Prov. 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying; but a wicked man is loathsome

and cometh to shame.

Prov. 13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way; but

wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Prov. 13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing; there is that

maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Prov. 13:8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches; but the poor heareth

not rebuke.

Prov. 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked

shall be put out.

Prov. 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention; but with the well-advised is

wisdom.

Prov. 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; but he that

gathereth by labor shall increase.

Prov. 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but when the desire

cometh, it is a tree of life.

Prov. 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed; but he that

feareth 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 giveth favor; but the way of transgressors

is hard.

Prov. 13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge; but a fool layeth

open his folly.

Prov. 13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief; but a faithful

ambassador is health.

Prov. 13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but

he that regardeth 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 walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion

of fools shall be destroyed.

Prov. 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

Prov. 13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children;

and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Prov. 13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is

destroyed for want of judgment.

Prov. 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him

chasteneth him betimes.

Prov. 13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly

of the wicked shall want.

Prov. Chapter 14

Wisdom versus folly

Prov. 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house; but the foolish plucketh

it down with her hands.

Prov. 14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord; but he that

is perverse in his ways despiseth 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 scorner seeketh wisdom and findeth it not; but knowledge is

easy unto him that understandeth.

Prov. 14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou perceivest 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 mock at sin; but among the righteous there is

favor.

Prov. 14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not

intermeddle with his joy.

Prov. 14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the

tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

Prov. 14:12 There is a way which seemeth 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 heaviness.

Prov. 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; and a

good man shall be satisfied from himself.

Prov. 14:15 The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh

well to his going.

Prov. 14:16 A wise man feareth and departeth from evil; but the fool rageth

and is confident.

Prov. 14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly; and a man of wicked

devices 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 hath

many friends.

Prov. 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; but he that hath 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 tendeth only

to penury.

Prov. 14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches; but the foolishness of

fools is folly.

Prov. 14:25 A true witness delivereth souls; but a deceitful witness

speaketh 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 depart from the

snares of death.

Prov. 14:28 In the multitude of people is the king's honor; but in the want

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 exalteth 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 oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that

honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.

Prov. 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness; but the righteous

hath hope in his death.

Prov. 14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; but

that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

Prov. 14:34 Righteousness exalteth 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 causeth shame.

Prov. Chapter 15

Importance of attitude and speech

Prov. 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up

anger.

Prov. 15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of

fools poureth 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 despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth

reproof is prudent.

Prov. 15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure; but in the

revenues of the wicked is trouble.

Prov. 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; but the heart of the

foolish doeth 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

loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

Prov. 15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way; and he

that hateth reproof shall die.

Prov. 15:11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord. How much more then

the hearts of the children of men?

Prov. 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; neither will he go

unto the wise.

Prov. 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of

the heart the spirit is broken.

Prov. 15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge;

but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Prov. 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil; but he that is of a merry

heart hath a continual feast.

Prov. 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and

trouble therewith.

Prov. 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and

hatred therewith.

Prov. 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife; but he that is slow to anger

appeaseth strife.

Prov. 15:19 The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns; but the

way of the righteous is made plain.

Prov. 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth

his mother.

Prov. 15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom; but a man of

understanding walketh uprightly.

Prov. 15:22 Without counsel, purposes are disappointed; but in the

multitude of counselors, they are established.

Prov. 15:23 A man hath 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 is above to the wise, that he may depart from

hell beneath.

Prov. 15:25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud; but he will

establish the border 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 troubleth his own house; but he that

hateth gifts shall live.

Prov. 15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; but the mouth of

the wicked poureth out evil things.

Prov. 15:29 The Lord is far from the wicked; but he heareth the prayer of

the righteous.

Prov. 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; and a good report

maketh the bones fat.

Prov. 15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

Prov. 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that

heareth reproof getteth understanding.

Prov. 15:33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before

honor is humility.

Prov. Chapter 16

Serve in the spirit of humility

Prov. 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man and 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

weigheth the spirits.

Prov. 16:3 Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be

established.

Prov. 16:4 The Lord hath 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 hand join in hand, he shall not 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 maketh even his

enemies to be at peace with him.

Prov. 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without

right.

Prov. 16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth his steps.

Prov. 16:10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth

transgresseth not in judgment.

Prov. 16:11 A just weight and balance are the Lord's; all the weights of 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

speaketh right.

Prov. 16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; but a wise man

will pacify 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

keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Prov. 16:18 Pride goeth 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 handleth a matter wisely shall find good; and whoso

trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.

Prov. 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent; and the sweetness of

the lips increaseth learning.

Prov. 16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it; but

the instruction of fools is folly.

Prov. 16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth and addeth 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 seemeth right unto a man; but the end

thereof are the ways of death.

Prov. 16:26 He that laboreth, laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it

of him.

Prov. 16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil; and in his lips there is as a

burning fire.

Prov. 16:28 A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth chief

friends.

Prov. 16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbor and leadeth him into a way

that is not good.

Prov. 16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things; moving his lips,

he bringeth evil to pass.

Prov. 16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of

righteousness.

Prov. 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that

ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Prov. 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of

the Lord.

Prov. Chapter 17

Peace, understanding, and truth enjoined

Prov. 17:1 Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith than a house full

of sacrifices with strife.

Prov. 17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame and

shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Prov. 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the

Lord trieth the hearts.

Prov. 17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a

naughty tongue.

Prov. 17:5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; and he that is

glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Prov. 17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of

children are their fathers.

Prov. 17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool; much less do lying lips a

prince.

Prov. 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it;

whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Prov. 17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that

repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Prov. 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes

into a fool.

Prov. 17:11 An evil man seeketh 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 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his

house.

Prov. 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water;

therefore, leave off contention before it be meddled with.

Prov. 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked and he that condemneth the just,

even they both are abomination to the Lord.

Prov. 17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom,

seeing he hath no heart to it?

Prov. 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Prov. 17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands and becometh

surety in the presence of his friend.

Prov. 17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife; and he that exalteth

his gate seeketh destruction.

Prov. 17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a

perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Prov. 17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of

a fool hath no joy.

Prov. 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit

drieth the bones.

Prov. 17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the

ways of judgment.

Prov. 17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of

a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Prov. 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that

bare him.

Prov. 17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for

equity.

Prov. 17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of

understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Prov. 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and

he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Prov. Chapter 18

Sloth, contention, and gossip condemned

Prov. 18:1 Through desire, a man, having separated himself, seeketh and

intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Prov. 18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may

discover itself.

Prov. 18:3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with

ignominy reproach.

Prov. 18:4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the

wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

Prov. 18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow

the righteous in judgment.

Prov. 18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for

strokes.

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 as wounds, and they go down into

the innermost parts of the belly.

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 runneth

into it, and is safe.

Prov. 18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city and as a high wall in

his own conceit.

Prov. 18:12 Before destruction, the heart of man is haughty; and before

honor is humility.

Prov. 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and

shame unto him.

Prov. 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity. But a wounded

spirit who can bear?

Prov. 18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the

wise seeketh knowledge.

Prov. 18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him and bringeth him before

great men.

Prov. 18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbor

cometh and searcheth him.

Prov. 18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease and parteth between the

mighty.

Prov. 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and

their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Prov. 18:20 A man's belly 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 Whoso findeth a good wife hath obtained favor of the Lord.

Prov. 18:23 The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Prov. 18:24 A man that hath friends must show himself friendly; and there

is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Prov. Chapter 19

Value of integrity and knowledge

Prov. 19:1 Better is the poor that walketh 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, it is not good; and he

that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Prov. 19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way; and his heart fretteth

against the Lord.

Prov. 19:4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his

neighbor.

Prov. 19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that speaketh

lies shall not escape.

Prov. 19:6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince; and every man is a

friend to him that giveth gifts.

Prov. 19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him. How much more do his

friends go far from him? He pursueth them with words, yet they are

wanting to him.

Prov. 19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; he that keepeth

understanding shall find good.

Prov. 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that speaketh

lies shall perish.

Prov. 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool, much less for a servant to have

rule over princes.

Prov. 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory

to pass over 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 dropping.

Prov. 19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers; and a prudent

wife is from the Lord.

Prov. 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall

suffer hunger.

Prov. 19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but

he that despiseth his ways shall die.

Prov. 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that

which he hath given will he pay him again.

Prov. 19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare

for his crying.

Prov. 19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou

deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

Prov. 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise

in thy latter end.

Prov. 19:21 There are many devices 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 tendeth to life; and he that hath it shall

abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Prov. 19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so

much as bring it to his mouth again.

Prov. 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one

that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Prov. 19:26 He that wasteth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son

that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Prov. 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from

the words of knowledge.

Prov. 19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment; and the mouth of the

wicked devoureth iniquity.

Prov. 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners and stripes for the back of

fools.

Prov. Chapter 20

Warning against strong drink, idleness, and dishonesty

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; whoso provoketh

him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

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 walketh in his integrity; his children are blessed

after him.

Prov. 20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth 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 Divers weights and divers measures, both of them are alike

abomination to the Lord.

Prov. 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure

and whether it be right.

Prov. 20:12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even

both of them.

Prov. 20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and

thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Prov. 20:14 It is naught; it is naught, saith the buyer. But when he is gone

his way, then he boasteth.

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 that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge

of him for a strange woman.

Prov. 20:17 Bread of 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

make war.

Prov. 20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore,

meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

Prov. 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put

out in obscure 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 thou, I will recompense evil. But wait on the Lord, and

he shall save thee.

Prov. 20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false

balance is not good.

Prov. 20:24 Man's goings are of the Lord. How can a man then understand

his own way?

Prov. 20:25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy and

after vows to make inquiry.

Prov. 20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked and bringeth the wheel over

them.

Prov. 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the

inward parts of the belly.

Prov. 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upholden

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 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil; so do stripes the

inward parts of the belly.

Prov. Chapter 21

Justice, judgment, and giving alms are encouraged

Prov. 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water,

he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Prov. 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but the Lord

pondereth the hearts.

Prov. 21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than

sacrifice.

Prov. 21:4 A high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked is

sin.

Prov. 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; 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 robbery of the wicked shall destroy them because they

refuse to do judgment.

Prov. 21:8 The way of man is froward 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

brawling woman in a wide house.

Prov. 21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil; his neighbor findeth no

favor in his eyes.

Prov. 21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise; and

when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

Prov. 21:12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked;

but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

Prov. 21:13 Whoso stoppeth 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 pacifieth anger; and a reward in the bosom,

strong wrath.

Prov. 21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment; but destruction shall be to

the workers of iniquity.

Prov. 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall

remain in the congregation of the dead.

Prov. 21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth

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 an angry woman.

Prov. 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the

wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Prov. 21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life,

righteousness, and honor.

Prov. 21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty and casteth down the

strength of the confidence thereof.

Prov. 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul

from troubles.

Prov. 21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud

wrath.

Prov. 21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him, for his hands refuse to

labor.

Prov. 21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth

and spareth not.

Prov. 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination; how much more

when he bringeth it with a wicked mind.

Prov. 21:28 A false witness shall perish; but the man that heareth speaketh

constantly.

Prov. 21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he

directeth his way.

Prov. 21:30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the

Lord.

Prov. 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle; but safety is of

the Lord.

Prov. Chapter 22

Guidance in personal relationships and behavior

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 foreseeth the evil and hideth 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 froward; he that doth

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 ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the

lender.

Prov. 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his

anger shall fail.

Prov. 22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his

bread to the poor.

Prov. 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and

reproach shall cease.

Prov. 22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips, the

king shall be his friend.

Prov. 22:12 For the eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge; but he

overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

Prov. 22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain

in the streets.

Prov. 22:14 The mouth of strange 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 oppresseth the poor to increase his riches and he that

giveth to the rich shall surely come to want.

Prov. 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply

thine heart unto my knowledge.

Prov. 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they

shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

Prov. 22:19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee

this day, even to thee.

Prov. 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and

knowledge,

Prov. 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of

truth, that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto

thee?

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

thou shalt not go,

Prov. 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways and get a snare to thy soul.

Prov. 22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are

sureties for debts.

Prov. 22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed

from under thee?

Prov. 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.

Prov. 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before

kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Prov. Chapter 23

Beware of temporal attractions

Prov. 23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is

before thee;

Prov. 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite.

Prov. 23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful meat.

Prov. 23:4 Labor not to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

Prov. 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches

certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Prov. 23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye; neither desire

thou his dainty meats;

Prov. 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. Eat and drink, saith he to

thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Prov. 23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up and lose

thy sweet words.

Prov. 23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of

thy 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

thee.

Prov. 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction and thine ears to the words

of knowledge.

Prov. 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him

with the rod, he shall not die.

Prov. 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod and shalt deliver his soul from

hell.

Prov. 23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even

mine.

Prov. 23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice when thy lips speak right things.

Prov. 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners; but be thou in the fear of the

Lord all the day long.

Prov. 23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be

cut off.

Prov. 23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the

way.

Prov. 23:20 Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh;

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 thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy

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

begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Prov. 23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee

shall rejoice.

Prov. 23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my

ways.

Prov. 23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow

pit.

Prov. 23:28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey and increaseth the

transgressors among men.

Prov. 23:29 Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions?

Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath 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 thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his

color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Prov. 23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder.

Prov. 23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall

utter perverse things.

Prov. 23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,

or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Prov. 23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they

have beaten me, and I felt it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet

again.

Prov. Chapter 24

Do not envy evil men--They have no reward

Prov. 24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men; neither desire to be with

them;

Prov. 24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of

mischief.

Prov. 24:3 Through wisdom is a house builded; 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 increaseth

strength.

Prov. 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war; and in multitude

of counselors there is safety.

Prov. 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he openeth not his mouth in the

gate.

Prov. 24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

Prov. 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin; and the scorner is an

abomination to men.

Prov. 24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

Prov. 24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death and

those that are ready to be slain,

Prov. 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, doth not he that

pondereth the heart consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he

know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his works?

Prov. 24:13 My son, eat thou honey because it is good, and the honeycomb,

which is sweet to thy taste;

Prov. 24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul; when thou

hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be

cut off.

Prov. 24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the

righteous; spoil not his resting place;

Prov. 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times and riseth up again; but the

wicked shall fall into mischief.

Prov. 24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be

glad when he stumbleth,

Prov. 24:18 Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his

wrath from him.

Prov. 24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men; neither be thou envious at

the wicked;

Prov. 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the

wicked shall be put out.

Prov. 24:21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king; and meddle not with

them that are given to change.

Prov. 24:22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly. And who knoweth the

ruin of them both?

Prov. 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have

respect of persons in judgment.

Prov. 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art 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 that giveth a right answer.

Prov. 24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the

field; and afterwards build thine house.

Prov. 24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and

deceive not with thy lips.

Prov. 24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath 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 nettles had

covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof 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 thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as

an armed man.

Prov. Chapter 25

Humility and self-discipline

Prov. 25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of

Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied out.

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 finer.

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 thyself 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 thee, Come up hither, than that

thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes

have seen.

Prov. 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in

the end thereof when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

Prov. 25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and discover not a

secret to another,

Prov. 25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame and thine infamy turn

not away.

Prov. 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures 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 refresheth the soul of his masters.

Prov. 25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind

without rain.

Prov. 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue

breaketh the bone.

Prov. 25:16 Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee,

lest thou be filled therewith and vomit it.

Prov. 25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house, lest he be weary

of thee and so hate thee.

Prov. 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul,

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 taketh away a garment in cold weather and as

vinegar upon niter, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

Prov. 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be

thirsty, give him water to drink;

Prov. 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord

shall reward thee.

Prov. 25:23 The north wind driveth away rain; so doth an angry

countenance a backbiting tongue.

Prov. 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a

brawling woman and in a wide house.

Prov. 25:25 As cold waters 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

troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

Prov. 25:27 It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search their

own glory is not glory.

Prov. 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is

broken down and without walls.

Prov. Chapter 26

Fools and laziness decried--Harm caused by evil-speaking

Prov. 26:1 As snow in summer and as rain in harvest, so honor is not

seemly for a fool.

Prov. 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse

causeless shall not come.

Prov. 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's

back.

Prov. 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like

unto him.

Prov. 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own

conceit.

Prov. 26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the

feet and drinketh damage.

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 bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to

a fool.

Prov. 26:9 As a thorn goeth 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 both rewardeth the fool

and rewardeth transgressors.

Prov. 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Prov. 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope

of a fool than of him.

Prov. 26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in

the streets.

Prov. 26:14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon

his bed.

Prov. 26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to

bring it again to his mouth.

Prov. 26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that

can render a reason.

Prov. 26:17 He that passeth by and meddleth with strife belonging not to

him is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Prov. 26:18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

Prov. 26:19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor and saith, Am not I in

sport?

Prov. 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; so where there is no

talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

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 as wounds, and they go down

into the innermost parts of the belly.

Prov. 26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered

with silver dross.

Prov. 26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips and layeth up deceit

within him;

Prov. 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not; for there are seven

abominations in his heart.

Prov. 26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be

showed before the whole congregation.

Prov. 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a

stone, it will return upon him.

Prov. 26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a

flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Prov. Chapter 27

Humility in human relations

Prov. 27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day

may bring forth.

Prov. 27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a

stranger, and not thine 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 who is able to stand

before envy?

Prov. 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret 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 loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every

bitter thing is sweet.

Prov. 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that

wandereth from his place.

Prov. 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness

of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Prov. 27:10 Thine own friend and thy father's friend forsake not; neither go

into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; for better is a 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 reproacheth me.

Prov. 27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself; but the

simple pass on and are punished.

Prov. 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge

of him for a strange woman.

Prov. 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the

morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

Prov. 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious

woman are alike.

Prov. 27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind and the ointment of his

right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

Prov. 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of

his friend.

Prov. 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; so he that

waiteth on his master shall be honored.

Prov. 27:19 As in water, face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

Prov. 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are

never satisfied.

Prov. 27:21 As the fining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man

to his praise.

Prov. 27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat

with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Prov. 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well

to thy herds;

Prov. 27:24 For riches are not forever. And doth the crown endure to every

generation?

Prov. 27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and

herbs of the mountains are gathered.

Prov. 27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of

the field.

Prov. 27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the

food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Prov. Chapter 28

Instruction in temporal matters--Aid to the poor

Prov. 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth; 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, the state thereof shall be

prolonged.

Prov. 28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain

which leaveth 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 judgment; but they that seek the Lord

understand all things.

Prov. 28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness than he that is

perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Prov. 28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; but he that is a companion

of riotous men shameth his father.

Prov. 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he

shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Prov. 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his

prayer shall be abomination.

Prov. 28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he

shall fall himself into his own pit; but the upright shall have good things in

possession.

Prov. 28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath

understanding searcheth him out.

Prov. 28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory; but when

the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

Prov. 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso

confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Prov. 28:14 Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his

heart shall fall into mischief.

Prov. 28:15 As a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over

the poor people.

Prov. 28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great

oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Prov. 28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee

to the pit; let no man stay him.

Prov. 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved; but he that is perverse

in his ways shall fall at once.

Prov. 28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; but he that

followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Prov. 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh

haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Prov. 28:21 To have respect of persons is not good; for, for a piece of bread

that man will transgress.

Prov. 28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye and considereth not

that poverty shall come upon him.

Prov. 28:23 He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more favor than

he that flattereth with the tongue.

Prov. 28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother and saith, It is no

transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.

Prov. 28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife; but he that putteth

his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

Prov. 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; but whoso walketh

wisely, he shall be delivered.

Prov. 28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that hideth

his eyes shall have many a curse.

Prov. 28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they

perish, the righteous increase.

Prov. Chapter 29

Acceptance of reproof--Governing righteously--Without vision, people

perish

Prov. 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth 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 beareth rule, the people mourn.

Prov. 29:3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; but he that keepeth

company with harlots spendeth his substance.

Prov. 29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land; but he that receiveth

gifts overthroweth it.

Prov. 29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

Prov. 29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the

righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Prov. 29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor; but the wicked

regardeth not to know it.

Prov. 29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare; but wise men turn away

wrath.

Prov. 29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or

laugh, there is no rest.

Prov. 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright; but the just seek his soul.

Prov. 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind; but a wise man keepeth it in till

afterwards.

Prov. 29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

Prov. 29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together; the Lord

lighteneth both their eyes.

Prov. 29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be

established forever.

Prov. 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left to himself

bringeth his mother to shame.

Prov. 29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth; but

the righteous shall see their fall.

Prov. 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give

delight unto thy soul.

Prov. 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth

the law, happy is he.

Prov. 29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words; for though he

understand, he will not answer.

Prov. 29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope

of a fool than of him.

Prov. 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall

have him become his son at the length.

Prov. 29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth

in transgression.

Prov. 29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low; but honor shall uphold the

humble in spirit.

Prov. 29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; he heareth

cursing and bewrayeth it not.

Prov. 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his trust in

the Lord shall be safe.

Prov. 29:26 Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment cometh

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.

Prov. Chapter 30

Agur's confession and prayer--Generation of the wicked--Examples of

wisdom and strength

Prov. 30:1 The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy the man

spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal:

Prov. 30:2 Surely I am more brutish 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 hath ascended up into heaven or descended? Who hath

gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a garment?

Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what

is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

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 thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee and thou be

found a liar.

Prov. 30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I

die;

Prov. 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty

nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me,

Prov. 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? Or lest I

be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

Prov. 30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee and

thou be found guilty.

Prov. 30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father and doth not bless

their mother.

Prov. 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes and yet is

not washed from their filthiness.

Prov. 30:13 There is a generation--oh, 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 horseleech hath 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 saith not, It is enough.

Prov. 30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his

mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall

eat it.

Prov. 30:18 There be 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

maid.

Prov. 30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman: She eateth, and

wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

Prov. 30:21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it

cannot bear:

Prov. 30:22 For a servant when he reigneth, and a fool when he is filled

with meat,

Prov. 30:23 For an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid

that is heir to her mistress.

Prov. 30:24 There be 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 meat in

the summer;

Prov. 30:26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in

the rocks;

Prov. 30:27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by

bands;

Prov. 30:28 The spider taketh hold with her hands and is in kings' palaces.

Prov. 30:29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in

going:

Prov. 30:30 A lion, which is strongest among beasts and turneth not away

from any;

Prov. 30:31 A greyhound; a he goat also; and a king, against whom there is

no rising up.

Prov. 30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast

thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Prov. 30:33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the

wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath bringeth

forth strife.

Prov. Chapter 31

Counsel of King Lemuel's mother--Qualities of a virtuous woman

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 thy strength unto women nor thy ways to that which

destroyeth 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 judgment 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 thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are

appointed to destruction.

Prov. 31:9 Open thy 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 doth safely trust in her, so that he

shall have no need of spoil.

Prov. 31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Prov. 31:13 She seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her

hands.

Prov. 31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from

afar.

Prov. 31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night and giveth meat to her

household and a portion to her maidens.

Prov. 31:16 She considereth a field and buyeth it; with the fruit of her

hands she planteth a vineyard.

Prov. 31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength and strengtheneth her arms.

Prov. 31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her candle goeth

not out by night.

Prov. 31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the

distaff.

Prov. 31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth 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 maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk

and purple.

Prov. 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the

elders of the land.

Prov. 31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it, and delivereth girdles

unto the merchant.

Prov. 31:25 Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in

time to come.

Prov. 31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the

law of kindness.

Prov. 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not

the bread of idleness.

Prov. 31:28 Her children arise up and call her blessed; her husband also,

and he praiseth her.

Prov. 31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them

all.

Prov. 31:30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth

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

Eccl. Chapter 1

The vanity of worldly things

Eccl. 1:1 The words of the preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

Eccl. 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is

vanity.

Eccl. 1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the

sun?

Eccl. 1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but

the earth abideth forever.

Eccl. 1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down and hasteth to his

place where he arose.

Eccl. 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south and turneth about unto the north;

it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his

circuits.

Eccl. 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place

from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

Eccl. 1:8 All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it; the eye is not

satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Eccl. 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which

is done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.

Eccl. 1:10 Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath

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 sore travail hath God

given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

Eccl. 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and

behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is

wanting cannot be numbered.

Eccl. 1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to

great estate and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been

before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and

knowledge.

Eccl. 1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and

folly; I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth

knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Eccl. Chapter 2

Vanity of worldly striving

Eccl. 2:1 I said in mine heart, Go to now; I will prove thee 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 doeth it?

Eccl. 2:3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting

mine heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly till I might see what was

that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all

the days of their life.

Eccl. 2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me

vineyards;

Eccl. 2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all

kind of fruits;

Eccl. 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that

bringeth forth trees.

Eccl. 2:7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my

house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that

were in Jerusalem before me.

Eccl. 2:8 I gathered me also silver, and gold, and the peculiar treasure of

kings and of the provinces; I gat me men singers, and women singers, and

the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments--and that of all sorts.

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 mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I

withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor;

and this was my portion of all my labor.

Eccl. 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and

on the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and

vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Eccl. 2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly.

For what can the man do that cometh after the king? Even that which hath

been already done.

Eccl. 2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly as far as light excelleth

darkness.

Eccl. 2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in

darkness; and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Eccl. 2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it

happeneth even to me. And why was I then more wise? Then I said in my

heart that this also is vanity.

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 dieth the wise man? As the fool.

Eccl. 2:17 Therefore, I hated life because the work that is wrought under

the sun is grievous unto me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 2:18 Yea, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun

because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Eccl. 2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet

shall he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored and wherein I

have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Eccl. 2:20 Therefore, I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the

labor which I took 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 hath not labored therein shall he leave it for

his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Eccl. 2:22 For what hath man of all his labor and of the vexation of his

heart wherein he hath labored under the sun?

Eccl. 2:23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart

taketh 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 hasten hereunto more than I?

Eccl. 2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and

knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap

up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and

vexation of spirit.

Eccl. Chapter 3

A time for everything--Mortality of man

Eccl. 3:1 To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under

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 rend, 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 hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

Eccl. 3:10 I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men,

to be exercised in it.

Eccl. 3:11 He hath made everything beautiful in his time; also he hath set

the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God

maketh from the beginning to the end.

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 doeth, it shall be forever; nothing

can be put to it nor anything taken from it; and God doeth it, that men

should fear before him.

Eccl. 3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath

already been; and God requireth that which is past.

Eccl. 3:16 And, moreover, I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that

wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was

there.

Eccl. 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the

wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Eccl. 3:18 I said in mine heart, concerning the estates of the sons of men,

that God might manifest them and that they might see that they themselves

are beasts.

Eccl. 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even

one thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have

all one breath so that a man hath no pre-eminence above 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 knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward and the spirit

of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

Eccl. 3:22 Wherefore, I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man

should rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring

him to see what shall be after him?

Eccl. Chapter 4

Vanity and vexation--Trials are lessened by mutual support

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 Wherefore, I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than

the living, which are yet alive.

Eccl. 4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath

not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Eccl. 4:4 Again, I considered all travail and every right work, that for this a

man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together and eateth his own flesh.

Eccl. 4:6 Better is a handful with quietness than both the hands full with

travail and vexation of spirit.

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 hath neither

child nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye

satisfied with riches. Neither saith he, For whom do I labor and bereave my

soul of good? This is also vanity; yea, it is a sore 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 falleth, for he hath 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 prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a

threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Eccl. 4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king

who will no more be admonished.

Eccl. 4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born

in his kingdom becometh poor.

Eccl. 4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun with the

second child that shall stand up in his stead.

Eccl. 4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been

before them; they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this

also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Eccl. Chapter 5

Traits of fools--Justice and equity

Eccl. 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more

ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they consider not that

they do evil.

Eccl. 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to

utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth;

therefore, let thy words be few.

Eccl. 5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a

fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

Eccl. 5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he

hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou hast vowed.

Eccl. 5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow than that thou shouldest

vow and not pay.

Eccl. 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou

before the angel that it was an error. Wherefore should God be angry at thy

voice and destroy the work of thine hands?

Eccl. 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also

divers vanities; but fear thou God.

Eccl. 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor and violent perverting of

judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for he that is

higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Eccl. 5:9 Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is

served by the field.

Eccl. 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that

loveth abundance with increase. This is also vanity.

Eccl. 5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them. And what

good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their

eyes?

Eccl. 5:12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or

much; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Eccl. 5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely,

riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Eccl. 5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail; and he begetteth a son,

and 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 of his labor, which he may carry away

in his hand.

Eccl. 5:16 And this also is a sore evil--that in all points as he came, so shall

he go. And what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?

Eccl. 5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow

and wrath with his sickness.

Eccl. 5:18 Behold that which I have seen; it is good and comely for one to

eat, and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh under

the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him; for it is his portion.

Eccl. 5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth and

hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice

in his labor--this is the gift of God.

Eccl. 5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life because God

answereth him in the joy of his heart.

Eccl. Chapter 6

Vanity of riches and worldly success

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 hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that

he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him

not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an

evil disease.

Eccl. 6:3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that

the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also

that he have no burial, I say that an untimely birth is better than he.

Eccl. 6:4 For he cometh in with vanity and departeth in darkness, and his

name shall be covered with darkness.

Eccl. 6:5 Moreover, he hath not seen the sun nor known anything; this hath

more rest than the other.

Eccl. 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he 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 hath the wise more than the fool? What hath the poor

that knoweth 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 vexation of spirit.

Eccl. 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is

man; neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Eccl. 6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the

better?

Eccl. 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days

of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? For who can tell a man

what shall be after him under the sun?

Eccl. Chapter 7

Excess merriment decried--Value of wisdom

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 maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth

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 thy spirit to be angry, for anger resteth in the

bosom of fools.

Eccl. 7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better

than these? For thou dost 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 defense, and money is a defense; but the

excellency of knowledge is that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Eccl. 7:13 Consider the work of God. For who can make that straight,

which he hath made crooked?

Eccl. 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity

consider. God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that

man should find nothing after him.

Eccl. 7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just

man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that

prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

Eccl. 7:16 Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise. Why

shouldest thou destroy thyself?

Eccl. 7:17 Be not overmuch wicked; neither be thou foolish. Why shouldest

thou die before thy time?

Eccl. 7:18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from

this withdraw not thine hand; for he that feareth God shall come forth of

them all.

Eccl. 7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which

are in the city.

Eccl. 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and

sinneth not.

Eccl. 7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear

thy servant curse thee;

Eccl. 7:22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself

likewise hast 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 exceeding deep, who can find it out?

Eccl. 7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out

wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even

of foolishness and madness;

Eccl. 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is

snares and nets and her hands as bands; whoso pleaseth God shall escape

from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Eccl. 7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by

one to find out the account,

Eccl. 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not. One man among a

thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

Eccl. 7:29 Lo, this only have I found: that God hath made man upright, but

they have sought out many inventions.

Eccl. Chapter 8

Respect for authority--Vanity of wickedness

Eccl. 8:1 Who is as the wise man? And who knoweth the interpretation of a

thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his

face shall be changed.

Eccl. 8:2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard

of the oath of God.

Eccl. 8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight; stand not in an evil thing, for

he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

Eccl. 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power. And who may say

unto him, What doest thou?

Eccl. 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a

wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Eccl. 8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment; therefore,

the misery of man is great upon him.

Eccl. 8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be. For who can tell him

when it shall be?

Eccl. 8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit;

neither hath he power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that

war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

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 wherein one man ruleth over another to

his own hurt.

Eccl. 8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from

the place of the holy; and they were forgotten in the city where they had so

done; this is also vanity.

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 do evil a hundred times and his days be

prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God,

which fear before him;

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 feareth not before God.

Eccl. 8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth--that there be just

men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again,

there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the

righteous; I said that this also is vanity.

Eccl. 8:15 Then I commended mirth because a man hath no better thing

under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide

with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the

sun.

Eccl. 8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom and to see the

business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor

night seeth sleep with his eyes),

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 labor to seek it

out, yet he shall not find it; yea, further, though a wise man think to know it,

yet shall he not be able to find it.

Eccl. Chapter 9

Mortality of man--God's equity and providence

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

knoweth 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

sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner;

and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

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

anything; 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 anything that is done under

the sun.

Eccl. 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a

merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Eccl. 9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no

ointment.

Eccl. 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the

life of thy vanity which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy

vanity; for that is thy portion in this life and in thy labor which thou takest

under the sun.

Eccl. 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for

there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave

whither thou goest.

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

happeneth to them all.

Eccl. 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time; as the fishes that are taken in

an evil net and as the birds that are caught in the snare, so are the sons of

men snared in an evil time when it falleth suddenly upon them.

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 ruleth among fools.

Eccl. 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth

much good.

Eccl. Chapter 10

Wisdom and folly

Eccl. 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a

stinking savor; so doth a little folly him that is in reputation 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 walketh by the way, his wisdom

faileth him, and he saith to everyone that he is a fool.

Eccl. 10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place;

for yielding pacifieth great offenses.

Eccl. 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error

which proceedeth 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 diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a

hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Eccl. 10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that

cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

Eccl. 10:10 If the iron be blunt and he do not whet the edge, then must he

put to more strength; but wisdom is profitable to direct.

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 up himself.

Eccl. 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the

end of his talk is mischievous 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 wearieth every one of them because he

knoweth not how to go to the city.

Eccl. 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child and thy princes

eat in the morning!

Eccl. 10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles and

thy princes eat in due season for strength and not for drunkenness!

Eccl. 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through

idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Eccl. 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry; but

money answereth all things.

Eccl. 10:20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich

in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which

hath wings shall tell the matter.

Eccl. Chapter 11

God's providence--Temporal nature of life

Eccl. 11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many

days.

Eccl. 11:2 Give a portion to seven and also to eight, for thou knowest not

what evil shall be upon the earth.

Eccl. 11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the

earth; and if the tree fall toward the south or toward the north, in the place

where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Eccl. 11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth

the clouds shall not reap.

Eccl. 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit nor how the

bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest

not the works of God who maketh all.

Eccl. 11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not

thine hand; for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or

whether they both shall be alike good.

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 live many years and rejoice in them all, yet let him

remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is

vanity.

Eccl. 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee

in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight

of thine eyes; but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee

into judgment.

Eccl. 11:10 Therefore, remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil

from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

Eccl. Chapter 12

Remember the Creator--Trials of life--The whole duty of man

Eccl. 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth--while the

evil days come not nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no

pleasure in them;

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 be darkened;

Eccl. 12:4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the

grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the

daughters of music shall be brought low;

Eccl. 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears

shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper

shall be a burden, and desire shall fail because man goeth to his long home

and the mourners go about the streets;

Eccl. 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken,

or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

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, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

Eccl. 12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the

people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order

many proverbs.

Eccl. 12:10 The preacher sought to find out 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 fastened by the

masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Eccl. 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: Of making

many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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, with every

secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

Song of Solomon

The manuscript of the Inspired Version states that "The Songs of Solomon

are not inspired writings.

Isaiah

Isa. Chapter 1

Judah's rebellion--Sacrifices rejected--Repentance required--Promise of

Zion's redemption

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 hath spoken; I

have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

Isa. 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel

doth not know; my people doth not consider.

Isa. 1:4 Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers,

children that are corrupters; they have forsaken the Lord; they have

provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger; they are gone away backward.

Isa. 1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? Ye 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 putrefying sores; they have not been

closed, neither bound up, neither mollified 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 cottage in a vineyard, as a

lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

Isa. 1:9 Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we

should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Isa. 1:10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the

law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Isa. 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith

the Lord; I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts;

and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

Isa. 1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at

your hand, to tread my courts?

Isa. 1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me;

the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with;

it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

Isa. 1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they

are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

Isa. 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from

you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full

of blood.

Isa. 1:16 Wash ye; make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from

before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Isa. 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment; relieve the oppressed; judge the

fatherless; plead for the widow.

Isa. 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord. Though

your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red

like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isa. 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;

Isa. 1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword;

for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Isa. 1:21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment;

righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.

Isa. 1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water;

Isa. 1:23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone

loveth gifts and followeth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless;

neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Isa. 1:24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of

Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries and avenge me of mine

enemies.

Isa. 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy

dross, and take away all thy tin;

Isa. 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first and thy counselors as at

the beginning; afterward thou shalt be called the city of righteousness, the

faithful city.

Isa. 1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, 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 they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and

ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

Isa. 1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth and as a garden that

hath no water.

Isa. 1:31 And the strong shall be as tow and the maker of it as a spark; and

they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Isa. Chapter 2

Vision of Christ's coming kingdom--Out of Zion shall go forth the law--

Warnings against idols

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, when 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 ye, and let us go up to the

mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us

of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the

law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem;

Isa. 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many

people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears

into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither

shall they learn war any more.

Isa. 2:5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord;

yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, everyone to his wicked ways.

Isa. 2:6 Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of

Jacob, because they be replenished from the east and hearken unto

soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children

of strangers.

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 the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth

himself not; therefore, forgive them not.

Isa. 2:10 O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide ye in the dust; for

the fear of the Lord and his majesty shall smite thee.

Isa. 2:11 And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall be

humbled; and the haughtiness of man 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 soon cometh upon all nations,

yea, upon every one, yea, upon the proud, and lofty, and upon everyone

who is lifted up; and he shall be brought low.

Isa. 2:13 Yea, and the day of the Lord shall come upon all the cedars of

Lebanon, for they 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, and upon

all the nations which are lifted up,

Isa. 2:15 And upon every people, and upon every high tower, and upon

every fenced wall,

Isa. 2:16 And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the ships of

Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

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 holes of the rocks and into the caves of

the earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them; and the glory of his

majesty shall smite them when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Isa. 2:20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver and his idols of

gold, which he hath made 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 the fear of the Lord shall come upon them, and the majesty of the

Lord shall smite them when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Isa. 2:22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils. For wherein is

he to be accounted of?

Isa. Chapter 3

Punishment for Israel's disobedience

Isa. 3:1 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from

Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole staff of bread,

and the whole stay of water,

Isa. 3:2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet,

and the prudent, and the ancient,

Isa. 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and

the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

Isa. 3:4 And I will give children unto them 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

ancient, and the base against the honorable.

Isa. 3:6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father

and shall say, Thou hast clothing; be thou our ruler, and let not this ruin

come under thy hand,

Isa. 3:7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my

house there 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 tongues

and their doings have been against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his

glory.

Isa. 3:9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them and doth

declare their sin to be even as Sodom; they cannot hide it. Woe unto their

souls! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Isa. 3:10 Say unto the righteous that it is well with them; for they shall eat

the fruit of their doings.

Isa. 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! For they shall perish; for the reward of their

hands shall be upon them.

Isa. 3:12 And as for my people, children are their oppressors, and women

rule over them. O my people, they who lead thee cause thee to err and

destroy the way of thy paths.

Isa. 3:13 The Lord standeth up to plead and standeth to judge the people.

Isa. 3:14 The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people

and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the vineyard, and the spoil of

the poor is in your houses.

Isa. 3:15 What mean ye? Ye beat my people to pieces and grind the faces of

the poor, saith the Lord God of hosts.

Isa. 3:16 Moreover, the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are

haughty and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and

mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet,

Isa. 3:17 Therefore, the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head

of the daughters of Zion; and the Lord will discover their secret parts.

Isa. 3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of tinkling

ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon,

Isa. 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

Isa. 3:20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands,

and the tablets, and the earrings,

Isa. 3:21 The rings, and nose jewels,

Isa. 3:22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the

wimples, and the crisping pins,

Isa. 3:23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.

Isa. 3:24 And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell there shall be

stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of well-set hair, baldness;

and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; burning instead of

beauty.

Isa. 3:25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

Isa. 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate

and shall sit upon the ground.

Isa. 3:27 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,

We will eat our own bread and wear our own apparel; only let us be called

by thy name, to take away our reproach.

Isa. Chapter 4

Beauty and glory of Zion

Isa. 4:1 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious,

and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely to them that are

escaped of Israel.

Isa. 4:2 And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion and he that

remaineth in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone that is written

among the living in Jerusalem,

Isa. 4:3 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of

Zion and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof

by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning.

Isa. 4:4 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion

and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a

flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion shall be a defense.

Isa. 4:5 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from

the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from

rain.

Isa. Chapter 5

Parable of the vineyard--Judgment for sins--Calling evil good and good

evil--The ensign

Isa. 5:1 And then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved

touching his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful

hill;

Isa. 5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it

with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a

winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it

brought forth wild grapes.

Isa. 5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I

pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

Isa. 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not

done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, it

brought forth wild grapes.

Isa. 5:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard; I will

take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and I will break down

the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;

Isa. 5:6 And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged; but there

shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they

rain no rain upon it.

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 judgment, 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 can be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the

earth!

Isa. 5:9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be

desolate, and great and fair cities 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, and wine inflame them!

Isa. 5:12 And the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in

their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the

operation of his hands.

Isa. 5:13 Therefore, my people are gone into captivity because they have no

knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried

up with thirst.

Isa. 5:14 Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself and opened her mouth

without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and

he that rejoiceth shall descend into it.

Isa. 5:15 And the mean 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 judgment, and God that is

holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Isa. 5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places

of the fat 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 nigh 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 the wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own

sight!

Isa. 5:22 Woe unto the mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle

strong drink,

Isa. 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward and take away the

righteousness of the righteous from him!

Isa. 5:24 Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble and the flame

consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom

shall go up as dust because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts

and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 5:25 Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and

he hath stretched forth his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the

hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn 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 an ensign to the nations from far and will hiss

unto them from the end of the earth; and behold, they shall come with speed

swiftly;

Isa. 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber

nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed nor the latchet of

their shoes be broken,

Isa. 5:28 Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and their

horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind;

their roaring shall be like a lion.

Isa. 5:29 They shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold

of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none shall deliver.

Isa. 5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the

sea; and if they look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow; and the

light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Isa. Chapter 6

Vision of the Lord's glory--Isaiah's cleansing and calling

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 twain he

covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain 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 moved 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 mine

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 thy

lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy 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 ye indeed, but they

understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.

Isa. 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and

shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and

understand with their hearts, and convert, and be healed.

Isa. 6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he said, Until the cities be

wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be

utterly desolate,

Isa. 6:12 And the Lord have removed men far away; for there shall be a

great forsaking in the midst of the land.

Isa. 6:13 But yet in it there shall be a tenth, and they shall return and shall

be eaten--as a teil tree and as an oak, whose substance is in them when they

cast their leaves, so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

Isa. Chapter 7

Attack against Jerusalem will fail--Sign of Christ's birth

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 confederate

with Ephraim. And his heart was moved and the heart of his people, as the

trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

Isa. 7:3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou

and Shear-jashub, thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the

highway of the fuller's field,

Isa. 7:4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not; neither be

faint-hearted 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 thee, saying,

Isa. 7:6 Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a breach

therein for us and set a king in the midst of it, yea, even the son of Tabeal,

Isa. 7:7 Thus saith 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, that it

be not a people.

Isa. 7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is

Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

Isa. 7:10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

Isa. 7:11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord, thy 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 tempt the Lord.

Isa. 7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David. Is it a small thing

for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

Isa. 7:14 Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin

shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Isa. 7:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil

and to choose the good.

Isa. 7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the

good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

Isa. 7:17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon

thy father's house days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim

departed from Judah--even the king of Assyria.

Isa. 7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for

the fly that is in the uttermost part 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 holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all

bushes.

Isa. 7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired,

namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head and the

hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

Isa. 7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day that a man shall nourish a

young cow and two sheep.

Isa. 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they

shall give, he shall eat butter; for butter 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 shall be,

where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, which shall

even be for briers and thorns.

Isa. 7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither because all the

land shall become briers and thorns.

Isa. 7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall

not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending

forth of oxen and for the treading of lesser cattle.

Isa. Chapter 8

Prophecy against Israel and Judah

Isa. 8:1 Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great

roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

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 bare a son.

Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Isa. 8:4 For behold, the child shall not have knowledge to cry, My father

and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria

shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

Isa. 8:5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,

Isa. 8:6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go

softly and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son,

Isa. 8:7 Now, therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters

of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory; and

he shall come up over all his channels and go over all his banks;

Isa. 8:8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over; he

shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the

breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

Isa. 8:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in

pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be

broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

Isa. 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught; speak the

word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

Isa. 8:11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand and instructed

me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

Isa. 8:12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall

say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear 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 for a sanctuary--but for a stone of stumbling and

for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to

the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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 hideth his face from the house

of Jacob; and I will look for him.

Isa. 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for

signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in

Mount Zion.

Isa. 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have

familiar spirits and unto wizards that peep and that mutter, should not a

people seek unto their God? For the living to hear from the dead?

Isa. 8:20 To the law and to the testimony--and 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, hardly bestead and hungry; and it

shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret

themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

Isa. 8:22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble and

darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

Isa. Chapter 9

Birth and kingdom of Christ--Evil leaders cause destruction

Isa. 9:1 Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,

when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of

Naphtali and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the

Red 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 hath the light

shined.

Isa. 9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation and increased the joy; and they joy

before thee according to the joy in harvest and as men rejoice when they

divide the spoil.

Isa. 9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his

shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Isa. 9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise and garments

rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

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, Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of

Peace.

Isa. 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there is no end, upon

the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it and to establish it

with judgment and with justice from henceforth, even forever. The zeal of

the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isa. 9:8 The Lord sent his word unto Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

Isa. 9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of

Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

Isa. 9:10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones;

the sycamores are cut down, but we will change 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 open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away,

but his hand is stretched out still.

Isa. 9:13 For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them; neither do

they seek the Lord of hosts.

Isa. 9:14 Therefore, the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch

and rush, in one day.

Isa. 9:15 The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that

teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Isa. 9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are

led of 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 every one of them is a

hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this, his

anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isa. 9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire; it shall devour the briers and

thorns and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest; and they shall mount up

like the lifting up of smoke.

Isa. 9:19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and

the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall spare his brother.

Isa. 9:20 And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he shall

eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied; they shall eat, every

man, the flesh of his own arm--

Isa. 9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together

shall be against Judah. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his

hand is stretched out still.

Isa. Chapter 10

God uses Assyria to punish Israel--A remnant shall be delivered

Isa. 10:1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees and that write

grievousness which they have prescribed,

Isa. 10:2 To turn aside the needy from judgment and to take away the right

from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey and that they

may rob the fatherless!

Isa. 10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation and in the desolation

which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will

ye leave your glory?

Isa. 10:4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they

shall fall under the slain. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his

hand is stretched out still.

Isa. 10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is

mine indignation.

Isa. 10:6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation; and against the

people of my wrath will I give him a charge: to take the spoil, and to take

the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isa. 10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so; neither doth his heart think so; but in

his heart it is to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

Isa. 10:8 For he saith, 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 hath founded 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 to her idols?

Isa. 10:12 Wherefore, it shall come to pass that when the Lord hath

performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will

punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his

high looks.

Isa. 10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand and by my wisdom I

have done these things; for I am prudent, and I have moved the borders 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 hath found as a nest the riches of the people; and

as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there

was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

Isa. 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Or

shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if the rod should

shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself,

as if it were no wood.

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 standard-bearer fainteth.

Isa. 10:19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child

may write them.

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 stay upon

him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel,

in truth.

Isa. 10:21 The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of Jacob, unto

the mighty God.

Isa. 10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a

remnant of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall overflow with

righteousness.

Isa. 10:23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even

determined, in all the land.

Isa. 10:24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that

dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a

rod and shall lift up his staff against thee after the manner of Egypt.

Isa. 10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and

mine 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 thy shoulder and his yoke from off thy neck; and the

yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Isa. 10:28 He is come to Aiath; he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he

hath laid up his carriages;

Isa. 10:29 They are gone over the passage; they have taken up their lodging

at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

Isa. 10:30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard unto

Laish, O poor Anathoth.

Isa. 10:31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather

themselves to flee.

Isa. 10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his hand

against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Isa. 10:33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with

terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty

shall be humbled.

Isa. 10:34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and

Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

Isa. Chapter 11

Stem of Jesse--The kingdom of Christ--Gathering of the remnant

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 shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the

Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after

the hearing of his ears;

Isa. 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor and reprove with

equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of

his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Isa. 11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness

the girdle of his reins.

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 sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the

weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice 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, which shall stand

for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek; and his 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, which

shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from

Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the

islands of the sea.

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

vex Ephraim.

Isa. 11:14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the

west; they shall spoil them of the east together; they shall lay their hand

upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

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 smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dry-shod.

Isa. 11:16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people,

which shall be left from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in the day that he

came up out of the land of Egypt.

Isa. Chapter 12

God praised for his greatness

Isa. 12:1 And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee; though

thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst

me.

Isa. 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; for the

Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my

salvation.

Isa. 12:3 Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of

salvation.

Isa. 12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name,

declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is

exalted.

Isa. 12:5 Sing unto the Lord, for he hath done excellent things; this is

known in all the earth.

Isa. 12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great is the Holy

One of Israel in the midst of thee.

Isa. Chapter 13

Desolation of Babylon

Isa. 13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, did see:

Isa. 13:2 Lift ye up my banner upon the high mountain; exalt the voice unto

them; shake 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 mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my highness.

Isa. 13:4 The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great

people, a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together--

the Lord of hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.

Isa. 13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, the

Lord and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Isa. 13:6 Howl ye; 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 faint, 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 travaileth; they shall be amazed

one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

Isa. 13:9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and

fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall destroy the sinners

thereof out of it.

Isa. 13:10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not

give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon

shall not cause her light to shine.

Isa. 13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil and the wicked for their

iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease and will lay

low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Isa. 13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even a man 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 chased roe and as a sheep that no man

taketh up; they shall, every man, turn to his own people and flee, everyone

into his own land.

Isa. 13:15 Everyone that is proud shall be thrust through; and everyone that

is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.

Isa. 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;

their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

Isa. 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which 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 Chaldees'

excellency, 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 tent there; neither

shall the shepherds make their fold there.

Isa. 13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall

be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall

dance there.

Isa. 13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate

houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come,

and her days shall not be prolonged; for I will destroy her speedily; yea, for

I will be merciful unto my people, but the wicked shall perish.

Isa. Chapter 14

Restoration of Israel--Lucifer's condemnation

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 cleave to the house of Jacob.

Isa. 14:2 And the people shall take them and bring them to their place, yea,

from far, unto the end of the earth; and they shall return to their land of

promise. And the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord

for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captives, whose

captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

Isa. 14:3 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall give thee

rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein

thou wast made to serve.

Isa. 14:4 And it shall come to pass in that day that thou shalt take up this

proverb against the king of Babylon and say, How hath the oppressor

ceased, the golden city ceased!

Isa. 14:5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked and the scepters of

the rulers.

Isa. 14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that

ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

Isa. 14:7 The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they break forth into

singing.

Isa. 14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and also the cedars of Lebanon,

saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

Isa. 14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it

stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath

raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

Isa. 14:10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become

weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?

Isa. 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy

viols; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

Isa. 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!

How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Isa. 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven; I will

exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the mount of the

congregation in the sides of the north;

Isa. 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the

Most High.

Isa. 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

Isa. 14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and shall

consider thee, and shall say, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble,

that did shake kingdoms,

Isa. 14:17 And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities

thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners?

Isa. 14:18 All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie in glory, every

one of them in his own house.

Isa. 14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch and

the remnant of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go

down to the stones of the pit as a carcass trodden under feet.

Isa. 14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial because thou hast

destroyed thy land and slain thy people; the seed of evildoers shall never be

renowned.

Isa. 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children, for the iniquities 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, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut

off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the

Lord.

Isa. 14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern and pools of water;

and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isa. 14:24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought,

so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,

Isa. 14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land and upon my

mountains tread him underfoot; 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 hath purposed. And who shall disannul 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 thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that

smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a

cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Isa. 14:30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie

down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy

remnant.

Isa. 14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved;

for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his

appointed times.

Isa. 14:32 What shall then answer the messengers of the nation? That the

Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

Isa. Chapter 15

Lamentable condition of Moab

Isa. 15:1 The burden of Moab: Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid

waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid

waste, and brought to silence;

Isa. 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep;

Moab shall howl over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads shall be

baldness, and every beard cut off.

Isa. 15:3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; on the

tops of their houses and in their streets everyone shall howl, 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 grievous unto him.

Isa. 15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar,

a heifer of three years old; for by the mounting up of Luhith, with weeping

shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of

destruction.

Isa. 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the hay is withered

away; the grass faileth; 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 is gone round about the borders of Moab--the howling

thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.

Isa. 15:9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood; for I will bring

more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab and upon the

remnant of the land.

Isa. Chapter 16

Moab's glory diminished

Isa. 16:1 Send ye 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 Arnon.

Isa. 16:3 Take counsel; execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in

the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

Isa. 16:4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them

from the face of the spoiler; for the extortioner is at an end; the spoiler

ceaseth; the oppressors are consumed out of the land.

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 judgment, and

hasting righteousness.

Isa. 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab--of his haughtiness and his

pride, for he is very proud--and his wrath, his lies, and all his evil works.

Isa. 16:7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab; everyone shall howl; for the

foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

Isa. 16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah; the

lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof; they are

come even unto Jazer; they wandered through the wilderness; her branches

are stretched out; they are gone over the sea.

Isa. 16:9 Therefore, I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer, the vine of

Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; for the

shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

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 Wherefore, my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and

mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.

Isa. 16:12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on

the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not

prevail.

Isa. 16:13 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab

since that time.

Isa. 16:14 But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the

years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned with all that

great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

Isa. Chapter 17

Destruction of Damascus--Decline of Syria and Israel--Command to return

to God

Isa. 17:1 The burden of 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, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isa. 17:4 And in that day it shall come to pass that the glory of Jacob shall

be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

Isa. 17:5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn and

reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the

valley of Rephaim.

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

the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.

Isa. 17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have

respect to the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 17:8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither

shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves or the

images.

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 thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation and hast not

been mindful of the Rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant

plants and shalt set it with strange slips;

Isa. 17:11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning

shalt thou make thy seed to flourish; but the harvest shall be a heap in the

day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

Isa. 17:12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like

the noise of the seas, and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like

the rushing of mighty waters!

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 eventide trouble; and before the morning he is

not. This is the portion of them that spoil us and the lot of them that rob us.

Isa. Chapter 18

Land shadowing with wings--The ensign

Isa. 18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers

of Ethiopia,

Isa. 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes

upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and

peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto--a nation meted

out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Isa. 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth, see ye,

when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a

trumpet, hear ye.

Isa. 18:4 For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will

consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs and like a cloud

of dew in the heat of harvest.

Isa. 18:5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect and the sour grape is

ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks

and take away and cut down the branches.

Isa. 18:6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains and to

the beasts of the earth; and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the

beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

Isa. 18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of

a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their

beginning hitherto--a nation meted out and trodden underfoot, whose land

the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the

Mount Zion.

Isa. Chapter 19

Dismal future of Egypt--Egypt, Judah, and Assyria to be united

Isa. 19:1 The burden of Egypt: Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud

and shall come into Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his

presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

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 the midst thereof; and I will

destroy the counsel thereof; and they shall seek to the idols, and to the

charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

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, saith 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 far away; and the brooks of defense

shall be emptied and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.

Isa. 19:7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and

everything sown by the brooks shall wither, be driven away, and be no

more.

Isa. 19:8 The fishers also shall mourn; and all they that cast angle into the

brooks shall lament; and they that spread nets upon the waters shall

languish.

Isa. 19:9 Moreover, they that work in fine flax and they that weave

networks shall be confounded.

Isa. 19:10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make

sluices and ponds for fish.

Isa. 19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the counsel of the wise

counselors of Pharaoh is become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am

the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Isa. 19:12 Where are they? Where are thy wise men? And let them tell thee

now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

Isa. 19:13 The princes of Zoan are become fools; the princes of Noph are

deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the

tribes thereof.

Isa. 19:14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof; and

they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man

staggereth in his vomit.

Isa. 19:15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail,

branch or rush, may do.

Isa. 19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women; and it shall be afraid

and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he

shaketh over it.

Isa. 19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, everyone that

maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself because of the counsel of

the Lord of hosts which he hath 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 the border thereof 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 great 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 do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they

shall vow a vow unto the Lord and perform it.

Isa. 19:22 And the Lord shall smite Egypt; he shall smite and heal it; and

they shall return even to the Lord; and he shall be entreated of them and

shall heal them.

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, mine inheritance.

Isa. Chapter 20

The humiliation of Egypt and Ethiopia

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 spake the Lord by Isaiah, the son of Amoz,

saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe

from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Isa. 20:3 And the Lord said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked

and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon

Ethiopia,

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

expectation, and of Egypt, their glory.

Isa. 20:6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is

our expectation--whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of

Assyria. And how shall we escape?

Isa. Chapter 21

Vision of Babylon's defeat--The set time for Arabia's fall

Isa. 21:1 The burden of the desert of the sea: As whirlwinds in the south

pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from the terrible land.

Isa. 21:2 A grievous vision is declared unto me: The treacherous dealer

dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O

Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Isa. 21:3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain; pangs have taken hold

upon me as the pangs of a woman that travaileth; I was bowed down at the

hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

Isa. 21:4 My heart panted; fearfulness affrighted me; the night of my

pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

Isa. 21:5 Prepare the table; watch in the watchtower; eat; drink; arise, ye

princes, and anoint the shield.

Isa. 21:6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go; set a watchman; let him

declare what he seeth.

Isa. 21:7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of

asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.

Isa. 21:8 And he cried, A lion! My lord, I stand continually upon the

watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights;

Isa. 21:9 And behold, here cometh a chariot of men with a couple of

horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all

the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

Isa. 21:10 O my threshing and the corn of my floor; that which I have heard

of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

Isa. 21:11 The burden of Dumah: He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,

what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Isa. 21:12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night; if

ye will inquire, inquire ye; return; come.

Isa. 21:13 The burden upon Arabia: In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,

O ye traveling companies of Dedanim.

Isa. 21:14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that

was thirsty; they prevented 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 grievousness of war.

Isa. 21:16 For thus hath 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 residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the

children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for the Lord God of Israel hath

spoken it.

Isa. Chapter 22

Persia to invade Judah--Calling of Eliakim

Isa. 22:1 The burden of the valley of vision: What aileth thee now, that thou

art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Isa. 22:2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city; thy

slain men are not slain with the sword nor dead in battle.

Isa. 22:3 All thy rulers are fled together; they are bound by the archers; all

that are found in thee are bound together which have fled from far.

Isa. 22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly; labor

not to comfort me because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

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 bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and

Kir uncovered the shield.

Isa. 22:7 And it shall come to pass that thy choicest valleys shall be full of

chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

Isa. 22:8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in

that day to the armor of the house of the forest.

Isa. 22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are

many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

Isa. 22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses

have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

Isa. 22:11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the

old pool; but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect

unto him that fashioned it long ago.

Isa. 22:12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to

mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;

Isa. 22:13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep,

eating flesh, and drinking wine; let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall

die.

Isa. 22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely

this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of

hosts.

Isa. 22:15 Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this

treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

Isa. 22:16 What hast thou here, and whom hast thou here, that thou hast

hewed thee out a sepulcher here, as he that heweth him out a sepulcher on

high and that graveth a habitation for himself in a rock?

Isa. 22:17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity

and will surely cover thee.

Isa. 22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large

country; there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the

shame of thy lord's house.

Isa. 22:19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he

pull thee 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 thy robe and strengthen him with thy

girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a

father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

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 nail in a sure place; and he shall be for

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 issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of

cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

Isa. 22:25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened

in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that

was upon it shall be cut off; for the Lord hath spoken it.

Isa. Chapter 23

Decline and fall of Tyre

Isa. 23:1 The burden of Tyre: Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste

so that there is no house, no entering in; from the land of Chittim it is

revealed to them.

Isa. 23:2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle, thou whom the merchants of

Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

Isa. 23:3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is

her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

Isa. 23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea hath spoken, even the

strength of the sea, saying, I travail not nor bring forth children; neither do I

nourish up young men nor bring up virgins.

Isa. 23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained

at the report of Tyre.

Isa. 23:6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.

Isa. 23:7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her

own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

Isa. 23:8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,

whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the

earth?

Isa. 23:9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory

and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Isa. 23:10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish; there is

no more strength in thee.

Isa. 23:11 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 strongholds thereof.

Isa. 23:12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed

virgin, daughter of Zidon; arise; pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou

have no rest.

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 the

towers thereof; they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

Isa. 23:14 Howl, ye 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 shall Tyre sing as a harlot.

Isa. 23:16 Take a harp; go about the city, thou harlot that hast been

forgotten; make sweet melody; sing many songs, that thou mayest 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 turn 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 holiness to the Lord;

it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them

that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently and for durable clothing.

Isa. Chapter 24

Ordinances changed and the everlasting covenant broken--The judgments

of God

Isa. 24:1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste,

and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

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 taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

Isa. 24:3 The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly spoiled; for the Lord

hath spoken this word.

Isa. 24:4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away; the world languisheth and

fadeth away; the haughty people of the earth do languish.

Isa. 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof because

they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the

everlasting covenant.

Isa. 24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell

therein are desolate; therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned and

few men left.

Isa. 24:7 The new wine mourneth; the vine languisheth; all the merry-

hearted do sigh.

Isa. 24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth; the noise of them that rejoice endeth;

the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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 smitten with

destruction.

Isa. 24:13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,

there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree and as the gleaning grapes

when the vintage is done.

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 Wherefore, glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the

Lord God of Israel in the isles 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 thee, O inhabitant of the

earth.

Isa. 24:18 And it shall come to pass that he who fleeth from the noise of the

fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit

shall be taken in the snare; for the windows from on high are open, and the

foundations of the earth do shake.

Isa. 24:19 The earth is utterly broken down; the earth is clean dissolved; the

earth is moved exceedingly.

Isa. 24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard and shall be

removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;

and it shall fall and not rise again.

Isa. 24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish

the host of the high ones that are on high and the kings of the earth upon the

earth.

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

visited.

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 ancients gloriously.

Isa. Chapter 25

The prophet praises God--The people will be blessed and comforted

Isa. 25:1 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee; I will praise thy name,

for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and

truth.

Isa. 25:2 For thou hast made of a city, a heap; of a defensed 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 thee; the city of the

terrible nations shall fear thee.

Isa. 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy

in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat when the

blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Isa. 25:5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers as the heat in a dry

place, even the heat with the shadow of a cloud; the branch of the terrible

ones shall be brought low.

Isa. 25:6 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.

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 hath 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

dunghill.

Isa. 25:11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them as he

that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim; and he shall bring down

their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

Isa. 25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down,

lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

Isa. Chapter 26

Trust in God--Exhortation to righteousness

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 ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the

truth may enter in.

Isa. 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee

because he trusteth in thee.

Isa. 26:4 Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in the Lord JEHOVAH is

everlasting strength.

Isa. 26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he

layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the

dust.

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; thou, most upright, dost weigh

the path of the just.

Isa. 26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for

thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name and to the remembrance of thee.

Isa. 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit

within me will I seek thee early; for when thy judgments are in the earth,

the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

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 thy hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall

see and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine

enemies shall devour them.

Isa. 26:12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou also hast wrought

all our works in us.

Isa. 26:13 O Lord, our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion

over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Isa. 26:14 They are dead; they shall not live; they are deceased; they shall

not rise; therefore hast thou visited, and destroyed them, and made all their

memory to perish.

Isa. 26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord; thou hast increased the

nation; thou art glorified; thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the

earth.

Isa. 26:16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer

when thy chastening was upon them.

Isa. 26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her

delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs, so have we been in thy sight,

O Lord.

Isa. 26:18 We have been with child; we have been in pain; we have, as it

were, brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth;

neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Isa. 26:19 Thy dead men shall live; together with my dead body shall they

arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of

herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isa. 26:20 Come, my people; enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy

doors about thee; hide thyself, as it were, for a little moment until the

indignation be overpast.

Isa. 26:21 For behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the

inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her

blood and shall no more cover her slain.

Isa. Chapter 27

God's care of his vineyard

Isa. 27:1 In that day the Lord with his sore, and great, and strong sword

shall punish leviathan, the piercing serpent, even leviathan, that crooked

serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

Isa. 27:2 In that day sing ye 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 of Jacob to take root; Israel shall

blossom, and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

Isa. 27:7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? Or is he

slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

Isa. 27:8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it; he

stayeth his rough wind 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 to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar

as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not

stand up.

Isa. 27:10 Yet the defensed city shall be desolate and the habitation

forsaken and left like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall

he lie down and consume the branches thereof.

Isa. 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off;

the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no

understanding; therefore, he that made them will not have mercy on them,

and he that formed them will show them no favor.

Isa. 27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off

from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt; and ye shall be

gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

Isa. 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall

be blown; and they shall come, which were ready to perish in the land of

Assyria and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in

the holy mount at Jerusalem.

Isa. Chapter 28

Ephraim warned--God's word comes precept upon precept--Christ the sure

foundation

Isa. 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose

glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys

of them that are overcome with wine!

Isa. 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which, as a

tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters

overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

Isa. 28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden

underfoot;

Isa. 28:4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley,

shall be a fading flower; and as the hasty fruit before the summer, which,

when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand, he eateth it

up.

Isa. 28:5 In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for

a diadem of beauty unto the residue of his people,

Isa. 28:6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and

for strength to them that turn the battle to 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 of 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 drawn 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 wherewith ye 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 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men that rule

this people which is in Jerusalem.

Isa. 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and

with hell are we at agreement, when the overflowing scourge shall pass

through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and

under falsehood have we hid ourselves.

Isa. 28:16 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a

foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;

he that believeth shall not make haste.

Isa. 28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the

plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters

shall overflow the hiding place.

Isa. 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your

agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall

pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Isa. 28:19 From the time that it goeth forth, it shall take you; for morning

by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night; and it shall be a vexation

only to understand the report.

Isa. 28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it;

and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

Isa. 28:21 For the Lord shall rise up as in Mount Perazim; he shall be wroth

as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work, and

bring to pass his act, his strange act.

Isa. 28:22 Now, therefore, be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made

strong; for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even

determined upon the whole earth.

Isa. 28:23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Isa. 28:24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? Doth he open and break

the clods of his ground?

Isa. 28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast

abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat,

and the appointed barley, and the rye in their place?

Isa. 28:26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion and doth teach him.

Isa. 28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument;

neither is a cartwheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are

beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Isa. 28:28 Bread corn is bruised because he will not ever be threshing it,

nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.

Isa. 28:29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is

wonderful in counsel and excellent in working.

Isa. Chapter 29

Ariel's trials--The sealed book--God is unchangeable--A marvelous work

and a wonder

Isa. 29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! Add ye year to

year; let them kill sacrifices.

Isa. 29:2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow;

for thus hath the Lord said unto me, It shall be unto Ariel,

Isa. 29:3 That I, the Lord, will camp against her round about and will lay

siege against her with a mount; and I will raise forts against her.

Isa. 29:4 And she shall be brought down and shall speak out of the ground,

and her speech shall be low out of the dust; and her voice shall be as of one

that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and her speech shall whisper

out of the dust.

Isa. 29:5 Moreover, the multitude of her strangers shall be like small dust,

and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away;

yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

Isa. 29:6 For they shall be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and

with earthquake, and great noise, with storm, and tempest, and the flame of

devouring fire.

Isa. 29:7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even

all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a

dream of a night vision.

Isa. 29:8 Yea, it shall be unto them even as unto a hungry man who

dreameth; and behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, and his soul is empty--or

like unto a thirsty man who dreameth; and behold, he drinketh, but he

awaketh, and behold, he is faint; and his soul hath appetite. Yea, even so

shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.

Isa. 29:9 For behold, all ye that do iniquity, stay yourselves and wonder; for

ye shall cry out and cry; yea, ye shall be drunken, but not with wine; ye

shall stagger, but not with strong drink.

Isa. 29:10 For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep

sleep. For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye have rejected the

prophets and your rulers; and the seers hath he covered because of your

iniquities.

Isa. 29:11 And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall bring forth unto

you the words of a book; and they shall be the words of them which have

slumbered.

Isa. 29:12 And behold, the book shall be sealed; and in the book shall be a

revelation from God, from the beginning of the world to the ending thereof.

Isa. 29:13 Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the things

which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the wickedness and

abominations of the people. Wherefore, the book shall be kept from them.

Isa. 29:14 But the book shall be delivered unto a man, and he shall deliver

the words of the book, which are the words of those who have slumbered in

the dust; and he shall deliver these words unto another, but the words that

are sealed he shall not deliver; neither shall he deliver the book.

Isa. 29:15 For the book shall be sealed by the power of God, and the

revelation which was sealed shall be kept in the book until the own due

time of the Lord, that they may come forth; for behold, they reveal all

things from the foundation of the world unto the end thereof.

Isa. 29:16 And the day cometh that the words of the book which were

sealed shall be read upon the housetops; and they shall be read by the power

of Christ; and all things shall be revealed unto the children of men, which

ever have been among the children of men and which ever will be, even

unto the end of the earth.

Isa. 29:17 Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be delivered unto the

man of whom I have spoken, the book shall be hid from the eyes of the

world, that the eyes of none shall behold it, save it be that three witnesses

shall behold it by the power of God, besides him to whom the book shall be

delivered; and they shall testify to the truth of the book and the things

therein.

Isa. 29:18 And there is none other which shall view it, save it be a few

according to the will of God, to bear testimony of his word unto the

children of men; for the Lord God hath said that the words of the faithful

should speak, as it were, from the dead.

Isa. 29:19 Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to bring forth the words

of the book; and in the mouth of as many witnesses as seemeth him good

will he establish his word; and woe be unto him that rejecteth the word of

God.

Isa. 29:20 But behold, it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall say unto

him to whom he shall deliver the book, Take these words which are not

sealed and deliver them to another, that he may show them unto the learned,

saying, Read this, I pray thee.

Isa. 29:21 And the learned shall say, Bring hither the book, and I will read

them; and now because of the glory of the world and to get gain will they

say this, and not for the glory of God. And the man shall say, I cannot bring

the book for it is sealed. Then shall the learned say, I cannot read it.

Isa. 29:22 Wherefore, it shall come to pass that the Lord God will deliver

again the book and the words thereof to him that is not learned; and the man

that is not learned shall say, I am not learned. Then shall the Lord God say

unto him, The learned shall not read them, for they have rejected them; and

I am able to do mine own work; wherefore, thou shalt read the words which

I shall give unto thee.

Isa. 29:23 Touch not the things which are sealed, for I will bring them forth

in mine own due time; for I will show unto the children of men that I am

able to do mine own work.

Isa. 29:24 Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which I have

commanded thee and obtained the witnesses which I have promised unto

thee, then shalt thou seal up the book again and hide it up unto me, that I

may preserve the words which thou hast not read until I shall see fit in mine

own wisdom to reveal all things unto the children of men.

Isa. 29:25 For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will

show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I

work not among the children of men, save it be according to their faith.

Isa. 29:26 And again it shall come to pass that the Lord shall say unto him

that shall read the words that shall be delivered him, Forasmuch as this

people draw near unto me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor

me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear toward me is

taught by the precepts of men, therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous

work among this people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder; for the

wisdom of their wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of

their prudent shall be hid.

Isa. 29:27 And woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the

Lord. And their works are in the dark. And they say, Who seeth us and who

knoweth us? And they also say, Surely, your turning of things upside down

shall be esteemed as the potter's clay.

Isa. 29:28 But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of hosts, that I

know all their works. For shall the work say of him that made it, He made

me not? Or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no

understanding?

Isa. 29:29 But behold, saith the Lord of hosts, I will show unto the children

of men that it is 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. 29:30 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; and the

meek also shall increase, and their joy shall be in the Lord; and the poor

among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 29:31 For assuredly as the Lord liveth, they shall see that the terrible

one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch

for iniquity are cut off, and they that make a man an offender for a word,

and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for

a thing of naught.

Isa. 29:32 Therefore, thus saith the Lord who redeemed Abraham

concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed; neither

shall his face now wax pale; but when he seeth 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. They also that erred in

spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn

doctrine.

Isa. Chapter 30

Israel counseled to trust only in God

Isa. 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel,

but not of me, and that cover with a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they

may add sin to sin,

Isa. 30:2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my

mouth, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in

the shadow of Egypt!

Isa. 30:3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the

trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

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 profit, but a shame and also a reproach.

Isa. 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: Into the land of trouble and

anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper, and fiery

flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses

and their treasures upon the bunches of camels to a people that shall not

profit them.

Isa. 30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose; therefore

have I cried concerning this: Their strength is to sit still.

Isa. 30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, 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 Which 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 you out of the way; turn aside out of the path; cause the Holy

One of Israel to cease from before us.

Isa. 30:12 Wherefore, thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise

this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon,

Isa. 30:13 Therefore, this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall,

swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly, at an instant.

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 in the

bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth or to take water withal out

of the pit.

Isa. 30:15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, In returning

and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your

strength; and ye would not.

Isa. 30:16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye

flee; and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you

be swift.

Isa. 30:17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of

five shall ye flee till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain and

as an ensign on 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 judgment; blessed are all they that wait for him.

Isa. 30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep

no more; he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he

shall hear it, he will answer thee.

Isa. 30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the

water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any

more; but thine eyes shall see thy teachers;

Isa. 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the

way; walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the

left.

Isa. 30:22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver

and the ornament of thy molten images of gold; thou shalt cast them away

as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

Isa. 30:23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the

ground withal, and bread of the increase of the earth; and it shall be fat and

plenteous; in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

Isa. 30:24 The oxen, likewise, and the young asses that ear the ground shall

eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with

the fan.

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 bindeth up the breach of his people and healeth the stroke

of their wound.

Isa. 30:27 Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his

anger, and the burden thereof is heavy; his lips are full of indignation, and

his tongue as a devouring fire;

Isa. 30:28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the

midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity; and there shall

be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

Isa. 30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is

kept, and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come unto 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 lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and

with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and

hailstones.

Isa. 30:31 For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten

down, which smote with a rod.

Isa. 30:32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which

the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps; and in battles

of shaking will he fight with it.

Isa. 30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he

hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the

breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Isa. Chapter 31

Trust not in Egypt--God will defend Jerusalem

Isa. 31:1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and stay on horses,

and trust in chariots, because they are many, and in horsemen, because they

are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek

the Lord.

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 helpeth

shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall fail

together.

Isa. 31:4 For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the

young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called

forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice nor abase himself for

the noise of them; so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for Mount

Zion and for the hill thereof.

Isa. 31:5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem;

defending, also, he will deliver it; and passing over, he will preserve it.

Isa. 31:6 Turn ye 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 made unto you for a sin.

Isa. 31:8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man;

and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him; but he shall flee from

the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

Isa. 31:9 And he shall pass over to his stronghold for fear, and his princes

shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his

furnace in Jerusalem.

Isa. Chapter 32

Desolation of the wicked--Blessings promised to the righteous

Isa. 32:1 Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule

in judgment.

Isa. 32:2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind and a covert

from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great

rock in a weary land.

Isa. 32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of

them that hear shall hearken.

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 vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said

to be bountiful.

Isa. 32:6 For the vile person will speak villany, 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 instruments also of the churl are evil; he deviseth wicked

devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh

right.

Isa. 32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall

he stand.

Isa. 32:9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless

daughters; give ear unto my speech.

Isa. 32:10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women;

for the vintage shall fail; the gathering shall not come.

Isa. 32:11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless

ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

Isa. 32:12 They shall lament for the teats, 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 houses of joy in the joyous city,

Isa. 32:14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the houses of the city

shall be left desolate; the forts and towers shall be for dens forever, a joy of

wild asses, a pasture of flocks,

Isa. 32:15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the

wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

Isa. 32:16 Then judgment 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 peaceable habitation, and in sure

dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

Isa. 32:19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall

be low in a low place.

Isa. 32:20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither

the feet of the ox and the ass.

Isa. Chapter 33

God's judgment against the wicked--Privileges of the godly

Isa. 33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled, and dealest

treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou shalt

cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to

deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Isa. 33:2 O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee; be thou

their arm every morning, their salvation also in the time of trouble.

Isa. 33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of

thyself 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 dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion

with judgment and righteousness.

Isa. 33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times,

and strength of salvation; the fear of the Lord is his treasure.

Isa. 33:7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without; the ambassadors of

peace shall weep bitterly.

Isa. 33:8 The highways lie waste; the wayfaring man ceaseth; he hath

broken the covenant; he hath despised the cities; he regardeth no man.

Isa. 33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth; 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, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I

lift up myself.

Isa. 33:11 Ye shall conceive chaff; ye 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, ye that are far off, what I have done; and ye that are near,

acknowledge my might.

Isa. 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the

hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among

us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Isa. 33:15 He that walketh righteously and speaketh uprightly; he that

despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of

bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes

from seeing evil;

Isa. 33:16 He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the

munitions of rocks; bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Isa. 33:17 Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty; they shall behold the

land that is very far off.

Isa. 33:18 Thine heart shall meditate in terror. Where is the scribe? Where

is the receiver? Where is he that counted the towers?

Isa. 33:19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech

than thou canst perceive, of a stammering tongue that thou canst not

understand.

Isa. 33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities; thine eyes shall see

Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not

one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed; neither shall any of the

cords thereof be broken.

Isa. 33:21 But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad

rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars; neither shall

gallant ship pass thereby.

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 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their

mast; they could not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided;

the lame take the prey.

Isa. 33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick. The people that dwell

therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Isa. Chapter 34

Day of the Lord's vengeance--He will protect his own

Isa. 34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people; let the

earth hear and all that is therein, the world and all things that come forth of

it.

Isa. 34:2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury

upon all their armies; he hath utterly destroyed them; he hath delivered

them to the slaughter.

Isa. 34:3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out

of their carcasses; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

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 falleth 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 Idumea 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 hath a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the

land of Idumea.

Isa. 34:7 And the reem 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

recompenses for the controversy of Zion.

Isa. 34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust

thereof into brimstone; and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

Isa. 34:10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof 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 cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also

and the raven shall dwell in it; and he shall stretch out upon it the line of

confusion and the stones of emptiness.

Isa. 34:12 They shall call the nobles thereof 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

the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of dragons and a court for

owls.

Isa. 34:14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts

of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall

rest there and find for herself a place of rest.

Isa. 34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and

gather under her shadow; there shall the vultures also be gathered, every

one with her mate.

Isa. 34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read the names written

therein; no one of these shall fail; none shall want their mate; for my mouth

it hath commanded, and my Spirit it hath gathered them.

Isa. 34:17 And I have cast the lot for them, and I have divided it unto them

by line; they shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they

shall dwell therein.

Isa. Chapter 35

Promised blessings in Zion

Isa. 35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place 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 excellency of

Carmel and Sharon; they shall see the glory of the Lord and the excellency

of our God.

Isa. 35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm 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 out, 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 dragons, where each lay, shall be grass

with reeds and rushes.

Isa. 35:8 And a highway shall be there; for a way shall be cast up, and it

shall be called the way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over upon it;

but it shall be cast up for those who are clean; and the wayfaring men,

though they are accounted fools, shall not err therein.

Isa. 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon;

it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there.

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.

Isa. Chapter 36

Assyria invades Judah and demands surrender

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 defensed 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, which was over

the house, and Shebna, the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

Isa. 36:4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus

saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein

thou trustest?

Isa. 36:5 I say, thy words are but vain when thou sayest, I have counsel and

strength for war. Now, on whom dost thou trust that thou rebellest against

me?

Isa. 36:6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt,

whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it; so is Pharaoh,

king of Egypt, to all that trust in him.

Isa. 36:7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord, our God, is it not he,

whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away and said to

Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

Isa. 36:8 Now, therefore, give pledges, I pray thee, to my master, the king

of Assyria; and I will give thee two thousand horses if thou be able on thy

part to set riders upon them.

Isa. 36:9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least

of my master's servants and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for

horsemen?

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 thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we

understand it; and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the

people that are on the wall.

Isa. 36:12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and

to thee to speak these words? Hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon

the wall, that they may eat their own dung and drink their own piss with

you?

Isa. 36:13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'

language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Isa. 36:14 Thus saith 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 saith the king of Assyria,

Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me; and eat ye

everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink ye 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 corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

Isa. 36:18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will

deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the

hand of the king of Assyria?

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 rent and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Isa. Chapter 37

Hezekiah prays for deliverance--Isaiah prophesies Assyrian defeat--An

angel slays the Assyrians

Isa. 37:1 And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his

clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the

Lord.

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 saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of

trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy; for the children are come to the

birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Isa. 37:4 It may be the Lord, thy God, will hear the words of Rabshakeh,

whom the king of Assyria, his master, hath sent to reproach the living God,

and will reprove the words which the Lord, thy God, hath heard; wherefore,

lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

Isa. 37:5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

Isa. 37:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master,

Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard,

wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

Isa. 37:7 Behold, I will send a blast 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 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, He is

come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent

messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Isa. 37:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying, Let not

thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be

given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Isa. 37:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to

all lands by destroying them utterly. And shalt thou be delivered?

Isa. 37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers

have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden

which were in Telassar?

Isa. 37:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the

king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

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 dwellest between the

cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the

earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

Isa. 37:17 Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and

see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath 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 thou art the Lord, even thou only.

Isa. 37:21 Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus

saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against

Sennacherib, king of Assyria,

Isa. 37:22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him:

The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee and laughed thee to

scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

Isa. 37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? And against

whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? Even

against the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord and hast said, By

the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains,

to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof and the

choice fir trees thereof; and I will enter into the height of his border and the

forest of his Carmel.

Isa. 37:25 I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have

I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

Isa. 37:26 Hast thou not heard, long ago, how I have done it and, of ancient

times, that I have formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou

shouldest be to lay waste defensed cities into ruinous heaps.

Isa. 37:27 Therefore, their inhabitants were of small power; they were

dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field and as the

green herb, as the grass on the housetops and as corn blasted before it be

grown up.

Isa. 37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and

thy rage against me.

Isa. 37:29 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine

ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips, and

I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Isa. 37:30 And this shall be a sign unto thee: Ye shall eat this year such as

groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same; and

in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit

thereof.

Isa. 37:31 And the remnant that is 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 Jerusalem shall come up upon Mount Zion; the zeal of the

Lord of hosts shall do this.

Isa. 37:33 Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He

shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it

with shields, nor cast a bank against it.

Isa. 37:34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return and shall

not come into this city, saith the Lord.

Isa. 37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake and for

my servant David's sake.

Isa. 37:36 Then the angel of the Lord went forth and smote in the camp of

the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when they

who were left arose early in the morning, behold, they 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, smote him with

the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia; and Esar-haddon, his

son, reigned in his stead.

Isa. Chapter 38

The Lord extends Hezekiah's life fifteen years

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 saith the

Lord, Set thine house in order, for thou shalt 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 thee, how I have

walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that

which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

Isa. 38:4 Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

Isa. 38:5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David,

thy father, I have heard thy prayer; I have seen thy tears; behold, I will add

unto thy days fifteen years.

Isa. 38:6 And I will deliver thee 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 thee from the Lord, that the Lord will

do this thing that he hath spoken:

Isa. 38:8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is

gone down in the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun

returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was 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 residue 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 Mine age is departed and is removed from me as a shepherd's

tent; I have cut off, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off with pining

sickness; from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Isa. 38:13 I reckoned till morning that, as a lion, so will he break all my

bones; from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Isa. 38:14 Like a crane or swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourn as a dove;

mine eyes fail with looking upward; O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for

me.

Isa. 38:15 What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me and himself hath

healed me. I shall go softly all my years, that I may not walk in the

bitterness of my soul.

Isa. 38:16 O Lord, thou who art the life of my spirit, in whom I live, so wilt

thou recover me and make me to live; and in all these things I will praise

thee.

Isa. 38:17 Behold, I had great bitterness instead of peace; but thou hast in

love to my soul saved me from the pit of corruption, for thou hast cast all

my sins behind thy back.

Isa. 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee; death cannot celebrate thee;

they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Isa. 38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee as I do this day; the

father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Isa. 38:20 The Lord was ready to save me; therefore, we will sing my songs

to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

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?

Isa. Chapter 39

Babylonian captivity foretold

Isa. 39:1 At that time Merodach-baladan, 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 glad of them and showed them the house of his

precious things--the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious

ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his

treasures; there was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that

Hezekiah showed him not.

Isa. 39:3 Then came Isaiah, the prophet, unto King Hezekiah and said unto

him, What said these men? And from whence came they unto thee? And

Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from

Babylon.

Isa. 39:4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah

answered, All that is in mine house have they seen; there is nothing among

my treasures that I have not showed 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 thine house, and that

which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to

Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

Isa. 39:7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,

shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of

Babylon.

Isa. 39:8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which

thou hast spoken. He said, moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in

my days.

Isa. Chapter 40

Prepare the way of the Lord--The glory of God

Isa. 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God.

Isa. 40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem and cry unto her that her

warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received

of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

Isa. 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way

of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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

plain;

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 hath spoken it.

Isa. 40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is

grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field;

Isa. 40:7 The grass withereth; the flower fadeth because the Spirit of the

Lord bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.

Isa. 40:8 The grass withereth; the flower fadeth; but the word of our God

shall stand forever.

Isa. 40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high

mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with

strength; lift it up; be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your

God!

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 hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and

meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in

a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Isa. 40:13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord or, being his counselor,

hath taught him?

Isa. 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught

him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him

the way of understanding?

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 taketh up the isles as a very little

thing.

Isa. 40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn nor the beasts thereof

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 vanity.

Isa. 40:18 To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye

compare unto him?

Isa. 40:19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith

spreadeth it over with gold and casteth silver chains.

Isa. 40:20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a

tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a

graven image that shall not be moved.

Isa. 40:21 Have ye not known? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told

you from the beginning? Have ye not understood from the foundations of

the earth?

Isa. 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth--and the

inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers--that stretcheth out the heavens as a

curtain and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in,

Isa. 40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the

earth as vanity.

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 ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the

Holy One.

Isa. 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these

things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names

by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

Isa. 40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid

from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

Isa. 40:28 Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard that the everlasting

God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is

weary? There is no searching of his understanding.

Isa. 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he

increaseth 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.

Isa. Chapter 41

Reminder of Israel's calling--God pledges his support

Isa. 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their

strength; let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together

to judgment.

Isa. 41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his

foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave

them as the dust to his sword and as driven stubble to his bow.

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 hath wrought 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 isles 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 smootheth

with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the

soldering; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

Isa. 41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the

seed of Abraham, my friend,

Isa. 41:9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called

thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I

have chosen thee and not cast thee away.

Isa. 41:10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy

God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee

with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isa. 41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed

and confounded; they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee

shall perish.

Isa. 41:12 Thou shalt seek them and shalt not find them, even them that

contended with thee; they that war against thee shall be as nothing and as a

thing of naught.

Isa. 41:13 For I, the Lord, thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto

thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Isa. 41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob and ye men of Israel; I will help thee,

saith the Lord and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument

having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and

shalt make the hills as chaff.

Isa. 41:16 Thou shalt fan them; and the wind shall carry them away, and the

whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord and shalt

glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their

tongue faileth for thirst, I, the Lord, will hear them. I, the God of Israel, will

not forsake them.

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 shittah tree, and the

myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and

the box tree together,

Isa. 41:20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand

together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of

Israel hath created it.

Isa. 41:21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong

reasons, saith 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 be, that we may consider them and

know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

Isa. 41:23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know

that ye are gods; yea, do good or do evil, that we may be dismayed and

behold it together.

Isa. 41:24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of naught; an

abomination is he that chooseth 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 treadeth clay.

Isa. 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know; and

beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? Yea, there is none that

showeth; yea, there is none that declareth; yea, there is none that heareth

your words.

Isa. 41:27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give

to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

Isa. 41:28 For I beheld, and there was no man, even among men; and there

was no counselor that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

Isa. 41:29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing; their molten

images are wind and confusion.

Isa. Chapter 42

Description of Christ and his work

Isa. 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, mine elect, in whom my soul

delighteth; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to

the Gentiles.

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 judgment unto truth.

Isa. 42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgment in

the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

Isa. 42:5 Thus saith God, the Lord, he that created the heavens and

stretched them out, he that spread forth the earth and that which cometh out

of it, he that giveth breath unto the people upon it and spirit to them that

walk therein:

Isa. 42:6 I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine

hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a

light of the Gentiles,

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 are 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 end of the

earth, ye that go down to the sea and all that is therein--the isles and the

inhabitants thereof.

Isa. 42:11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the

villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of the rock sing; let them

shout from the top of the mountains.

Isa. 42:12 Let them give glory unto the Lord and declare his praise in the

islands.

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, roar; he shall prevail against his

enemies.

Isa. 42:14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still and refrained

myself; now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at

once.

Isa. 42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills and dry up all their herbs;

and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

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, Ye are our gods.

Isa. 42:18 Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Isa. 42:19 For I will send my servant unto you who are blind, yea, a

messenger to open the eyes of the blind and unstop the ears of the deaf;

Isa. 42:20 And they shall be made perfect, notwithstanding their blindness,

if they will hearken unto the messenger, the Lord's servant.

Isa. 42:21 Thou art a people, seeing many things, but thou observest not;

opening the ears to hear, but thou hearest not.

Isa. 42:22 The Lord is not well pleased with such a people, but for his

righteousness' sake he will magnify the law and make it honorable.

Isa. 42:23 Thou art a people robbed and spoiled; thine enemies, all of them,

have snared thee in holes, and they have hid thee in prison houses; they

have taken thee for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith,

Restore.

Isa. 42:24 Who among them will give ear unto thee or hearken and hear

thee for the time to come? And who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the

robbers? Did not the Lord, he against whom they have sinned?

Isa. 42:25 For they would not walk in his ways; neither were they obedient

unto his law; therefore, he hath poured upon them the fury of his anger and

the strength of battle; and they have set them on fire round about; yet they

knew not, and it burned them; yet they laid it not to heart.

Isa. Chapter 43

God's promises to Israel

Isa. 43:1 But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that

formed thee, O Israel, Fear not; for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee

by thy name; thou art mine.

Isa. 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and

through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through

the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Isa. 43:3 For I am the Lord, thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior; I

gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

Isa. 43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable,

and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy

life.

Isa. 43:5 Fear not, for I am with thee; I will bring thy seed from the east

and gather thee 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 far, 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 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I

have chosen, that ye may know, and believe me, and understand that I am

he; before me there was no God formed; neither shall there be after me.

Isa. 43:11 I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no savior.

Isa. 43:12 I have declared and have saved, and I have showed when there

was no strange god among you; therefore, ye are my witnesses, saith 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 saith the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For

your sake I have sent to Babylon and have brought down all their nobles,

and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

Isa. 43:15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.

Isa. 43:16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea and a path in

the mighty waters,

Isa. 43:17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the

power; they shall lie down together; they shall not rise; they are extinct;

they are quenched as tow.

Isa. 43:18 Remember ye 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 ye

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 dragons and the owls,

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 thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been

weary of me, O Israel.

Isa. 43:23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings;

neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to

serve with an offering nor wearied thee with incense.

Isa. 43:24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money; neither hast

thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast made me to serve

with thy sins; thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

Isa. 43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own

sake and will not remember thy sins.

Isa. 43:26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together; declare thou, that

thou mayest be justified.

Isa. 43:27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy 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.

Isa. Chapter 44

God proclaims his deity--Vanity of idols

Isa. 44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have

chosen,

Isa. 44:2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee and formed thee from the

womb, which will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob, my servant, and thou,

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 thy seed, and my blessing upon thine

offspring;

Isa. 44:4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the

water courses.

Isa. 44:5 One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by

the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord

and surname himself by the name of Israel.

Isa. 44:6 Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the

Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no

God.

Isa. 44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for

me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the things that are coming

and shall come, let them show unto them.

Isa. 44:8 Fear ye not; neither be afraid. Have not I told thee from that time

and have declared it? Ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God besides me?

Yea, there is no God; I know not any.

Isa. 44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their

delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see

not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

Isa. 44:10 Who hath formed a god or molten a graven image that is

profitable for nothing?

Isa. 44:11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen, they

are of men; let them all be gathered together; let them stand up; yet they

shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

Isa. 44:12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and

fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms;

yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water and is faint.

Isa. 44:13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a

line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass and

maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, that it

may remain in the house.

Isa. 44:14 He heweth him down cedars and taketh the cypress and the oak,

which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest; he

planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

Isa. 44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and

warm himself; yea, he kindleth it and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god

and worshipeth it; he maketh it a graven image and falleth down thereto.

Isa. 44:16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth

flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith,

Aha, I am warm; I have seen the fire;

Isa. 44:17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image;

he falleth down unto it, and worshipeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith,

Deliver me, for thou art my god.

Isa. 44:18 They have not known nor understood; for he hath shut their eyes,

that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Isa. 44:19 And none considereth in his heart; neither is there knowledge nor

understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have

baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it. And

shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? Shall I fall down to the

stock of a tree?

Isa. 44:20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that

he cannot deliver his soul nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Isa. 44:21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel, for thou art my servant; I

have formed thee; thou art my servant; O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten

of me.

Isa. 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a

cloud, thy sins; return unto me, for I have redeemed thee.

Isa. 44:23 Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it; shout, ye lower

parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and

every tree therein; for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob and glorified himself

in Israel.

Isa. 44:24 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from

the womb: I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the

heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

Isa. 44:25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars and maketh diviners mad;

that turneth wise men backward and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Isa. 44:26 That confirmeth the word of his servant and performeth the

counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited;

and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed

places thereof;

Isa. 44:27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;

Isa. 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd and shall perform all my

pleasure, even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple,

Thy foundation shall be laid.

Isa. Chapter 45

God calls Cyrus--God's saving power

Isa. 45:1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus--whose right hand I

have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of

kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be

shut--

Isa. 45:2 I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight; I will

break in pieces the gates of brass and cut in sunder the bars of iron;

Isa. 45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of

secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy

name, am the God of Israel.

Isa. 45:4 For Jacob, my servant's sake, and Israel, mine elect, I have even

called thee by thy name; I have surnamed thee though thou hast not known

me.

Isa. 45:5 I am the Lord, and there is none else; there is no God besides me;

I girded thee, though thou hast 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 evil;

I, the Lord, do all these things.

Isa. 45:8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down

righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let

righteousness spring up together; I, the Lord, have created it.

Isa. 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive

with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it,

What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands?

Isa. 45:10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? Or

to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

Isa. 45:11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask

me of things to come concerning my sons; and concerning the work of my

hands, command ye me.

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 hosts 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 let go my captives, not for price

nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isa. 45:14 Thus saith the Lord, The labor of Egypt and merchandise of

Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and

they shall be thine; they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come

over, and they shall fall down unto thee; they shall make supplication unto

thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else; there is no god.

Isa. 45:15 Verily, thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the

Savior.

Isa. 45:16 They shall be ashamed and also confounded, all of them; they

shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

Isa. 45:17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting

salvation; ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, world without end.

Isa. 45:18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens--God himself

that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it; he created it not in

vain; he formed it to be inhabited--I am the Lord, and there is none else.

Isa. 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not

unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain; I, the Lord, speak righteousness;

I declare things that are right.

Isa. 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are

escaped of the nations; they have no knowledge that set up the wood of

their graven image and pray unto a god that cannot save.

Isa. 45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together.

Who hath declared this from ancient time? Who hath told it from that time?

Have not I, the Lord? And there is no god else beside me, a just God and a

Savior; there is none beside me.

Isa. 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye 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 is 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 seed of Israel be justified and shall glory.

Isa. Chapter 46

Only God can save

Isa. 46:1 Bel boweth down; Nebo stoopeth; 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 themselves are gone into captivity.

Isa. 46:3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the

house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried

from the womb;

Isa. 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I

carry you; I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry and will deliver

you.

Isa. 46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me,

that we may be like?

Isa. 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance,

and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god; they fall down; yea, they

worship.

Isa. 46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder; they carry him and set him in

his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove; yea, one

shall cry unto him; yet can he not answer nor save him out of his trouble.

Isa. 46:8 Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind,

O ye 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 executeth my

counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass;

I have purposed it; I will also do it.

Isa. 46:12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, 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.

Isa. Chapter 47

God's judgment on Babylon and Chaldea

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 thou

shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

Isa. 47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal; uncover thy locks; make bare

the leg; uncover the thigh; pass over the rivers.

Isa. 47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered; yea, thy shame shall be seen; I

will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as 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 thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the

Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms.

Isa. 47:6 I was wroth with my people; I have polluted mine inheritance and

given them into thine hand; thou didst show them no mercy; upon the

ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

Isa. 47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady forever, so that thou didst not lay

these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

Isa. 47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that

dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am and 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 thee in a moment in one day:

the loss of children and widowhood; they shall come upon thee in their

perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries and for the great abundance of

thine enchantments.

Isa. 47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None

seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou

hast said in thine heart, I am and none else besides me.

Isa. 47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from

whence it riseth; and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to

put it off; and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt

not know.

Isa. 47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy

sorceries wherein thou hast labored from thy youth--if so be thou shalt be

able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

Isa. 47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the

astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators stand up and save

thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

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 fire to sit before it.

Isa. 47:15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast labored, even

thy merchants, from thy youth; they shall wander, everyone to his quarter;

none shall save thee.

Isa. Chapter 48

God calls obstinate Israel to repentance

Isa. 48:1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of

Israel and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the

name of the Lord and make mention of the God of Israel--but not in truth

nor in righteousness.

Isa. 48:2 For they call themselves of the holy city and stay 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 thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron

sinew, and thy brow brass,

Isa. 48:5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came

to pass, I showed it thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them;

and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

Isa. 48:6 Thou hast heard; see all this. And will not ye declare it? I have

showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst

not know them.

Isa. 48:7 They are created now, and not from the beginning, even before the

day when thou heardest them not, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew

them.

Isa. 48:8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time

that thine ear was not opened, for I knew that thou wouldest deal very

treacherously and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Isa. 48:9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will

I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

Isa. 48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen

thee in the furnace of affliction.

Isa. 48:11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it. For

how should my name be polluted? And I will not give my glory unto

another.

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 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my

right hand hath spanned the heavens; when I call unto them, they stand up

together.

Isa. 48:14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear. Which among them hath

declared these things? The Lord hath loved him; he will do his pleasure on

Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

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 ye near unto me; hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret

from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord

God and his Spirit hath sent me.

Isa. 48:17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am

the Lord, thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the

way that thou shouldest go.

Isa. 48:18 Oh, that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had

thy peace been as a river and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;

Isa. 48:19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy

bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor

destroyed from before me.

Isa. 48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon; flee ye from the Chaldeans; with a voice

of singing declare ye; tell this; utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye,

The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

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 clave the rock also,

and the waters gushed out.

Isa. 48:22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

Isa. Chapter 49

Coming of Christ promised--God will never forsake his people

Isa. 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far: The

Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he

made mention of my name.

Isa. 49:2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of

his hand hath he hid me and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he

hid me,

Isa. 49:3 And said unto me, Thou art 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

naught and in vain; yet surely my judgment is with the Lord and my work

with my God.

Isa. 49:5 And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his

servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet

shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

Isa. 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to

raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also

give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto

the end of the earth.

Isa. 49:7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to

him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant

of rulers, Kings shall see and arise; princes also shall worship because of

the Lord that is faithful and the Holy One of Israel; and he shall choose

thee.

Isa. 49:8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and

in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee and give

thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit

the desolate heritages,

Isa. 49:9 That thou mayest 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

smite them; for he that hath 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 way, and my highways shall

be exalted.

Isa. 49:12 Behold, these shall come from far; 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 hath comforted his people and will have

mercy upon his afflicted.

Isa. 49:14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath

forgotten me.

Isa. 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have

compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget; yet will I not

forget thee.

Isa. 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy

walls are continually before me.

Isa. 49:17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made

thee waste shall go forth of thee.

Isa. 49:18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold; all these gather

themselves together and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt

surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on

thee, as a bride doeth.

Isa. 49:19 For thy waste, and thy desolate places, and the land of thy

destruction shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants; and

they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Isa. 49:20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other,

shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me; give place to me

that I may dwell.

Isa. 49:21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these,

seeing I have lost my children and am desolate, a captive, and removing to

and fro? And who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone. These,

where had they been?

Isa. 49:22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the

Gentiles and set up my standard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons

in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

Isa. 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers and their queens thy

nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their faces toward the

earth and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the

Lord, for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

Isa. 49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty or the lawful captive

delivered?

Isa. 49:25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be

taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for the mighty

God shall deliver his covenant people. For thus saith the Lord, I will

contend with them that contend with thee, and I will save thy children.

Isa. 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and

they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and all

flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the

Mighty One of Jacob.

Isa. Chapter 50

Israel reproved--Trust in God

Isa. 50:1 Yea, for thus saith the Lord, Have I put thee away, or have I cast

thee off forever? For thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother's

divorcement? To whom have I put thee away, or to which of my creditors

have I sold you? Yea, to whom have I sold you?

Isa. 50:2 Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your

transgressions is your mother put away; wherefore, when I came there was

no man; when I called there was none to answer. O house of Israel, is my

hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?

Isa. 50:3 Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea; I make their rivers a

wilderness and their fish to stink because the waters are dried up, and they

die because of thirst. I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make

sackcloth their covering.

Isa. 50:4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I

should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of Israel,

when ye are weary. He waketh morning by morning; he waketh mine ear to

hear as the learned.

Isa. 50:5 The Lord God hath appointed mine ears, and I was not rebellious,

neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to

them that plucked off the hair. I hid not my face from shame and spitting,

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; and the Lord is near, and he justifieth me.

Isa. 50:6 Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who is mine

adversary? Let him come near me, and I will smite him with the strength of

my mouth; for the Lord God will help me; and all they which shall

condemn me, behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth

shall eat them up.

Isa. 50:7 Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of

his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust in the

name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

Isa. 50:8 Behold, all ye that kindleth fire, that compass yourselves about

with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks which ye have

kindled; this shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

Isa. Chapter 51

Exhortation to trust in God--Hope of Zion--The cup of God's fury

Isa. 51:1 Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness; ye that seek

the Lord, look unto the rock from whence ye were hewn and to the hole of

the pit from whence ye are digged.

Isa. 51:2 Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah that bare 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 therein, 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 judgment to rest for a

light of the people.

Isa. 51:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine

arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm

shall they trust.

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 wax old

like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my

salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Isa. 51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in

whose heart I have written my law; fear ye not the reproach of men; neither

be ye 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. Art thou not it that hath cut

Rahab and wounded the dragon?

Isa. 51:10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great

deep, that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass

over?

Isa. 51:11 Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with

singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their

heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall

flee away.

Isa. 51:12 I am he, yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art thou,

that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man

which shall be made as grass,

Isa. 51:13 And forgettest the Lord, thy Maker--that hath stretched forth the

heavens and laid the foundations of the earth--and hast feared continually

every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to

destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isa. 51:14 The captive exile hasteneth, 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, thy 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 thy mouth; and I have covered thee

in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the

foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Behold, thou art my people.

Isa. 51:17 Awake, awake; stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the

hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup

of trembling and wrung them out.

Isa. 51:18 And there is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath

brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons

that she hath brought up.

Isa. 51:19 These two sons are come unto thee; they shall be sorry for thee,

thy desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword. And by

whom shall I comfort thee?

Isa. 51:20 Thy sons have fainted save these two; they lie at the head of all

the streets as a wild bull in a net; they are full of the fury of the Lord, the

rebuke of thy God.

Isa. 51:21 Therefore, hear now this, thou afflicted and drunken, but not

with wine;

Isa. 51:22 Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the

cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of

trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it

again;

Isa. 51:23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, which

have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid

thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.

Isa. Chapter 52

The gospel ministry--The Lord shall bring again Zion

Isa. 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful

garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more

come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Isa. 52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem;

loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Isa. 52:3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for naught; and

ye shall be redeemed without money.

Isa. 52:4 For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into

Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

Isa. 52:5 Now, therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is

taken away for naught? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith

the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

Isa. 52:6 Therefore, my people shall know my name; yea, in that day they

shall know that I am he that doth speak; behold, it is I.

Isa. 52:7 And then shall they say, How beautiful upon the mountains are the

feet of him that bringeth good tidings unto them, that publisheth peace; that

bringeth good tidings unto them of good, that publisheth salvation; that

saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

Isa. 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall

they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again

Zion.

Isa. 52:9 Break forth into joy; sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem;

for the Lord hath comforted his people; he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Isa. 52:10 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the

nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Isa. 52:11 Depart ye, depart ye; go ye out from thence; touch no unclean

thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean that bear the vessels of the

Lord.

Isa. 52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for the Lord

will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.

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 thee, his visage was so marred more

than any man, and his form more than the sons of men;

Isa. 52:15 So shall he gather 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.

Isa. Chapter 53

Christ's ministry, sufferings, and death

Isa. 53:1 Who hath 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 hath no form nor comeliness; 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 hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we

did esteem him stricken, smitten of 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 hath 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 openeth 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 hath put him to grief;

when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed; he

shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his

hand.

Isa. 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied; by his

knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, for he shall bear their

iniquities.

Isa. 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall

divide the spoil with the strong because he hath poured out his soul unto

death; and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of

many and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isa. Chapter 54

God's loving promises to Israel

Isa. 54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing,

and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child; for more are the

children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the

Lord.

Isa. 54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the

curtains of thine habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen

thy stakes;

Isa. 54:3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and

thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be

inhabited.

Isa. 54:4 Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou

confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame; for thou shalt forget the

shame of thy youth and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood

any more.

Isa. 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name, and

thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he

be called.

Isa. 54:6 For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in

spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

Isa. 54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies

will I gather thee.

Isa. 54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with

everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord, thy

Redeemer.

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 wroth with thee nor rebuke thee.

Isa. 54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my

kindness shall not depart from thee; neither shall the covenant of my people

be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

Isa. 54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest and not comforted, behold,

I will lay thy stones with fair colors and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Isa. 54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of

carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

Isa. 54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall

be the peace of thy children.

Isa. 54:14 In righteousness shalt thou be established; thou shalt be far from

oppression, for thou shalt not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come

near thee.

Isa. 54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together against thee, but not by

me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

Isa. 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire

and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the

waster to destroy.

Isa. 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every

tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is

the heritage of the servants of the Lord; and their righteousness is of me,

saith the Lord.

Isa. Chapter 55

God's invitation and covenant with Israel

Isa. 55:1 Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that

hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come; buy wine and milk

without money and without price.

Isa. 55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and

your labor for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat

ye that which is good; and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

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, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations

that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord, thy God, and for

the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

Isa. 55:6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found; call ye 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, saith 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 cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and

returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and

bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Isa. 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall

not return unto me void; but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it

shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Isa. 55:12 For ye shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace; the

mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the

trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Isa. 55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the

brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name,

for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Isa. Chapter 56

Exhortation to justice and obedience--Others called to join Israel--Corrupt

watchmen condemned

Isa. 56:1 Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice; for my

salvation is near to come and my righteousness to be revealed.

Isa. 56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this and the son of man that layeth

hold on it, that keepeth the sabbath, from polluting it, and keepeth his hand

from doing any evil.

Isa. 56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the

Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people;

neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

Isa. 56:4 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,

and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant,

Isa. 56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a

place and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an

everlasting name that shall not be cut off.

Isa. 56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord--to

serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, everyone

that keepeth the sabbath, from polluting it, and taketh 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 mine altar, for mine house shall be called a house of

prayer for all people.

Isa. 56:8 The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will

I gather others to him besides those that are gathered unto him.

Isa. 56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye 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, which can never have enough; and

they are shepherds that cannot understand; they all look to their own way,

everyone for his gain, from his quarter.

Isa. 56:12 Come ye, say they; I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves

with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more

abundant.

Isa. Chapter 57

Rewards for the righteous--Vanity of idolatry--No peace for the wicked

Isa. 57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and

merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken

away from the evil to come.

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 hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the

adulterer and the whore.

Isa. 57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom make ye a

wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression,

a seed of falsehood,

Isa. 57:5 Inflaming 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 thy portion; they, they

are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink offering; thou hast offered

a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

Isa. 57:7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed; even thither

wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Isa. 57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy

remembrance; for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me and art

gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed and made thee a covenant with them;

thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

Isa. 57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy

perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself

even unto hell.

Isa. 57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way, yet saidst thou not,

There is no hope. Thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore, thou

wast not grieved.

Isa. 57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied,

and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? Have not I held my

peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

Isa. 57:12 I will declare thy righteousness and thy works, for they shall not

profit thee.

Isa. 57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind

shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them; but he that putteth his

trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain,

Isa. 57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up; prepare the way; take up

the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

Isa. 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,

whose name is Holy, I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is

of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to

revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isa. 57:16 For I will not contend forever; neither will I be always wroth; 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 wroth and smote him;

I hid me and was wroth, and he went on frowardly 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, saith 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, saith my God, to the wicked.

Isa. Chapter 58

Counterfeit fasting--True fasting and its rewards--Keeping the sabbath

Isa. 58:1 Cry aloud; spare not; lift up thy 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 to God.

Isa. 58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not?

Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?

Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure and exact all your labors.

Isa. 58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife, and debate, and to smite with the fist of

wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be

heard on high.

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? Wilt thou 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 bands of

wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free,

and that ye break every yoke?

Isa. 58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the

poor that are cast out to thy house; when thou seest the naked, that thou

cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

Isa. 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health

shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the

glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.

Isa. 58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and

he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,

the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity,

Isa. 58:10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfy the

afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise in obscurity and thy darkness be as

the noonday;

Isa. 58:11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in

drought, and make fat thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden

and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

Isa. 58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places;

thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be

called, the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.

Isa. 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy

pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the

Lord, honorable, and shalt honor him--not doing thine own ways, nor

finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words--

Isa. 58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee

to ride upon the high places of the earth and feed thee with the heritage of

Jacob, thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Isa. Chapter 59

Iniquity and its consequences--Hope in righteousness and the Redeemer

Isa. 59:1 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;

neither his ear heavy, 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 hath muttered

perverseness.

Isa. 59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth; they trust in

vanity and speak lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

Isa. 59:5 They hatch cockatrice eggs and weave the spider's web; he that

eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a

viper.

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 judgment in their

goings; they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein shall

not know peace.

Isa. 59:9 Therefore is judgment far from us; neither doth justice overtake

us; we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in

darkness.

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 night; we are in desolate places as

dead men.

Isa. 59:11 We roar all like bears and mourn sore like doves; we look for

judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Isa. 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins

testify against us; for our transgressions are with us; and as for our

iniquities, we know them--

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 judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar

off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Isa. 59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself

a prey; and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no

judgment.

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, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay

recompense.

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, saith the Lord.

Isa. 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; my

Spirit that is upon thee and my words which I have put in thy mouth shall

not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the

mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and forever.

Isa. Chapter 60

The light and glory of Zion--The righteous shall inherit the land

Isa. 60:1 Arise; shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is

risen upon thee.

Isa. 60:2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness

the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen

upon thee.

Isa. 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the

brightness of thy rising.

Isa. 60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see; all they gather themselves

together; they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters

shall be nursed at thy side.

Isa. 60:5 Then thou shalt see and flow together, and thine heart shall fear

and be enlarged because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto

thee; the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

Isa. 60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of

Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold

and incense, and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord.

Isa. 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee; the

rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee; they shall come up with

acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

Isa. 60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud and as the doves to their

windows?

Isa. 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first,

to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the

name of the Lord, thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel because he hath

glorified thee.

Isa. 60:10 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 favor

have I had mercy on thee.

Isa. 60:11 Therefore, thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be

shut day nor night, that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles

and that their kings may be brought.

Isa. 60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish;

yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Isa. 60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee--the fir tree, the pine

tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will

make the place of my feet glorious.

Isa. 60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto

thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles

of thy feet; and they shall call thee, the city of the Lord, the Zion of the

Holy One of Israel.

Isa. 60:15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went

through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many

generations.

Isa. 60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles and shalt suck the

breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy

Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Isa. 60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and

for wood brass, and for stones iron; I will also make thy officers peace and

thine exactors righteousness.

Isa. 60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor

destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation and

thy gates Praise.

Isa. 60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness

shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an

everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

Isa. 60:20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon

withdraw itself; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of

thy mourning shall be ended.

Isa. 60:21 Thy 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 my time.

Isa. Chapter 61

Christ's perfect work--Calling of his servants

Isa. 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath

anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind

up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of

the prison to them that are bound;

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 appoint unto them that mourn in Zion; to give unto them

beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the

spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the

planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

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 strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the

alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

Isa. 61:6 But ye shall be named the priests of the Lord; men shall call you

the ministers of our God; ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their

glory shall ye boast yourselves.

Isa. 61:7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall

rejoice in their portion; therefore, in their land they shall possess the double;

everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Isa. 61:8 For I, the Lord, love judgment; I hate robbery for burnt offering;

and I will direct their work in truth; and I will make an everlasting covenant

with them.

Isa. 61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their

offspring among the people; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that

they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

Isa. 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall be joyful in my

God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation; he hath covered

me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with

ornaments and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Isa. 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth

the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause

righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Isa. Chapter 62

Zion's triumph

Isa. 62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake

I will not rest until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the

salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

Isa. 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy

glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord

shall name.

Isa. 62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord and a

royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

Isa. 62:4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any

more be termed Desolate; but thou shalt be called Delightful, and thy land

Union; for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Isa. 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy God marry

thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God

rejoice over thee.

Isa. 62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall

never hold their peace day nor night; ye that make mention of the Lord,

keep not silence,

Isa. 62:7 And give him no rest till he establish and till he make Jerusalem a

praise in the earth.

Isa. 62:8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his

strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies;

and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast

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 ye the way of the

people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard

for the people.

Isa. 62:11 Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say

ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his

reward is with him, and his work before him.

Isa. 62:12 And they shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of the

Lord; and thou shalt be called Sought out, a city not forsaken.

Isa. Chapter 63

Christ's return

Isa. 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from

Bozrah--this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his

strength? I, that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Isa. 63:2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel and thy garments like him

that treadeth in the winefat?

Isa. 63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was

none with me; for I will tread them in mine anger and trample them in my

fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain

all my raiment.

Isa. 63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my

redeemed is come.

Isa. 63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that

there was none to uphold; therefore, mine own arm brought salvation unto

me; and my fury, it upheld me.

Isa. 63:6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger and make them

drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

Isa. 63:7 I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord and the praises of

the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us and the great

goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them

according to his mercies and according to the multitude of his loving-

kindnesses.

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

bare them and carried them all the days of old.

Isa. 63:10 But they rebelled and vexed his Holy Spirit; therefore, he was

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 him,

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 goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord

caused him to rest; so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious

name.

Isa. 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy

holiness and of thy glory. Where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding

of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? Are they restrained?

Isa. 63:16 Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us

and Israel acknowledge us not; thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer;

thy name is from everlasting.

Isa. 63:17 O Lord, why hast thou suffered us to err from thy ways and to

harden our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of

thine inheritance.

Isa. 63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while;

our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

Isa. 63:19 We are thine; thou never barest rule over them; they were not

called by thy name.

Isa. Chapter 64

Prayer of confession and plea for mercy

Isa. 64:1 Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come

down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

Isa. 64:2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to

boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may

tremble at thy presence!

Isa. 64:3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou

camest down; the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

Isa. 64:4 For since the beginning of the world, men have not heard, nor

perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what

he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

Isa. 64:5 Thou meetest him that worketh righteousness and rejoiceth him

that remembereth thee in thy ways; in righteousness there is continuance,

and such shall be saved.

Isa. 64:6 But we have sinned; 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 calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up

himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us and hast

consumed us because of our iniquities.

Isa. 64:8 But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou

our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Isa. 64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O Lord; neither remember iniquity

forever; behold; see, we beseech thee; we are all thy people.

Isa. 64:10 Thy 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 thee,

is burned up with fire; and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Isa. 64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? Wilt thou hold

thy peace and afflict us very sore?

Isa. Chapter 65

God is found of them who seek him--The elect of Israel shall be restored to

God's favor

Isa. 65:1 I am found of them who seek after me; I give unto all them that

ask of me; I am not found of them that sought me not or that inquireth not

after me.

Isa. 65:2 I said unto my servant, Behold me; look upon me; I will send you

unto a nation that is not called after my name, for I have spread out my

hands all the day to a people who walketh not in my ways; and their works

are evil and not good, and they walk after their own thoughts--

Isa. 65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face, that

sacrificeth in gardens and burneth incense upon altars of brick,

Isa. 65:4 Which remain among the graves and lodge in the monuments,

which eat swine's flesh and broth of abominable beasts, and pollute their

vessels,

Isa. 65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself; come not near to me, for I am holier

than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

Isa. 65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence but will

recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

Isa. 65:7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the

Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains and blasphemed me

upon the hills; therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Isa. 65:8 Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and

one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my servants'

sake, that I may not destroy them all.

Isa. 65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an

inheritor of my mountains; and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants

shall dwell there.

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 ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy

mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink

offering unto that number.

Isa. 65:12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow

down to the slaughter because when I called, ye did not answer; when I

spake, ye did not hear, but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that

wherein I delighted not.

Isa. 65:13 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall

eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be

thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed.

Isa. 65:14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry

for sorrow of heart and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

Isa. 65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; for the

Lord God shall slay thee and call his servants by another name,

Isa. 65:16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in

the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of

truth because the former troubles are forgotten and because they are hid

from mine eyes.

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 ye 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 In those days there shall be no more thence an infant of days nor

an old man that hath not filled his days; for the child shall not die but shall

live to be a hundred years old; but the sinner, living to be 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 mine

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 seed 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 bullock; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not

hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

Isa. Chapter 66

Serve God in humility and sincerity--God's plea to the nations

Isa. 66:1 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my

footstool. Where is the house that ye build unto me, and where is the place

of my rest?

Isa. 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things

have been, saith the Lord; but to this man will I look, even to him that is

poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Isa. 66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a

lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he

offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea,

they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their

abominations.

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 spake, they did not

hear; but they did evil before mine eyes and chose that in which I delighted

not.

Isa. 66:5 Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word: Your

brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the

Lord be glorified; but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be

ashamed.

Isa. 66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of

the Lord that rendereth 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 hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen such things? Shall

the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at

once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Isa. 66:9 Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth? saith the

Lord. Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

Isa. 66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love

her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her,

Isa. 66:11 That ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her

consolations, that ye may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of

her glory.

Isa. 66:12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a

river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream; then shall ye suck;

ye shall be borne upon her sides and be dandled upon her knees.

Isa. 66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and

ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Isa. 66:14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones

shall flourish like an herb; and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward

his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

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 behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the

abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith 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 that

escape of them unto the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the

bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off that have not heard my fame,

neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the

Gentiles.

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 swift beasts--to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the

Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the

house of the Lord.

Isa. 66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the

Lord.

Isa. 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,

shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name

remain.

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, saith

the Lord.

Isa. 66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men

that have transgressed against me; for their worm shall not die; neither shall

their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

Jeremiah

Jer. Chapter 1

Calling of Jeremiah

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 thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou

camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a

prophet unto the nations.

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 thou shalt go

to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee, thou shalt

speak.

Jer. 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith

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 thy mouth.

Jer. 1:10 See; I have this day set thee over the nations and over the

kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down,

to build, and to plant.

Jer. 1:11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah,

what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.

Jer. 1:12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast 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 seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is

toward 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,

saith the Lord; and they shall come; and they shall set, everyone, his throne

at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof

round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

Jer. 1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching 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 Thou, therefore, gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them

all that I command thee; be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee

before them.

Jer. 1:18 For behold, I have made thee this day a defensed city, and an iron

pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah,

against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the

people of the land.

Jer. 1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against

thee, for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

Jer. Chapter 2

God remonstrates with Israel

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 saith the Lord: I

remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals when

thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

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, saith the Lord.

Jer. 2:4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob and all the families

of the house of Israel;

Jer. 2:5 Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me,

that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are

become vain?

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 the fruit thereof

and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land and

made mine heritage an abomination.

Jer. 2:8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? And they that handle the

law knew me not; the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets

prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit.

Jer. 2:9 Wherefore, I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your

children's children will I plead.

Jer. 2:10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see, and send unto Kedar,

and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

Jer. 2:11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? But my

people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

Jer. 2:12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid; be ye

very desolate, saith the Lord.

Jer. 2:13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me,

the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns,

that can hold no water.

Jer. 2:14 Is Israel a servant? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he spoiled?

Jer. 2:15 The young lions roared upon him and yelled, and they made his

land waste; his cities are burned without inhabitant.

Jer. 2:16 Also, the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown

of thy head.

Jer. 2:17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken

the Lord, thy God, when he led thee by the way?

Jer. 2:18 And now, what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the

waters of Sihor? Or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the

waters of the river?

Jer. 2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings

shall reprove thee; know, therefore, and see that it is an evil thing and bitter,

that thou hast forsaken the Lord, thy God, and that my fear is not in thee,

saith the Lord God of hosts.

Jer. 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burst thy bands; and

thou saidst, I will not transgress, when upon every high hill and under every

green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

Jer. 2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then

art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

Jer. 2:22 For though thou wash thee with niter and take thee much soap, yet

thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.

Jer. 2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted; I have not gone after

Baalim? See thy way in the valley; know what thou hast done; thou art a

swift dromedary traversing her ways,

Jer. 2:24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her

pleasure. In her occasion who can turn her away? All they that seek her will

weary themselves; in her month they shall not find her.

Jer. 2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst.

But thou saidst, There is no hope; no; for I have loved strangers, and after

them will I go.

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 stock, Thou art my father, and to a stone, Thou hast

brought me forth; for they have turned their back unto me and not their

face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

Jer. 2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? Let them arise if

they can save thee in the time of thy trouble; for according to the number of

thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

Jer. 2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? Ye all have transgressed against

me, saith the Lord.

Jer. 2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction;

your own sword hath devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

Jer. 2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a

wilderness unto Israel, a land of darkness? Wherefore say my people, We

are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

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 trimmest thou thy way to seek love? Therefore hast thou also

taught the wicked ones thy ways.

Jer. 2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor

innocents; I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

Jer. 2:35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn

from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not

sinned.

Jer. 2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? Thou also

shalt be ashamed of Egypt as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Jer. 2:37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine

head; for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper

in them.

Jer. Chapter 3

Exhortation to repentance--Gathering of Israel foretold

Jer. 3:1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him and

become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Shall not that land be

greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet

return again to me, saith the Lord.

Jer. 3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not

been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the

wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and

wickedness.

Jer. 3:3 Therefore, thy showers have been withholden, and there hath been

no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead; thou refusedst to be

ashamed.

Jer. 3:4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the

guide of my youth?

Jer. 3:5 Will he reserve his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?

Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

Jer. 3:6 The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah, the king, Hast

thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? She is gone up upon

every high mountain and under every green tree and there hath played the

harlot.

Jer. 3:7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me.

But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Jer. 3:8 And I saw when, for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel

committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce; yet

her treacherous sister Judah feared not but went and played the harlot also.

Jer. 3:9 And it came to pass, through the lightness of her whoredom, that

she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

Jer. 3:10 And yet for all this, her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned

unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.

Jer. 3:11 And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified

herself more than treacherous Judah.

Jer. 3:12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return,

thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to

fall upon you; for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger

forever.

Jer. 3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed

against the Lord, thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers

under every green tree; and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.

Jer. 3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married

unto you; and I will take you, one of a city and two of a family, and I will

bring you to Zion;

Jer. 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall

feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Jer. 3:16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in

the land in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the

covenant of the Lord; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they

remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

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 heart.

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 thee among the children and give thee

a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, Thou

shalt call me, My father, and shalt not turn away from me.

Jer. 3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so

have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith 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, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.

Behold, we come unto thee, for thou art 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 hath 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 confusion covereth us; for we

have sinned against the Lord, our God, we and our fathers, from our youth

even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, our God.

Jer. Chapter 4

Israel and Judah called to repentance--Jeremiah mourns for the people

Jer. 4:1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me; and if

thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not

remove.

Jer. 4:2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth--in truth, in judgment, and in

righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him

shall they glory.

Jer. 4:3 For thus saith 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, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest my fury

come forth like a fire and burn, that none can quench it, because of the evil

of your doings.

Jer. 4:5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem, and say, Blow ye the

trumpet in the land; cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and

let us go into the defensed cities.

Jer. 4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion; retire; stay not; for I will bring

evil from the north and a great destruction.

Jer. 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the

Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land

desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

Jer. 4:8 For this, gird you with sackcloth; lament and howl; for the fierce

anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

Jer. 4:9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart

of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be

astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Jer. 4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Surely thou hast greatly deceived this

people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace, whereas the sword

reacheth unto the soul.

Jer. 4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry

wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people,

not to fan nor to cleanse,

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

spoiled.

Jer. 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest

be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

Jer. 4:15 For a voice declareth from Dan and publisheth affliction from

mount Ephraim.

Jer. 4:16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against

Jerusalem that watchers come from a far country and give out their voice

against the cities of Judah.

Jer. 4:17 As keepers of a field are they against her round about because she

hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord.

Jer. 4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this

is thy wickedness because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

Jer. 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart

maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace because thou hast heard, O

my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

Jer. 4:20 Destruction upon destruction is cried, for the whole land is

spoiled; suddenly are my tents spoiled, 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 is foolish; they have not known me; they are

sottish children, and they have none understanding; they are wise to do evil,

but to do good they have no knowledge.

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 lightly.

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 the

cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord and by his

fierce anger.

Jer. 4:27 For thus hath 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 repent; 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 therein.

Jer. 4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou

clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of

gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make

thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee; they will seek thy life.

Jer. 4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail and the anguish

as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion,

that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now!

For my soul is wearied because of murderers.

Jer. Chapter 5

Israelites' sins prevent blessings

Jer. 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now,

and know, and seek in the broad places thereof if ye can find a man, if there

be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Jer. 5:2 And though they say, The Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely.

Jer. 5:3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? Thou hast stricken them,

but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused

to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they

have refused to return.

Jer. 5:4 Therefore, I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they

know not the way of the Lord nor the judgment of their God.

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 judgment of their God; but these

have altogether broken the yoke and burst the bonds.

Jer. 5:6 Wherefore, a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of

the evenings shall spoil them; a leopard shall watch over their cities;

everyone that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces because their

transgressions are many and their backslidings are increased.

Jer. 5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? Thy children have forsaken me

and sworn by them that are no gods; when I had fed them to the full, they

then committed adultery and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots'

houses.

Jer. 5:8 They were as fed horses in the morning; everyone neighed after his

neighbor's wife.

Jer. 5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord. And shall not my

soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Jer. 5:10 Go ye up upon her walls and destroy; but make not a full end;

take away her battlements, for they are not the Lord's.

Jer. 5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very

treacherously against me, saith the Lord.

Jer. 5:12 They have belied 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 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak

this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people

wood; and it shall devour them.

Jer. 5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel,

saith the Lord; it is a mighty nation; it is an ancient nation, a nation whose

language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

Jer. 5:16 Their quiver is as an open sepulcher; they are all mighty men.

Jer. 5:17 And they shall eat up thine harvest and thy bread, which thy sons

and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds;

they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees; they shall impoverish thy

fenced cities wherein thou trustedst with the sword.

Jer. 5:18 Nevertheless, in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full

end with you.

Jer. 5:19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the

Lord, our God, all these things unto us? Then shalt thou answer them, Like

as ye have forsaken me and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye

serve strangers in the 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, which

have eyes and see not, which have ears and hear not.

Jer. 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord. Will ye not tremble at my

presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a

perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it; and though the waves thereof toss

themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass

over it?

Jer. 5:23 But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart; they are

revolted and gone.

Jer. 5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord, our God,

that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season; he reserveth

unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Jer. 5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have

withholden good things from you.

Jer. 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men; they lay wait, as he

that setteth 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 are become great and waxen rich.

Jer. 5:28 They are waxen fat; they shine; yea, they overpass the deeds of

the wicked; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they

prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Jer. 5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord. Shall not my soul

be avenged on such a nation as this?

Jer. 5:30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

Jer. 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their

means; and my people love to have it so. And what will ye do in the end

thereof?

Jer. Chapter 6

Warnings of invasion and destruction of Judah

Jer. 6:1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the

midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire

in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

Jer. 6:2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely 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

place.

Jer. 6:4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe

unto us! For the day goeth away; for the shadows of the evening are

stretched out.

Jer. 6:5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

Jer. 6:6 For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a

mount against Jerusalem; this is the city to be visited; she is wholly

oppression in the midst of her.

Jer. 6:7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her

wickedness; violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is

grief and wounds.

Jer. 6:8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest

I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

Jer. 6:9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the

remnant of Israel as a vine; turn back thine 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 abroad and upon the

assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall

be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

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, saith 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 dealeth falsely.

Jer. 6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people

slightly, 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 visit them, they shall be cast

down, saith the Lord.

Jer. 6:16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the

old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein; and ye shall find rest for

your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

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, ye 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 cometh there to me incense from Sheba and the

sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor

your sacrifices sweet unto me.

Jer. 6:21 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks

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 saith the Lord, Behold, a people cometh from the north

country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

Jer. 6:23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel and have no

mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in

array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

Jer. 6:24 We have heard the fame thereof; our hands wax feeble; anguish

hath 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 thee with sackcloth, and wallow

thyself in ashes; make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter

lamentations; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Jer. 6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that

thou mayest know and try their way.

Jer. 6:28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders; they are

brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

Jer. 6:29 The bellows are burned; the lead is consumed of the fire; the

founder melteth in vain; for the wicked are not plucked away.

Jer. 6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them because the Lord hath

rejected them.

Jer. Chapter 7

Jeremiah is sent to call for true repentance

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 ye of Judah that enter in at these

gates to worship the Lord.

Jer. 7:3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways

and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Jer. 7:4 Trust ye 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 ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye

thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor,

Jer. 7:6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and

shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your

hurt,

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, ye trust in lying words that cannot profit.

Jer. 7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and

burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye 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 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of

robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

Jer. 7:12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my

name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people

Israel.

Jer. 7:13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord,

and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not, and I

called you, but ye answered not,

Jer. 7:14 Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name,

wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers,

as I have done to Shiloh.

Jer. 7:15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your

brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

Jer. 7:16 Therefore, pray not thou for this people; neither lift up cry nor

prayer for them; neither make intercession to me, for I will not hear thee.

Jer. 7:17 Seest thou 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? saith the Lord. Do they not

provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

Jer. 7:20 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, mine anger and my

fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and

upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn

and shall not be quenched.

Jer. 7:21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Put your burnt

offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

Jer. 7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day

that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or

sacrifices;

Jer. 7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I

will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the ways

that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

Jer. 7:24 But they hearkened not nor inclined their ear, but walked in the

counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward and

not forward.

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, thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they

will not hearken to thee; thou shalt also call unto them, but they will not

answer thee.

Jer. 7:28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the

voice of the Lord, their God, nor receiveth correction; truth is perished and

is cut off from their mouth.

Jer. 7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a

lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the

generation of his wrath.

Jer. 7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the

Lord; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my

name, to pollute it.

Jer. 7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the

valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the

fire, which I commanded them not; neither came it into my heart.

Jer. 7:32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no

more be called Tophet nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of

slaughter; for they shall bury in Tophet till there be no place.

Jer. 7:33 And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the

heaven and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.

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.

Jer. Chapter 8

Evil and disastrous condition of the Jews

Jer. 8:1 At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the

kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests,

and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem

out of their graves;

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

dung upon the face of the earth.

Jer. 8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them

that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have

driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.

Jer. 8:4 Moreover, thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Shall they

fall and not arise? Shall he turn away and not return?

Jer. 8:5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual

backsliding? They hold fast deceit; they refuse to return.

Jer. 8:6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright; no man repented

him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turned to his

course as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Jer. 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the

turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but

my people know not the judgment of the Lord.

Jer. 8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?

Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

Jer. 8:9 The wise men are ashamed; they are dismayed and taken; lo, they

have rejected the word of the Lord. And what wisdom is in them?

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 dealeth falsely.

Jer. 8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people

slightly, 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 visitation they shall be cast

down, saith the Lord.

Jer. 8:13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord; there shall be no

grapes on the vine nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the

things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

Jer. 8:14 Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the

defensed cities, and let us be silent there; for the Lord, our God, hath put us

to silence and given us water of gall to drink because we have sinned

against the Lord.

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

therein.

Jer. 8:17 For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which

will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith 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 strange vanities?

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 black;

astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Jer. 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then

is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Jer. Chapter 9

Jeremiah laments the wickedness and calamity of his people

Jer. 9:1 Oh, that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears,

that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jer. 9:2 Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men,

that I might leave my people and go from them! For they be all adulterers,

an assembly of treacherous men.

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, saith the Lord.

Jer. 9:4 Take ye heed, everyone of his neighbor, and trust ye 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 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse

to know me, saith the Lord.

Jer. 9:7 Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them

and try them. For how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

Jer. 9:8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit; one

speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he layeth

his wait.

Jer. 9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith 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 beast are fled; they are gone.

Jer. 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps and a den of dragons; 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 hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what

the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth

through?

Jer. 9:13 And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I

set before them and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,

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 saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold,

I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them water of

gall to drink.

Jer. 9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor

their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them till I have

consumed them.

Jer. 9:17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the

mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that

they may come.

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 waters.

Jer. 9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion: How are we spoiled!

We are greatly confounded because we have forsaken the land, because our

dwellings have cast us out.

Jer. 9:20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear

receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and

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 without and the young men from the

streets.

Jer. 9:22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcasses of men shall fall as

dung upon the open field and as the handful after the harvestman, and none

shall gather them.

Jer. 9:23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom;

neither let the mighty man glory in his might; let not the rich man glory in

his riches;

Jer. 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this--that he understandeth and

knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment,

and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

Jer. 9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them

which 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 utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness;

for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are

uncircumcised in the heart.

Jer. Chapter 10

Forsake idols and heathen customs--God is grieved by the people's

behavior

Jer. 10:1 Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of

Israel:

Jer. 10:2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not

dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

Jer. 10:3 For the customs of the people are vain; for one cutteth a tree out

of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

Jer. 10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails

and with hammers, that it move not.

Jer. 10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not; they must needs

be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do

evil; neither also is it in them to do good.

Jer. 10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord, thou art great;

and thy name is great in might.

Jer. 10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it

appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations and in all

their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

Jer. 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish; the stock is a doctrine

of vanities.

Jer. 10:9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish and gold from

Uphaz, the work of the workman and of the hands of the founder; blue and

purple is their clothing; they are all the work of cunning men.

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 abide his indignation.

Jer. 10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the

heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth and from under

these heavens.

Jer. 10:12 He hath made the earth by his power; he hath established the

world by his wisdom and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Jer. 10:13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the

heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he

maketh lightnings with rain and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Jer. 10:14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge; every founder is

confounded by the graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and

there is no breath in them.

Jer. 10:15 They are vanity and the work of errors; in the time of their

visitation 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 rod of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jer. 10:17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

Jer. 10:18 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of

the land at this once and will distress them, that they may find it so.

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 tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken; my

children are gone forth of me, and they are not; there is none to stretch forth

my tent any more and to set up my curtains.

Jer. 10:21 For the pastors are become brutish 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 bruit is come, and a great commotion

out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate and a den of

dragons.

Jer. 10:23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in

man that walketh to direct his steps.

Jer. 10:24 O Lord, correct me, but with judgment--not in thine anger, lest

thou bring me to nothing.

Jer. 10:25 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.

Jer. Chapter 11

God's covenant proclaimed--People break the covenant

Jer. 11:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

Jer. 11:2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of

Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

Jer. 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel:

Cursed be the man that obeyeth 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 ye 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 ye the words of this

covenant, and do them.

Jer. 11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I

brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early

and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

Jer. 11:8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked everyone in

the imagination of their evil heart; therefore, I will bring upon them all the

words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them

not.

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, which

refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods, to serve them; the

house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I

made with their fathers.

Jer. 11:11 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon

them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto

me, I will not hearken unto them.

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 thy cities were thy gods, O

Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set

up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

Jer. 11:14 Therefore, pray not thou for this people; neither lift up a cry or

prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me

for their trouble.

Jer. 11:15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath

wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? When

thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

Jer. 11:16 The Lord called thy name, a green olive tree, fair, and of goodly

fruit; with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the

branches of it are broken.

Jer. 11:17 For the Lord of hosts that planted thee hath pronounced evil

against thee for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah,

which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering

incense unto Baal.

Jer. 11:18 And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it; then

thou showedst 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 devices against me, saying, Let us

destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of

the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Jer. 11:20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins

and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I

revealed my cause.

Jer. 11:21 Therefore, thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth that seek

thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by

our hand;

Jer. 11:22 Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will punish

them; the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters

shall die by famine;

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 visitation.

Jer. Chapter 12

The wicked prosper but will be destroyed--The penitent shall be restored

Jer. 12:1 Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee; yet let me talk

with thee of thy judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper?

Wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Jer. 12:2 Thou hast planted them; yea, they have taken root; they grow;

yea, they bring forth fruit; thou art near in their mouth and far from their

reins.

Jer. 12:3 But thou, O Lord, knowest me; thou hast seen me and tried mine

heart toward thee; pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare

them for the day of slaughter.

Jer. 12:4 How long shall the land mourn and the herbs of every field wither

for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts are consumed,

and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Jer. 12:5 If thou hast run with our footmen, and they have wearied thee,

then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace,

wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the

swelling of Jordan?

Jer. 12:6 For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, even they have

dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee;

believe them not though they speak fair words unto thee.

Jer. 12:7 I have forsaken mine house; I have left mine heritage; I have

given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

Jer. 12:8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out

against me; therefore have I hated it.

Jer. 12:9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird; the birds round about

are against her; come ye; assemble all the beasts of the field; come to

devour.

Jer. 12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard; they have trodden

my portion underfoot; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate

wilderness.

Jer. 12:11 They have made it desolate; and, being desolate, it mourneth

unto me; the whole land is made desolate because no man layeth it to heart.

Jer. 12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the

wilderness; for the sword of the Lord shall devour from the one end of the

land even to the other end of the land; no flesh shall have peace.

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

revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

Jer. 12:14 Thus saith the Lord against all mine 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 that I have plucked them out, I

will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every

man to his heritage and every man to his land.

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 liveth--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, saith the Lord.

Jer. Chapter 13

A linen girdle, the pride of Judah--Parable of the wine bottles--

Abominations condemned

Jer. 13:1 Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go, and get thee a linen girdle, and

put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

Jer. 13:2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord and put it on

my loins.

Jer. 13:3 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying,

Jer. 13:4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and

arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.

Jer. 13:5 So I went and hid it by 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 Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I

commanded thee to hide there.

Jer. 13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from

the place where I had hid it; and behold, the girdle was marred; it was

profitable for nothing.

Jer. 13:8 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Jer. 13:9 Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of

Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

Jer. 13:10 This evil people which refuse to hear my words, which walk in

the imagination of their heart and walk after other gods, to serve them and

to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

Jer. 13:11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused

to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah,

saith the Lord, that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and

for a praise, and for a glory; but they would not hear.

Jer. 13:12 Therefore, thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith the

Lord God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine. And they shall

say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled

with wine?

Jer. 13:13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I

will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's

throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of

Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

Jer. 13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and

the sons together, saith the Lord; I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy,

but destroy them.

Jer. 13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud, for the Lord hath spoken.

Jer. 13:16 Give glory to the Lord, your God, before he cause darkness, and

before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and while ye look for

light, he turn it into the shadow of death and make it gross darkness.

Jer. 13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for

your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore and run down with tears because

the Lord's flock is carried away captive.

Jer. 13:18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves; sit

down; for your principalities 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 thee, thy beautiful flock?

Jer. 13:21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? For thou hast

taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee. Shall not sorrows take

thee as a woman in travail?

Jer. 13:22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things

upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered and

thy heels made bare.

Jer. 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then

may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

Jer. 13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by

the wind of the wilderness.

Jer. 13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the

Lord, because thou hast forgotten me and trusted in falsehood.

Jer. 13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame

may appear.

Jer. 13:27 I have seen thine adulteries and thy neighings, the lewdness of

thy whoredom and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto

thee, O Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean? When shall it once be?

Jer. Chapter 14

Great drought--Jeremiah forbidden to pray for the people--Lying prophets

Jer. 14:1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the

dearth:

Jer. 14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black

unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

Jer. 14:3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters; they

came to the pits and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty;

they were ashamed, and confounded, and covered their heads.

Jer. 14:4 Because the ground is chapped, 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 asses did stand in the high places; they snuffed up

the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail because there was no grass.

Jer. 14:7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy

name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

Jer. 14:8 O the hope of Israel, the Savior thereof in time of trouble, why

shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land and as a wayfaring man that

turneth aside to tarry for a night?

Jer. 14:9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that

cannot save? Yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by

thy name; leave us not.

Jer. 14:10 Thus saith the Lord unto this people, Thus have they loved to

wander; they have not refrained their feet; therefore, the Lord doth not

accept them; he will now remember their iniquity and visit their sins.

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

burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them; but I will consume

them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Jer. 14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say unto them,

Ye shall not see the sword; neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you

assured peace in this place.

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 spake unto

them; they prophesy unto you a false vision, and divination, and a thing of

naught, and the deceit of their heart.

Jer. 14:15 Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that

prophesy in my name, and I sent them not--yet they say, Sword and famine

shall not be in this land--by sword and famine shall those prophets be

consumed.

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, thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run

down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin

daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous

blow.

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 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? Hath thy soul loathed Zion?

Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for

peace, and there is no good, and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Jer. 14:20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness and the iniquity of our

fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

Jer. 14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne

of thy glory; remember; break not thy covenant with us.

Jer. 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause

rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou he, O Lord, our God?

Therefore, we will wait upon thee, for thou hast made all these things.

Jer. Chapter 15

God will cast out the Jews--He promises to protect Jeremiah

Jer. 15:1 Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood

before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people; cast them out of

my sight, and let them go forth.

Jer. 15:2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we

go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord: Such as are for

death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are

for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the

captivity.

Jer. 15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord--the sword

to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of

the earth--to devour and destroy.

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 thee, O Jerusalem? Or who shall

bemoan thee? Or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

Jer. 15:6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord; thou art gone backward;

therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee and destroy thee; I am

weary with repenting.

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 spoiler at

noonday; I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the

city.

Jer. 15:9 She that hath borne seven languisheth; she hath given up the

ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she hath been ashamed

and confounded; and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before

their enemies, saith the Lord.

Jer. 15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife

and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor

men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Jer. 15:11 The Lord said, Verily, it shall be well with thy remnant; verily, I

will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time

of affliction.

Jer. 15:12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?

Jer. 15:13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without

price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

Jer. 15:14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land

which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall

burn upon you.

Jer. 15:15 O Lord, thou knowest; remember me, and visit me, and revenge

me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy long-suffering; know that

for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

Jer. 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was

unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart; for I am called by thy name, O

Lord God of hosts.

Jer. 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers nor rejoiced; I sat alone

because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Jer. 15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which

refuseth to be healed? Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar and as

waters that fail?

Jer. 15:19 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring

thee again, and thou shalt stand before me; and if thou take forth the

precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth; let them return unto thee,

but return not thou unto them.

Jer. 15:20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brazen wall; and

they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am

with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Jer. 15:21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will

redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

Jer. Chapter 16

God's mercy withheld from the Jews--Return from captivity

Jer. 16:1 The word of the Lord came also unto me, saying,

Jer. 16:2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife; neither shalt thou have sons nor

daughters in this place.

Jer. 16:3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons, and concerning the

daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare

them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:

Jer. 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented;

neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the

earth; and they shall be consumed by the sword and by famine; and their

carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of heaven and for the beasts of the

earth.

Jer. 16:5 For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning;

neither go to lament nor bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace

from this people, saith the Lord, even loving-kindness 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 tear themselves for them in mourning, to

comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of

consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Jer. 16:8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them

to eat and to drink.

Jer. 16:9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will

cause to cease out of this place in your eyes and in your days, the voice of

mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice

of the bride.

Jer. 16:10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all

these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord

pronounced all this great evil against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what

is our sin that we have committed against the Lord, our God?

Jer. 16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have

forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have

served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not

kept my law--

Jer. 16:12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for behold, ye 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 ye know

not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and

night, where I will not show you favor.

Jer. 16:14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no

more be said, The Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel out of

the land of Egypt,

Jer. 16:15 But, The Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel from

the land of the north and from all the lands whither he had driven them.

And I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

Jer. 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they

shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt

them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the

rocks.

Jer. 16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my

face; neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

Jer. 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double

because they have defiled my land; they have filled mine inheritance with

the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things.

Jer. 16:19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day

of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth

and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things

wherein there is no profit.

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 mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my

name is the Lord.

Jer. Chapter 17

Trust not in the arm of flesh--God's salvation--Keep the sabbath

Jer. 17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron and with the point of

a diamond; it is graven upon the table of their heart and upon the horns of

your altars,

Jer. 17:2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the

green trees upon the high hills.

Jer. 17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance, and all thy

treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin throughout all thy borders.

Jer. 17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I

gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which

thou knowest not; for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn

forever.

Jer. 17:5 Thus saith the Lord, Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and

maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

Jer. 17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when

good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt

land and not inhabited.

Jer. 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth 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 spreadeth

out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh; but her leaf

shall be green, and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall

cease from yielding fruit.

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 try the reins, even to give every

man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jer. 17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not, so he that

getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days and

at his end shall be a fool.

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 thee shall be ashamed;

and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth because they have

forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.

Jer. 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be

saved; for thou art 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 pastor to follow

thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest; that which came

out of my lips was right before thee.

Jer. 17:17 Be not a terror unto me; thou art 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, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the

which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem,

Jer. 17:20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of

Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem that enter in by

these gates;

Jer. 17:21 Thus saith the Lord, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden

on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

Jer. 17:22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath

day; neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day as I commanded

your fathers.

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 ye diligently hearken unto me, saith

the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath

day but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein,

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 meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise

unto the house of the Lord.

Jer. 17:27 But if ye will not hearken unto me, to hallow the sabbath day

and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the

sabbath day, then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof; and it shall devour

the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

Jer. Chapter 18

Israel as the potter's clay--Jeremiah prays for God's judgment

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

thee to hear my words.

Jer. 18:3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he wrought 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? saith the

Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine 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 pronounced, turn from their

evil, I will withhold 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 do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will

withhold the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.

Jer. 18:11 Now, therefore, go to; speak to the men of Judah and to the

inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I frame evil

against you and devise a device against you; return ye now, 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

devices, and we will everyone do the imagination of his evil heart.

Jer. 18:13 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Ask ye now among the heathen,

who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible

thing.

Jer. 18:14 Will you not leave the snow of the fields of Lebanon? Shall not

the cold flowing waters that come from another place from the rock be

forsaken?

Jer. 18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense

to vanity; and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the

ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up,

Jer. 18:16 To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; everyone

that passeth thereby shall be astonished and wag 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 devices against

Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the

wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the

tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Jer. 18:19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that

contend with me.

Jer. 18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit

for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them and

to turn away thy wrath from them.

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 thou shalt bring a

troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me and hid

snares for my feet.

Jer. 18:23 Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me, to slay me;

forgive not their iniquity; neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let

them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine

anger.

Jer. Chapter 19

Judah to be broken as an earthen bottle

Jer. 19:1 Thus saith the Lord, Go, and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take

of the ancients of the people and of the ancients of the priests,

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 thee,

Jer. 19:3 And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and

inhabitants of Jerusalem; thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his

ears shall tingle,

Jer. 19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place,

and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their

fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with

the blood of innocents;

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 spake it;

neither came it into my mind;

Jer. 19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place

shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the

valley of slaughter.

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 carcasses will I give to

be meat for the fowls of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

Jer. 19:8 And I will make this city desolate and a hissing; everyone that

passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues

thereof.

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 straitness wherewith their enemies and they that seek their lives

shall straiten them.

Jer. 19:10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go

with thee,

Jer. 19:11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Even so

will I break this people and this city as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that

cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury them in Tophet till there

be no place to bury.

Jer. 19:12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the Lord, and to the

inhabitants thereof and even make this city as Tophet;

Jer. 19:13 And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of

Judah shall be defiled as the place of Tophet because of all the houses upon

whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven and have

poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

Jer. 19:14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord had sent him

to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord's house and said to all the

people,

Jer. 19:15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will

bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have

pronounced against it because they have hardened their necks, that they

might not hear my words.

Jer. Chapter 20

Babylon shall take Judah captive--Jeremiah's complaint

Jer. 20:1 Now Pashur, the son of Immer, the priest, who was also chief

governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these

things.

Jer. 20:2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah, the prophet, and put him in the

stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of

the Lord.

Jer. 20:3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth

Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not

called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.

Jer. 20:4 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself

and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and

thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king

of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon and shall slay

them with the sword.

Jer. 20:5 Moreover, I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the

labors thereof, and all the precious things thereof; and all the treasures of

the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall

spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

Jer. 20:6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into

captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die and shalt

be buried there, thou and all thy friends to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

Jer. 20:7 O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art

stronger than I and hast prevailed; I am in derision daily; everyone mocketh

me.

Jer. 20:8 For since I spake, I cried out; I cried violence and spoil because

the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me and a derision daily.

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 mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my

bones; and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

Jer. 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say

they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying,

Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we

shall take our revenge on him.

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, that triest the righteous and seest the reins

and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I

opened my cause.

Jer. 20:13 Sing unto the Lord; praise ye the Lord, for he hath delivered the

soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

Jer. 20:14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein

my mother bare me be blessed.

Jer. 20:15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A

man-child is born unto thee, 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 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow,

that my days should be consumed with shame?

Jer. Chapter 21

Jeremiah prophesies the defeat and captivity of Judah

Jer. 21:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord when King

Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur, the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah, the

son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,

Jer. 21:2 Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us--for Nebuchadrezzar, king

of Babylon, maketh war against us--if so be that the Lord will deal with us

according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

Jer. 21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah,

Jer. 21:4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the

weapons of war that are in your hands wherewith ye fight against the king

of Babylon and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls;

and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

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 smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast;

they shall die of a great pestilence.

Jer. 21:7 And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah, king of

Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from

the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine into the hand of

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and

into the hand of those that seek their life; and he shall smite them with the

edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have

mercy.

Jer. 21:8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I

set before you the way of life and the way of death.

Jer. 21:9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the

famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out and falleth to the

Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live; and his life shall be unto him for a

prey.

Jer. 21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good,

saith the Lord; it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he

shall burn it with fire.

Jer. 21:11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the

word of the Lord;

Jer. 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord, Execute judgment in the

morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor,

lest my fury go out like fire and burn, that none can quench it, because of

the evil of your doings.

Jer. 21:13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley and rock of

the plain, saith the Lord, which say, Who shall come down against us? Or

who shall enter into our habitations?

Jer. 21:14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith

the Lord; and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all

things round about it.

Jer. Chapter 22

Judah exhorted to repent--Destruction and captivity of Josiah's seed

Jer. 22:1 Thus saith 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 sittest

upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter

in by these gates;

Jer. 22:3 Thus saith the Lord: Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and

deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong; do no

violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent

blood in this place.

Jer. 22:4 For if ye do this thing, indeed, then shall there enter in by the

gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots

and on horses--he, and his servants, and his people.

Jer. 22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the

Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

Jer. 22:6 For thus saith the Lord unto the king's house of Judah, Thou art

Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon; yet surely I will make thee a

wilderness and cities which are not inhabited.

Jer. 22:7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, everyone with his

weapons; and they shall cut down thy 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, Wherefore hath 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 ye not for the dead; neither bemoan him; but weep sore for

him that goeth away, for he shall return no more nor see his native country.

Jer. 22:11 For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum, the son of Josiah, king

of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah, his father, which went forth out

of this place: He shall not return thither any more;

Jer. 22:12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive

and shall see this land no more.

Jer. 22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness and his

chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbor's service without wages and

giveth him not for his work;

Jer. 22:14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and

cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar and painted with

vermillion.

Jer. 22:15 Shalt thou reign because thou closest thyself in cedar? Did not

thy father eat, and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well

with him?

Jer. 22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with

him. Was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

Jer. 22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness,

and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do

it.

Jer. 22:18 Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim, the son of

Josiah, king of Judah: They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah, my

brother! or, Ah, sister! They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah, lord! or,

Ah, his glory!

Jer. 22:19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth

beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Jer. 22:20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and

cry from the passages; for all thy lovers are destroyed.

Jer. 22:21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not

hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my

voice.

Jer. 22:22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into

captivity; surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy

wickedness.

Jer. 22:23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how

gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman

in travail!

Jer. 22:24 As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim,

king of Judah, were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee

thence;

Jer. 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life and

into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Jer. 22:26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into

another country where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

Jer. 22:27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they

not return.

Jer. 22:28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? Is he a vessel

wherein is no pleasure? Wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and

are cast into a land which they know not?

Jer. 22:29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

Jer. 22:30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall

not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon

the throne of David and ruling any more in Judah.

Jer. Chapter 23

Corrupt pastors condemned--Savior and good shepherds to be provided--

False prophets

Jer. 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my

pasture! saith the Lord.

Jer. 23:2 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors

that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and

have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings,

saith the Lord.

Jer. 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries

whither I have driven them and will bring them again to their folds; and

they shall be fruitful and increase.

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, saith

the Lord.

Jer. 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David

a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign, and prosper, and shall execute

judgment and justice in the earth.

Jer. 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and

this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD, OUR

RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Jer. 23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall

no more say, The Lord liveth which brought up the children of Israel out of

the land of Egypt,

Jer. 23:8 But, The Lord liveth which brought up and which led the seed of

the house of Israel out of the north country and from all countries whither I

had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

Jer. 23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my

bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath

overcome, because of the Lord and because of the words of his holiness.

Jer. 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for, because of swearing, the

land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their

course is evil, and their force is not right.

Jer. 23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I

found their wickedness, saith the Lord.

Jer. 23:12 Wherefore, their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the

darkness; they shall be driven on and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon

them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

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 doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them

unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Jer. 23:15 Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:

Behold, I will feed them with wormwood and make them drink the water of

gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all

the land.

Jer. 23:16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the

prophets that prophesy unto you; they make you vain; they speak a vision of

their own heart and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

Jer. 23:17 They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye

shall have peace; and they say unto everyone that walketh after the

imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Jer. 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath

perceived, and heard his word? Who hath marked his word and heard it?

Jer. 23:19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a

grievous whirlwind; it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

Jer. 23:20 The anger of the Lord shall not return until he have executed and

till he have performed the thoughts of his heart; in the latter days ye shall

consider it perfectly.

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, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

Jer. 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?

saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

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 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their

dreams, which they tell, every man to his neighbor, as their fathers have

forgotten my name for Baal.

Jer. 23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that

hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the

wheat? saith the Lord.

Jer. 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord, and like a hammer

that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Jer. 23:30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that

steal my words, everyone from his neighbor.

Jer. 23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their

tongues and say, He saith.

Jer. 23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the

Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies and by their

lightness; yet I sent them not nor commanded them; therefore, they shall not

profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

Jer. 23:33 And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest shall ask thee,

saying, What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them,

What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the Lord.

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 ye say, everyone to his neighbor and everyone to his

brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken?

Jer. 23:36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more, for every

man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the

living God, of the Lord of hosts, our God.

Jer. 23:37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered

thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken?

Jer. 23:38 But since ye say, The burden of the Lord, therefore, thus saith

the Lord: Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent

unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord,

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.

Jer. Chapter 24

Parable of good and bad figs--Desolation of Zedekiah

Jer. 24:1 The Lord showed me; and behold, two baskets of figs were set

before the temple of the Lord after that Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon,

had carried away captive Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and

the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths from Jerusalem and had

brought them to Babylon.

Jer. 24:2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first

ripe; and the other basket had very naughty figs which could not be eaten,

they were so bad.

Jer. 24:3 Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I

said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be

eaten, they are so evil.

Jer. 24:4 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Jer. 24:5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so

will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I

have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.

Jer. 24:6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them

again to this land; and I will build them and not pull them down; and I will

plant them and not pluck them up.

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 evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil,

surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and

his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem that remain in this land, and them

that dwell in the land of Egypt,

Jer. 24:9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the

earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all

places whither I shall drive them.

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.

Jer. Chapter 25

Jeremiah foretells seventy years' captivity and the destruction of Babylon

and all nations

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 Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon,

Jer. 25:2 The which Jeremiah, the prophet, spake 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 hath come unto me; and I have spoken unto you, rising early and

speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

Jer. 25:4 And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants, the prophets,

rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened nor inclined your

ear to hear.

Jer. 25:5 They said, Turn ye again now, everyone from his evil way and

from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given

unto you and to your fathers 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 hurt.

Jer. 25:7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the Lord, that ye might

provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

Jer. 25:8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, Because ye have not heard

my words,

Jer. 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the

Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring

them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all

these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them and make them an

astonishment, and 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 candle.

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, saith 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 is written in this book, which Jeremiah

hath prophesied against all the nations.

Jer. 25:14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them

also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and according to

the works of their own hands.

Jer. 25:15 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto me, Take the wine cup

of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to

drink it.

Jer. 25:16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad because of the

sword that I will send among them.

Jer. 25:17 Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand and made all the nations

to drink, unto whom the Lord had sent me--

Jer. 25:18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof,

and the princes thereof, 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 mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz,

and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah,

and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

Jer. 25:21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

Jer. 25:22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the

kings of the isles which are beyond the sea;

Jer. 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost

corners;

Jer. 25:24 And all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mingled

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, thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of

hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, 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 at thine hand to

drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Ye shall

certainly drink.

Jer. 25:29 For lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my

name. And should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished,

for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord

of hosts.

Jer. 25:30 Therefore, prophesy thou against them all these words, and say

unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high and utter his voice from his

holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a

shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

Jer. 25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord

hath a controversy with the nations; he will plead with all flesh; he will give

the wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.

Jer. 25:32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from

nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of

the earth.

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 dung upon the ground.

Jer. 25:34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, and wallow yourselves in the ashes,

ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your

dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

Jer. 25:35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of

the flock to escape.

Jer. 25:36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds and a howling of the

principal of the flock shall be heard, for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.

Jer. 25:37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce

anger of the Lord.

Jer. 25:38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion; for their land is desolate

because of the fierceness of the oppressor and because of his fierce anger.

Jer. Chapter 26

Judah exhorted to repent--Jeremiah is apprehended and acquitted

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 saith the Lord, Stand in the court of the Lord's house and

speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord's

house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a

word.

Jer. 26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn, every man from his evil way,

and repent, I will turn away the evil which I purpose to do unto them

because of the evil of their doings.

Jer. 26:4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, If ye will not

hearken to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,

Jer. 26:5 To hearken to the words of my servants, the prophets, whom I sent

unto you, commanding them to rise up early, and sending them,

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; for ye have not hearkened unto my

servants, the prophets.

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 made an end of speaking

all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the

priests, and the prophets, and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt

surely die.

Jer. 26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This

house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an

inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house

of the Lord.

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 entry

of the new gate of the Lord's house.

Jer. 26:11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to

all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die, for he hath prophesied

against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

Jer. 26:12 Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people,

saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this

city all the words that ye have heard.

Jer. 26:13 Therefore now, amend your ways and your doings, and obey the

voice of the Lord, your God, and repent; and the Lord will turn away the

evil that he hath pronounced against you.

Jer. 26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand; do with me as seemeth

good and meet unto you.

Jer. 26:15 But know ye for certain that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely

bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the

inhabitants thereof; for, of a truth, the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak

all these words in your ears.

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 hath 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 spake to all the

assembly of the people, saying,

Jer. 26:18 Micah, the Morasthite, prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, king

of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord

of hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become

heaps, and the mountain of the house of the Lord 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 beseech the Lord, and repent? And the

Lord turned away the evil which he had pronounced against them. Thus by

putting Jeremiah to death, we might procure great evil against our souls.

Jer. 26:20 But there was a man among the priests, rose up and said that

Urijah, the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, prophesied in the name of

the Lord, who also 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

Urijah 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 fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt and brought him unto

Jehoiakim, the king, who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body

into the graves of the common people.

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.

Jer. Chapter 27

Kings told to submit to the yoke of Babylon--Temple vessels will be taken to

Babylon

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 saith the Lord to me: Make thee bonds and yokes, and put

them upon thy 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 Tyrus, and to the king of

Zidon by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto

Zedekiah, king of Judah,

Jer. 27:4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord

of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters:

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 meet 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 their end come; and after that, many nations and great

kings shall serve themselves of them.

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, saith 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 ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners,

nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which

speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon;

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 ye 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 still remain in their own land,

saith the Lord; and they shall till it and dwell therein.

Jer. 27:12 I spake also to Zedekiah, king of Judah, according to all these

words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and

serve him and his people, and live.

Jer. 27:13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the

famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation

that will not serve the king of Babylon?

Jer. 27:14 Therefore, hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak

unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy

a lie unto you.

Jer. 27:15 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord; yet they prophesy a lie

in my name, that I might drive you out and that ye might perish, ye and the

prophets that prophesy unto you.

Jer. 27:16 Also, I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus

saith the Lord, Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy

unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly

be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

Jer. 27:17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon and live.

Wherefore should this city be laid waste?

Jer. 27:18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with

them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels

which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of

Judah, and at Jerusalem go not to Babylon.

Jer. 27:19 For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and

concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of

the vessels that remain in this city,

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 saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning

the vessels that remain in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king

of Judah, and of Jerusalem:

Jer. 27:22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the

day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up and restore

them to this place.

Jer. Chapter 28

Jeremiah refutes Hananiah's false prophecy and predicts his death

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 Azur, the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto

me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the

people, saying,

Jer. 28:2 Thus speaketh 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, saith 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 thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of

the Lord's house and all that is carried away captive from Babylon into this

place.

Jer. 28:7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears

and in the ears of all the people:

Jer. 28:8 The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old

prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of

war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

Jer. 28:9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the

prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known that the Lord

hath truly sent him.

Jer. 28:10 Then Hananiah, the prophet, took the yoke from off the prophet

Jeremiah's neck and brake it.

Jer. 28:11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying,

Thus saith the Lord, Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, king

of Babylon, from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.

And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

Jer. 28:12 Then the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, the prophet,

after that Hananiah, the prophet, had broken the yoke from off the neck of

the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Jer. 28:13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Thou hast

broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

Jer. 28:14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have put a

yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; and they shall serve him; and I have

given him the beasts of the field also.

Jer. 28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah, the prophet, Hear

now, Hananiah; the Lord hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to

trust in a lie.

Jer. 28:16 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will cast thee from off

the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die because thou hast taught

rebellion against the Lord.

Jer. 28:17 So Hananiah, the prophet, died the same year in the seventh

month.

Jer. Chapter 29

Jeremiah's letter of counsel and encouragement to captives in Babylon--

False prophets arise and are reproved

Jer. 29:1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah, the prophet,

sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away

captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom

Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon--

Jer. 29:2 After that Jeconiah, the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the

princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths were

departed from Jerusalem--

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 saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are

carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from

Jerusalem unto Babylon:

Jer. 29:5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the

fruit of them;

Jer. 29:6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for

your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons

and daughters, that ye may be increased there and not diminished.

Jer. 29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be

carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof

shall ye have peace.

Jer. 29:8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your

prophets and your diviners that be in the midst of you deceive you; neither

hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

Jer. 29:9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name; I have not sent

them, saith the Lord.

Jer. 29:10 For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished

at Babylon, I will visit you and perform my good word toward you in

causing you to return to this place.

Jer. 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord--

thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Jer. 29:12 Then shall ye call unto me, and ye shall go and pray unto me;

and I will hearken unto you.

Jer. 29:13 And ye shall seek me and find me when ye shall search for me

with all your heart.

Jer. 29:14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord, and I will turn away

your captivity; and I will gather you from all the nations and from all the

places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again

into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

Jer. 29:15 Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in

Babylon,

Jer. 29:16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the

throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your

brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity,

Jer. 29:17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will send upon them the

sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs that

cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

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 whither I have driven them,

Jer. 29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord,

which I sent unto them by my servants, the prophets, commanding them to

rise early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.

Jer. 29:20 Hear ye, therefore, the word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity

whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon;

Jer. 29:21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab, the son

of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie

unto you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes;

Jer. 29:22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of

Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and

like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,

Jer. 29:23 Because they have committed villany 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, saith the Lord.

Jer. 29:24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, saying,

Jer. 29:25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying,

Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at

Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the

priests, saying,

Jer. 29:26 The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada, the

priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord; for every man that

is mad and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison

and in the stocks.

Jer. 29:27 Now, therefore, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of

Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?

Jer. 29:28 For, therefore, he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity

is long; build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the

fruit of them.

Jer. 29:29 And Zephaniah, the priest, read this letter in the ears 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 saith the Lord

concerning Shemaiah, the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath

prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie,

Jer. 29:32 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah,

the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this

people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith

the Lord, because he hath taught rebellion against the Lord.

Jer. Chapter 30

Return of the Jews--God will chastise their oppressors

Jer. 30:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

Jer. 30:2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the

words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

Jer. 30:3 For lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the

captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord; and I will cause

them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess

it.

Jer. 30:4 And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and

concerning Judah.

Jer. 30:5 For thus saith the Lord, We have heard a voice of trembling, of

fear, and not of peace.

Jer. 30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child.

Wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in

travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

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, saith the Lord of hosts, that I

will break his yoke from off thy neck and will burst thy bonds, and

strangers shall no more serve themselves of him;

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 thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord;

neither be dismayed, O Israel; for lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed

from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest,

and be quiet; and none shall make him afraid.

Jer. 30:11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee; though I make a

full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a

full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure and will not leave thee

altogether unpunished.

Jer. 30:12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is not incurable although thy

wounds are grievous.

Jer. 30:13 Is there none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up?

Hast thou no healing medicines?

Jer. 30:14 Have all thy lovers forgotten thee? Do they not seek thee? For I

have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a

cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquities, because thy sins are

increased.

Jer. 30:15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? Is thy sorrow incurable? It

was for the multitude of thine iniquities and because thy sins are increased,

I have done these things unto thee.

Jer. 30:16 But all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine

adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil

thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

Jer. 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy

wounds, saith the Lord, because they called thee an outcast, saying, This is

Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Jer. 30:18 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring again the captivity of

Jacob's tents and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be

builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner

thereof.

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 aforetime, and their congregation

shall be established before me; and I will punish all that oppress them.

Jer. 30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall

proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he

shall approach unto me. For who is this that engaged his heart to approach

unto me? saith the Lord.

Jer. 30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Jer. 30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord goeth 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 hath done it

and until he hath performed the intents of his heart; in the latter days ye

shall consider it.

Jer. Chapter 31

Restoration of Israel--God will gather and comfort the people--God's new

covenant

Jer. 31:1 At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the

families of Israel; and they shall be my people.

Jer. 31:2 Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword

found grace in the wilderness, even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

Jer. 31:3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved

thee with an everlasting love; therefore, with loving-kindness have I drawn

thee.

Jer. 31:4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel;

thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets and shalt go forth in the dances

of them that make merry.

Jer. 31:5 Thou shalt 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 the mount

Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord, our

God.

Jer. 31:7 For thus saith the Lord, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout

among the chief of the nations; publish ye; praise ye, and say, O Lord, save

thy people, the remnant of Israel.

Jer. 31:8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them

from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the

woman with child and her that travaileth with child together; a great

company shall return thither.

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

wherein 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 ye nations, and declare it in the

isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him and keep him

as a shepherd doth his flock.

Jer. 31:11 For the Lord hath 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 wheat, and for wine, and

for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be

as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

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 satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my

people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.

Jer. 31:15 Thus saith the Lord: A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation,

and bitter weeping; Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be

comforted for her children because they were not.

Jer. 31:16 Thus saith the Lord: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine

eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they

shall come again from the land of the enemy.

Jer. 31:17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children

shall come again to their own border.

Jer. 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast

chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke;

turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord, my God.

Jer. 31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was

instructed, I smote upon my thigh; I was ashamed, yea, even confounded,

because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Jer. 31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For since I spake

against him, I do earnestly remember him still; therefore, my bowels are

troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

Jer. 31:21 Set thee up waymarks; make thee high heaps; set thine heart

toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest; turn again, O virgin

of Israel; turn again to these, thy cities.

Jer. 31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? For

the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth--a woman shall compass a

man.

Jer. 31:23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As yet they shall

use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof when I shall

bring again their captivity. The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice and

mountain of holiness.

Jer. 31:24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof

together, husbandmen and they that go forth with flocks.

Jer. 31:25 For I have satiated 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, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house

of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of

beast.

Jer. 31:28 And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them-

-to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to

afflict--so will I watch over them, to build and to plant, saith the Lord.

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

eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

Jer. 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new

covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

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,

which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith

the Lord;

Jer. 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of

Israel: After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward

parts, and write it in their hearts, and will be their God; and they shall be

my people.

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, saith the Lord; for I will forgive

their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Jer. 31:35 Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day and

the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which

divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar. The Lord of hosts is his name.

Jer. 31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then

the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

Jer. 31:37 Thus saith the Lord, If heaven above can be measured and the

foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the

seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.

Jer. 31:38 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built

to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

Jer. 31:39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the

hill Gareb and shall compass about to Goath.

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.

Jer. Chapter 32

Jeremiah imprisoned--He buys a field to signify the return of Israel

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 Nebuchadrezzar:

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, Wherefore

dost thou prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this

city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

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, saith the Lord; though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not

prosper?

Jer. 32:6 And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Jer. 32:7 Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum, thine uncle, shall come

unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of

redemption is thine to buy it.

Jer. 32:8 So Hanameel, mine uncle's son, came to me in the court of the

prison according to the word of the Lord and said unto me, Buy my field, I

pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the

right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself.

Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Jer. 32:9 And I bought the field of Hanameel, my uncle's son, that was in

Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

Jer. 32:10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses,

and weighed him the money in the balances.

Jer. 32:11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was

sealed according to the law and custom and that which was open,

Jer. 32:12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch, the son of

Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel, mine uncle's son,

and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the

purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

Jer. 32:13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

Jer. 32:14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these

evidences--this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed and this

evidence which is open--and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may

continue many days.

Jer. 32:15 For thus saith 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 evidence of the purchase unto

Baruch, the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying,

Jer. 32:17 Ah, Lord God! Behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth

by thy great power and stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for

thee;

Jer. 32:18 Thou showest loving-kindness unto thousands and recompensest

the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the

Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts is his name--

Jer. 32:19 Great in counsel and mighty in work; for thine 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 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto

this day, and in Israel, and among other men, and hast made thee a name, as

at this day;

Jer. 32:21 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt

with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched-

out arm, and with great terror;

Jer. 32:22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst 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 thy

voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou

commandedst them to do; therefore, thou hast caused all this evil to come

upon them.

Jer. 32:24 Behold the mounts; they are come unto the city to take it; and the

city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that fight against it, because of

the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what thou hast

spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou seest it.

Jer. 32:25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord God, Buy thee the field for

money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the

Chaldeans.

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 anything too

hard for me?

Jer. 32:28 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into

the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, king of

Babylon; and he shall take it;

Jer. 32:29 And the Chaldeans that fight against this city shall come and set

fire on this city and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have

offered incense unto Baal and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to

provoke me to anger.

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, saith the Lord.

Jer. 32:31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and

of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day, that I should

remove it from before my face,

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 saith the Lord, the God of Israel,

concerning this city whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of

the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

Jer. 32:37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries whither I have

driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will

bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.

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 them, to do 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 saith the Lord: Like as I have brought all this great evil

upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have

promised them.

Jer. 32:43 And fields shall be bought in this land whereof ye say, It is

desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Jer. 32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and

seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places

about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the

mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south; for I

will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.

Jer. Chapter 33

Restoration of Israel and Judah promised--David's branch of righteousness

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 saith the Lord, the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to

establish it; the Lord is his name:

Jer. 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee and show thee great and

mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Jer. 33:4 For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses

of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are

thrown down by the mounts and by the sword:

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 mine anger and in my fury,

and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

Jer. 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure 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 whereby they have

sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have

sinned and whereby 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 procure unto it.

Jer. 33:10 Thus saith the Lord: Again there shall be heard in this place--

which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the

cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without

man, and without inhabitant, and without beast--

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 endureth

forever unto them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of

the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land as at the first,

saith the Lord.

Jer. 33:12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Again in this place, which is

desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof shall be

a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

Jer. 33:13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the

cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about

Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah shall the flocks pass again under the

hands of him that telleth them, saith the Lord.

Jer. 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform that

good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house

of Judah.

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 judgment 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 wherewith she shall be called: the Lord, our

Righteousness.

Jer. 33:17 For thus saith the Lord, David shall never want a man to sit upon

the throne of the house of Israel;

Jer. 33:18 Neither shall the priests, the Levites, want a man before me to

offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice

continually.

Jer. 33:19 And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, saying,

Jer. 33:20 Thus saith the Lord: If ye can break my covenant of the day and

my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their

season,

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 seed 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 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The

two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? Thus

they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before

them.

Jer. 33:25 Thus saith the Lord: If my covenant be not with day and night,

and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,

Jer. 33:26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David, my servant,

so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham,

Isaac, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to return and have mercy on

them.

Jer. Chapter 34

Jeremiah prophesies the captivity of Zedekiah and Jerusalem--Hebrews

rebuked for not freeing their Jewish servants

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 the cities thereof, saying,

Jer. 34:2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah,

king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will give this city

into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire;

Jer. 34:3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be

taken and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of

the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou

shalt go to Babylon.

Jer. 34:4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah: Thus

saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword;

Jer. 34:5 But thou shalt die in peace; and with the burnings of thy fathers,

the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odors for thee;

and they will lament thee, saying, Ah, Lord! For I have pronounced the

word, saith the Lord.

Jer. 34:6 Then Jeremiah, the prophet, spake 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 defensed cities remained of the cities of Judah.

Jer. 34:8 This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord after that

the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at

Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them:

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

serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew, his brother.

Jer. 34:10 Now when all the princes and all the people, which had entered

into the covenant, heard that everyone should let his manservant, and

everyone his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of

them any more, then they obeyed and let them go.

Jer. 34:11 But afterwards 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 saith the Lord, the God of Israel, I made a covenant with

your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,

out of the house of bondmen, saying,

Jer. 34:14 At the end of seven years let ye go, every man his brother, a

Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six

years, thou shalt let him go free from thee; but your fathers hearkened not

unto me neither inclined their ear.

Jer. 34:15 But ye were now turned and had done right in my sight, in

proclaiming liberty, every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant

before me in the house which is called by my name.

Jer. 34:16 But ye turned, and polluted my name, and caused every man his

servant and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their

pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for

servants and for handmaids.

Jer. 34:17 Therefore, thus saith the Lord, Ye 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, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the

pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the

kingdoms of the earth.

Jer. 34:18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant,

which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made

before me when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts

thereof,

Jer. 34:19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs,

and the priests, and all the people of the land which passed between the

parts of the calf--

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 meat

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 are gone up from you.

Jer. 34:22 Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return

to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire;

and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

Jer. Chapter 35

God commends the Rechabites for obedience to their father

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 Habaziniah,

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, which 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 ye wine.

Jer. 35:6 But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab, the son of

Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither

ye nor your sons forever;

Jer. 35:7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor

have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may live many

days in the land where ye be strangers.

Jer. 35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab, the son of Rechab,

our father, in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days--we,

our wives, our sons, nor our daughters--

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 Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon,

came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for

fear of the army of the Chaldeans and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so

we dwell at Jerusalem.

Jer. 35:12 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,

Jer. 35:13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and tell the

men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive

instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord.

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, commanding you to rise early and speaking to you; but ye hearkened

not unto me.

Jer. 35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants, the prophets,

commanding them to rise up early and sending them, saying, Return ye

now, every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after

other gods, to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given

to you and to your fathers; but ye have not inclined your ear nor hearkened

unto me.

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 hath not hearkened unto me,

Jer. 35:17 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel:

Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem

all the evil that I have pronounced against them because I have spoken unto

them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have

not answered.

Jer. 35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith

the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have obeyed the

commandment of Jonadab, your father, and kept all his precepts, and done

according unto all that he hath commanded you,

Jer. 35:19 Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

Jonadab, the son of Rechab, shall not want a man to stand before me

forever.

Jer. Chapter 36

Jeremiah's prophecy is read publicly--Jehoiakim burns the book and is

condemned--Prophecy is written again

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 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.

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 roll of a book.

Jer. 36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot

go into the house of the Lord;

Jer. 36:6 Therefore, go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written

from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord's

house upon the fasting day; and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all

Judah that come out of their cities.

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 hath 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 entry of the new gate of the Lord's house, in the ears

of all the people.

Jer. 36:11 When Michaiah, 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 Michaiah 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 thine hand

the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So

Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the roll in his hand and came unto them.

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

were afraid, both one and other, 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 didst thou

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 thee, thou and

Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

Jer. 36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the

roll in the chamber of Elishama, the scribe, and told all the words in the ears

of the king.

Jer. 36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of

Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king and

in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

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

leaves, he cut it with the penknife and cast it into the fire that was on the

hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

Jer. 36:24 Yet they were not afraid nor rent 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 roll; 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 take

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 that the king

had burned the roll and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of

Jeremiah, saying,

Jer. 36:28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words

that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, hath burned.

Jer. 36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Thus saith the

Lord, Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein,

saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land and

shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

Jer. 36:30 Therefore, thus saith the Lord unto 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 seed, and his servants for their

iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

and upon the men of Judah all the evil that I have pronounced against them;

but they hearkened not.

Jer. 36:32 Then took Jeremiah another roll and gave it to Baruch, the

scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all

the words of the book which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, had burned in the

fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.

Jer. Chapter 37

Jeremiah prophesies Chaldean victory, despite Egyptian intervention--He is

imprisoned

Jer. 37:1 And King Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, reigned instead of Coniah,

the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made king

in the land of Judah.

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 spake 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 in prison.

Jer. 37:5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the

Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed

from Jerusalem.

Jer. 37:6 Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah,

saying,

Jer. 37:7 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the

king of Judah that sent you unto me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's

army, which is 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 saith the Lord, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The

Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.

Jer. 37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that

fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet

should they rise up, every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

Jer. 37:11 And it came to pass that when the army of the Chaldeans was

broken up 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 thence in the midst of the people.

Jer. 37:13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward

was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of

Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah, the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to

the Chaldeans.

Jer. 37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans.

But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the

princes.

Jer. 37:15 Wherefore, the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote

him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan, the scribe; for they had

made that the prison.

Jer. 37:16 And Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon and into the cabins,

and he 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, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the

hand of the king of Babylon.

Jer. 37:18 Moreover, Jeremiah said unto King Zedekiah, What have I

offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye

have put me in prison?

Jer. 37:19 Where are now your prophets which 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 thee, O my lord, the king; let my

supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee, that thou cause me not to

return to the house of Jonathan, the scribe, lest I die there.

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 were

spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jer. Chapter 38

Jeremiah is put in a dungeon, then released to the court of the prison

Jer. 38:1 Then Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah, the son of

Pashur, and Jucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

Jer. 38:2 Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the

sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the

Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey and shall live.

Jer. 38:3 Thus saith 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 thee, let this

man be put to death; for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that

remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words

unto them; for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Jer. 38:5 Then Zedekiah, the king, said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the

king is not he that can do anything against you.

Jer. 38:6 Then took they Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of

Malchiah, the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison; and

they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water,

but mire; so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Jer. 38:7 Now when Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which

was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon,

the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin,

Jer. 38:8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake 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 dungeon; and

he is like to die for 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 hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah, the prophet,

out of the dungeon, before he die.

Jer. 38:11 So Ebed-melech 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.

Jer. 38:12 And Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, said unto Jeremiah, Put now

these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords.

And Jeremiah did so.

Jer. 38:13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords and took him up out of the

dungeon; 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 entry that is in the house of the Lord; and the king

said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

Jer. 38:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt

thou not surely put me to death? And if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not

hearken unto me?

Jer. 38:16 So Zedekiah, the king, sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As

the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death; neither

will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

Jer. 38:17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God

of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of

Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned

with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house;

Jer. 38:18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes,

then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans; and they shall

burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

Jer. 38:19 And Zedekiah, the king, said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the

Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand

and they mock me.

Jer. 38:20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech

thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well unto

thee, and thy soul shall live.

Jer. 38:21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath

showed 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, Thy friends have set thee on and have prevailed against

thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

Jer. 38:23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the

Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by

the hand of the king of Babylon; and thou shalt cause this city to be burned

with fire.

Jer. 38:24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these

words, and thou shalt not die.

Jer. 38:25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they

come unto thee and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said

unto the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death--also

what the king said unto thee,

Jer. 38:26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication

before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to

die there.

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 left off speaking with him, for the matter was not perceived.

Jer. 38:28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that

Jerusalem was taken; and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

Jer. Chapter 39

Jerusalem is taken--Zedekiah's sons slain and his eyes put out--Most

survivors taken to Babylon

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 up.

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, Rab-saris,

Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue 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 betwixt 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 brake 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 fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

Jer. 39:10 But Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, left of the poor of

the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah and gave them

vineyards and fields at the same time.

Jer. 39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, gave charge concerning

Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, saying,

Jer. 39:12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto

him even as he shall say unto thee.

Jer. 39:13 So Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, sent; and

Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of

Babylon's princes,

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 saith

the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon

this city for evil and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that

day before thee.

Jer. 39:17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord, and thou shalt

not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.

Jer. 39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the

sword; but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee because thou hast put thy

trust in me, saith the Lord.

Jer. Chapter 40

Jeremiah is freed and chooses to remain in Judah--Gedaliah appointed

governor--Dispersed Jews gather to Judah

Jer. 40:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord after that

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, which were carried away captive unto

Babylon.

Jer. 40:2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said unto him,

The Lord, thy God, hath pronounced this evil upon this place.

Jer. 40:3 Now the Lord hath brought it and done according as he hath said

because ye have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed his voice;

therefore, this thing is come upon you.

Jer. 40:4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which

were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into

Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to

come with me into Babylon, forbear; behold, all the land is before thee;

whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

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 hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him

among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go.

So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward and let him go.

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 of 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 Maachathite--they and their men.

Jer. 40:9 And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, sware unto

them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans; dwell in the

land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

Jer. 40:10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the

Chaldeans, which will come unto us; but ye, gather ye wine, and summer

fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye

have taken.

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 whither 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, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis, the

king of the Ammonites, hath sent Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to slay

thee? But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, believed them not.

Jer. 40:15 Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah

secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael, the son of

Nethaniah, and no man shall know it. Wherefore should he slay thee, that

all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered and the

remnant in Judah perish?

Jer. 40:16 But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said unto Johanan, the son of

Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing, for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.

Jer. Chapter 41

Ishmael slays the governor of Judah and takes captives

Jer. 41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael, the son of

Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the

king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, to

Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

Jer. 41:2 Then arose Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that

were with him, and smote Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,

with the sword, and slew him whom the king of Babylon had made

governor over the land.

Jer. 41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with

Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men

of war.

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

rent, 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, slew them and cast them into the midst of

the 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 forbare and slew them not among their brethren.

Jer. 41:9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the

men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa, the king,

had made for fear of Baasha, king of Israel; and Ishmael, the son of

Nethaniah, filled it with them that were slain.

Jer. 41:10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people

that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters and all the people that

remained in Mizpah, whom 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 waters that are in Gibeon.

Jer. 41:13 Now it came to pass that when all the people which were with

Ishmael saw Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces

that were with him, then they were glad.

Jer. 41:14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from

Mizpah cast 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, to go to enter 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.

Jer. Chapter 42

God warns the people not to go to Egypt

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 thee, our

supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord, thy

God, even for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as thine

eyes do behold us),

Jer. 42:3 That the Lord, thy God, may show us the way wherein 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 for the which

the Lord, thy God, shall send thee 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 thee; 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 saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto

whom ye 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 down; I will plant you and not pluck up; and I will turn away the evil

that I have done unto you.

Jer. 42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be

not afraid of him, saith the Lord; for I am with you to save you and to

deliver you from his hand.

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 ye 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 for

want of bread; and there will we dwell;

Jer. 42:15 And now, therefore, hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of

Judah: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, If ye wholly set your

faces to enter into Egypt and go to sojourn there,

Jer. 42:16 Then it shall come to pass that the sword which ye feared shall

overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine whereof ye were

afraid shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

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 evil that I

will bring upon them.

Jer. 42:18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As mine anger

and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so

shall my fury be poured forth upon you when ye shall enter into Egypt; and

ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach;

and ye shall see this place no more.

Jer. 42:19 The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah, Go

ye not into Egypt; know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

Jer. 42:20 For ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me unto the Lord,

your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord, our God; and according unto

all that the Lord, our God, shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

Jer. 42:21 And now I have this day declared it to you, that ye have not

obeyed the voice of the Lord, your God, nor anything for the which he hath

sent me unto you.

Jer. 42:22 Now, therefore, know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by

the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to

sojourn.

Jer. Chapter 43

Judah's leaders reject warning and take the people to Egypt--Jeremiah

prophesies the Babylonian conquest of Egypt

Jer. 43:1 And it came to pass that when Jeremiah had made an end of

speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord, their God, for which

the Lord, their God, had sent him to them, even all these words,

Jer. 43:2 Then spake Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of

Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest

falsely; the Lord, our God, hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to

sojourn there;

Jer. 43:3 But Baruch, the son of Neriah, setteth thee on against us, for to

deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death

and carry us away captives into Babylon.

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 whither

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 Take great stones in thine hand and hide them in the clay in the

brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight

of the men of Judah,

Jer. 43:10 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of

Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon,

my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he

shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

Jer. 43:11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt and

deliver such as are for death to death, and such as are for captivity to

captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.

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 putteth on his garment; and he shall go

forth from thence in peace.

Jer. 43:13 He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh that is in the

land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn

with fire.

Jer. Chapter 44

God punishes the Jews in Egypt for idolatry--They are unrepentant

Jer. 44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which

dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at

Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,

Jer. 44:2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all

the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah;

and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,

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, ye, nor your fathers.

Jer. 44:4 Howbeit, I sent unto you all my servants, the prophets,

commanding them to rise 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 Wherefore, my fury and mine anger was poured forth and was

kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are

wasted and desolate, as at this day.

Jer. 44:7 Therefore, now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of

Israel: Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off

from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you

none to remain,

Jer. 44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands,

burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt whither ye be gone to

dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off and that ye might be a curse and a

reproach among all the nations of the earth?

Jer. 44:9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the

wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and

your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have

committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

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 saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

Behold, I will set my face against you for evil and to cut off all Judah.

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; and they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by

the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an

astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

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, which are gone into the

land of Egypt, to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should

return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to

dwell there; for none shall return but such as shall escape.

Jer. 44:15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned

incense unto other gods and all the women that stood by, a great multitude,

even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered

Jeremiah, saying,

Jer. 44:16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the

Lord, we will not hearken unto thee.

Jer. 44:17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our

own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven and to pour out drink

offerings unto her, as we have done--we, and our fathers, our kings, and our

princes--in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had

we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

Jer. 44:18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven and

to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things and have

been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

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 without our men?

Jer. 44:20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the

women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,

Jer. 44:21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah and in the

streets of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and

the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not

into his mind?

Jer. 44:22 So that the Lord could no longer bear because of the evil of your

doings and because of the abominations which ye have committed;

therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse,

without an inhabitant, as at this day.

Jer. 44:23 Because ye have burned incense and because ye have sinned

against the Lord and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in

his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies, therefore, this evil is

happened unto you, as at this day.

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 saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and

your wives have both spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your

hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn

incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings unto her; ye

will surely accomplish your vows and surely perform your vows.

Jer. 44:26 Therefore, hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in

the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord,

that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in

all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord God liveth.

Jer. 44:27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil and not for good; and all

the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the

sword and by the famine until there be an end of them.

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, saith the Lord, that I will

punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand

against you for evil:

Jer. 44:30 Thus saith 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 Nebuchadrezzar,

king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

Jer. Chapter 45

Baruch's sorrow

Jer. 45:1 The word that Jeremiah, the prophet, spake unto Baruch, the son

of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of

Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah,

saying,

Jer. 45:2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:

Jer. 45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! For the Lord hath added grief to

my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Jer. 45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus: Behold, that

which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will

pluck up, even this whole land.

Jer. 45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not; for

behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord; but thy life will I give

unto thee for a prey in all the places whither thou goest.

Jer. Chapter 46

Babylon to conquer Egypt--Israel to be spared

Jer. 46:1 The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah, the prophet,

against the Gentiles,

Jer. 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt,

which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar,

king of Babylon, smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah,

king of Judah:

Jer. 46:3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

Jer. 46:4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with

your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.

Jer. 46:5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back?

And their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not

back; for fear was round about, saith the Lord.

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 cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as

the rivers?

Jer. 46:8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the

rivers; and he saith, I will go up and will cover the earth; I will destroy the

city and the inhabitants thereof.

Jer. 46:9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men

come forth--the Ethiopians and the Libyans that handle the shield, and the

Lydians that handle and bend the bow.

Jer. 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance,

that he may avenge him of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and

it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord God of

hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Jer. 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of

Egypt; in vain shalt thou use many medicines, for thou shalt not be cured.

Jer. 46:12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the

land; for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are

fallen both together.

Jer. 46:13 The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah, the prophet, how

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, should come and smite the land of

Egypt:

Jer. 46:14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph

and in Tahpanhes; say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall

devour round about thee.

Jer. 46:15 Why are thy 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

hath passed the time appointed.

Jer. 46:18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely

as Tabor is among the mountains and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he

come.

Jer. 46:19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into

captivity; for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

Jer. 46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh

out of the north.

Jer. 46:21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks;

for they also are turned back and are fled away together; they did not stand

because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their

visitation.

Jer. 46:22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march

with an army and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

Jer. 46:23 They shall cut down her forest, saith 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 confounded; she shall be

delivered into the hand of the people of the north.

Jer. 46:25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish

the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods and their

kings, even Pharaoh and all them that trust in him,

Jer. 46:26 And will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives,

and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hand of

his servants; and afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old, saith

the Lord.

Jer. 46:27 But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O

Israel; for behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land

of their captivity; and Jacob shall return and be in rest and at ease, and none

shall make him afraid.

Jer. 46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob, my servant, saith the Lord; for I am with

thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee;

but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I

not leave thee wholly unpunished.

Jer. Chapter 47

Destruction of the Philistines

Jer. 47:1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah, the prophet, against

the Philistines before that Pharaoh smote Gaza:

Jer. 47:2 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and

shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land and all that is

therein, the city and them that dwell therein; then the men shall cry, and all

the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

Jer. 47:3 At the noise of the stamping of the hooves of his strong horses, at

the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers

shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands,

Jer. 47:4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines and to

cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth; for the Lord will

spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

Jer. 47:5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the

remnant of their valley. How long wilt thou cut thyself?

Jer. 47:6 O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet?

Put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

Jer. 47:7 How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against

Ashkelon and against the seashore? There hath he appointed it.

Jer. Chapter 48

Destruction of Moab

Jer. 48:1 Against Moab, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe

unto Nebo! For it is spoiled; Kiriathaim is confounded and taken; Misgab is

confounded and dismayed.

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

thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

Jer. 48:3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling, 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 going up of Luhith, continual weeping shall go up; for

in the going down of Horonaim, the enemies have heard a cry of

destruction.

Jer. 48:6 Flee; save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

Jer. 48:7 For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures,

thou shalt also be taken; and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his

priests and his princes together.

Jer. 48:8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall

escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed as the

Lord hath spoken.

Jer. 48:9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away; for the

cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.

Jer. 48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and

cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Jer. 48:11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his

lees and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel; neither hath he gone

into captivity; therefore, his taste remained in him, and his scent is not

changed.

Jer. 48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send

unto him wanderers that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his

vessels, and break their bottles.

Jer. 48:13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel

was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

Jer. 48:14 How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

Jer. 48:15 Moab is spoiled and gone up out of her cities; and his chosen

young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is

the Lord of hosts.

Jer. 48:16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth

fast.

Jer. 48:17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his

name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

Jer. 48:18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy

glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he

shall destroy thy strongholds.

Jer. 48:19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and espy. Ask him that

fleeth and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?

Jer. 48:20 Moab is confounded, for it is broken down; howl and cry; tell ye

it in Arnon that Moab is spoiled,

Jer. 48:21 And judgment is come upon the plain country--upon Holon, and

upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,

Jer. 48:22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,

Jer. 48:23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Beth-

meon,

Jer. 48:24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of

the land of Moab, far or near.

Jer. 48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the

Lord.

Jer. 48:26 Make ye him drunken, for he magnified himself against the

Lord; Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

Jer. 48:27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? Was he found among

thieves? For since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

Jer. 48:28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,

and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

Jer. 48:29 We have heard the pride of Moab (he is exceeding proud), his

loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Jer. 48:30 I know his wrath, saith the Lord; but it shall not be so; his lies

shall not so effect it.

Jer. 48:31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab;

mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.

Jer. 48:32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of

Jazer; thy plants are gone over the sea; they reach even to the sea of Jazer;

the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

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, as 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, saith the Lord, him that

offereth in the high places and him that burneth incense to his gods.

Jer. 48:36 Therefore, mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine

heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres because the riches that

he hath gotten are perished.

Jer. 48:37 For every head shall be bald and every beard clipped; upon all

the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

Jer. 48:38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of

Moab and in the streets thereof; for I have broken Moab like a vessel

wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.

Jer. 48:39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! How hath

Moab turned the back with shame! So shall Moab be a derision and a

dismaying to all them about him.

Jer. 48:40 For thus saith 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

her pangs.

Jer. 48:42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people because he

hath magnified himself against the Lord.

Jer. 48:43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare shall be upon thee, O inhabitant

of Moab, saith the Lord.

Jer. 48:44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that

getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for I will bring upon it,

even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

Jer. 48:45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of

the force; but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the

midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab and the crown of the

head of the tumultuous ones.

Jer. 48:46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perisheth;

for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.

Jer. 48:47 Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days,

saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

Jer. Chapter 49

Calamity to befall Ammonites, Edom, Damascus, and others

Jer. 49:1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord: Hath Israel no

sons? Hath he no heir? Why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people

dwell in his cities?

Jer. 49:2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause

an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a

desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel

be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.

Jer. 49:3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah;

gird you with sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their

king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

Jer. 49:4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O

backsliding daughter that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come

unto me?

Jer. 49:5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts,

from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out, every man

right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.

Jer. 49:6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of

Ammon, saith the Lord.

Jer. 49:7 Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts: Is wisdom no

more in Teman? Is counsel perished from the prudent? Is their wisdom

vanished?

Jer. 49:8 Flee ye; turn back; dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will

bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

Jer. 49:9 If grape gatherers come to thee, 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 seed is spoiled, and his

brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.

Jer. 49:11 Leave thy fatherless children; I will preserve them alive; and let

thy widows trust in me.

Jer. 49:12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, they whose judgment was not to

drink of the cup have assuredly drunken. And art thou he that shall

altogether go unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt

surely drink of it.

Jer. 49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall

become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities

thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

Jer. 49:14 I have heard a rumor from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent

unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise

up to the battle.

Jer. 49:15 For lo, I will make thee small among the heathen and despised

among men.

Jer. 49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart,

O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the

hill; though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring

thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

Jer. 49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation; everyone that goeth by it shall

be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

Jer. 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, and the neighbor

cities thereof, saith 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 swelling of Jordan

against the habitation of the strong; but I will suddenly make him run away

from her. And who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? For who

is like me? And who will appoint me the time? And who is that shepherd

that will stand before me?

Jer. 49:20 Therefore, hear the counsel of the Lord that he hath taken against

Edom, and his purposes that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of

Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; surely he shall

make their habitations desolate with them.

Jer. 49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall; at the cry the noise

thereof was heard in 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 her pangs.

Jer. 49:23 Concerning Damascus: Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for

they have heard evil tidings; they are faint-hearted; there is sorrow on the

sea; it cannot be quiet.

Jer. 49:24 Damascus is waxed feeble and turneth herself to flee; and fear

hath seized on her; anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in

travail.

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, saith 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

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, shall smite, thus saith the Lord: Arise ye;

go up to Kedar, and spoil 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 you far off; dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith

the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, hath taken counsel against

you and hath conceived a purpose against you.

Jer. 49:31 Arise; get you up unto the wealthy nation that dwelleth without

care, saith the Lord, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

Jer. 49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their

cattle a spoil; and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost

corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the Lord.

Jer. 49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons 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 saith 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 whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

Jer. 49:37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and

before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, even my

fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them till I have

consumed them;

Jer. 49:38 And I will set my throne in Elam and will destroy from thence

the king and the princes, saith the Lord.

Jer. 49:39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again

the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.

Jer. Chapter 50

Judgment of Babylon--Restoration of Israel

Jer. 50:1 The word that the Lord spake against Babylon and against the

land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah, the prophet:

Jer. 50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard;

publish, and conceal not; say, Babylon is taken; Bel is confounded;

Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded; her images are

broken in pieces.

Jer. 50:3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which

shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein; they shall

remove; they shall depart, both man and beast.

Jer. 50:4 In those days and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel

shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping;

they shall go and seek the Lord, their God.

Jer. 50:5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,

saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant

that shall not be forgotten.

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 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land

of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

Jer. 50:9 For lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an

assembly of great nations from the north country; and they shall set

themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken; their arrows

shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

Jer. 50:10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil; all that spoil her shall be satisfied,

saith the Lord.

Jer. 50:11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of

mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass and bellow as

bulls,

Jer. 50:12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be

ashamed; behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry

land, and a desert.

Jer. 50:13 Because of the wrath of the Lord, it shall not be inhabited, but it

shall be wholly desolate; everyone that goeth by Babylon shall be

astonished and hiss at all her plagues.

Jer. 50:14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about; all ye that

bend the bow, shoot at her; spare no arrows; for she hath sinned against the

Lord.

Jer. 50:15 Shout against her round about; she hath given her hand; her

foundations are fallen; her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of

the Lord; take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

Jer. 50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle

in the time of harvest; for fear of the oppressing sword, they shall turn,

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 hath devoured him; and last, this Nebuchadrezzar, king

of Babylon, hath broken his bones.

Jer. 50:18 Therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I have punished

the king of Assyria.

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, saith the Lord, the iniquity of

Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and

they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

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, saith the

Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

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 is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

Jer. 50:24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,

and thou wast not aware; thou art found and also caught because thou hast

striven against the Lord.

Jer. 50:25 The Lord hath opened his armory and hath brought forth the

weapons of his indignation; for this is the work of the Lord God of hosts in

the land of the Chaldeans.

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 is come, the time of their visitation--

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 ye that bend the

bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape; recompense her

according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her; for

she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

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, saith the Lord.

Jer. 50:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord

God of hosts; for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

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 saith the Lord of hosts, The children of Israel and the

children of Judah were oppressed together; and all that took them captives

held them fast; they refused to let them go.

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 and disquiet

the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jer. 50:35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith 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 liars, and they shall dote; 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 mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as

women; a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

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 upon their idols.

Jer. 50:39 Therefore, the wild beasts of the desert, with the wild beasts of

the islands, shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein; and it shall

be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to

generation.

Jer. 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom, and Gomorrah, and the neighbor

cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there; neither shall any

son of man dwell therein.

Jer. 50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation;

and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

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 put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O

daughter of Babylon.

Jer. 50:43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands

waxed feeble; anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in

travail.

Jer. 50:44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan

unto the habitation of the strong; but I will make them suddenly run away

from her. And who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? For who

is like me? And who will appoint me the time? And who is that shepherd

that will stand before me?

Jer. 50:45 Therefore, hear ye the counsel of the Lord that he hath taken

against Babylon, and his purposes that he hath purposed against the land of

the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; surely he

shall make their habitation desolate with them.

Jer. 50:46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the

cry is heard among the nations.

Jer. Chapter 51

Destruction of Babylon--Book of prophecy thrown into the Euphrates

Jer. 51:1 Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon and

against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a

destroying wind,

Jer. 51:2 And will send unto Babylon fanners that shall fan her and shall

empty her land; for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round

about.

Jer. 51:3 Against him that bendeth, let the archer bend his bow, and against

him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine; and spare ye not her young

men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

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 hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the

Lord of hosts, though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of

Israel.

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 recompense.

Jer. 51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all

the earth drunken; the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore, the

nations are mad.

Jer. 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; howl 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 reacheth

unto heaven and is lifted up even to the skies.

Jer. 51:10 The Lord hath 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 hath raised

up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his device is against Babylon, to

destroy it because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his

temple.

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 hath both

devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jer. 51:13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures,

thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

Jer. 51:14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will

fill thee with men as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against

thee.

Jer. 51:15 He hath made the earth by his power; he hath established the

world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his

understanding.

Jer. 51:16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the

heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he

maketh lightnings with rain and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Jer. 51:17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is

confounded by the graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and

there is no breath in them.

Jer. 51:18 They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their visitation

they shall perish.

Jer. 51:19 The portion of Jacob is not like them, for he is the former of all

things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jer. 51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war; for with thee will I

break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Jer. 51:21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and

with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

Jer. 51:22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with

thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in

pieces the young man and the maid;

Jer. 51:23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock;

and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen;

and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

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, saith the

Lord.

Jer. 51:25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the

Lord, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out mine hand upon

thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt

mountain.

Jer. 51:26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner nor a stone

for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate forever, saith the Lord.

Jer. 51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land; blow the trumpet among the

nations; prepare the nations against her; call together against her the

kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her;

cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars.

Jer. 51:28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the

captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

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 forborne to fight; they have

remained in their holds; their might hath failed; they became as women;

they have burned her dwelling places; 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 at one end,

Jer. 51:32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have

burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

Jer. 51:33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter

of Babylon is like a threshing floor; it is time to thresh her; yet a little while,

and the time of her harvest shall come.

Jer. 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, hath devoured me; he hath

crushed me; he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up

like a dragon; he hath filled his belly with my delicates; he hath cast me out.

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 saith the Lord: Behold, I will plead thy cause and

take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.

Jer. 51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons,

an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant.

Jer. 51:38 They shall roar together like lions; they shall yell as lions'

whelps.

Jer. 51:39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them

drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake,

saith the Lord.

Jer. 51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams

with he goats.

Jer. 51:41 How is Sheshach taken! And how is the praise of the whole earth

surprised! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

Jer. 51:42 The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the

multitude of the waves thereof.

Jer. 51:43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land

wherein no man dwelleth; neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

Jer. 51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of

his mouth that which he hath swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow

together any more unto him; yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

Jer. 51:45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every

man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord.

Jer. 51:46 And lest your heart faint and ye 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 therein shall sing

for Babylon; for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the

Lord.

Jer. 51:49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon

shall fall the slain of all the earth.

Jer. 51:50 Ye 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 confounded because we have heard reproach; shame hath

covered our faces, for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord's

house.

Jer. 51:52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do

judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded

shall groan.

Jer. 51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she

should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come

unto her, saith the Lord.

Jer. 51:54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction

from the land of the Chaldeans,

Jer. 51:55 Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon and destroyed out of her

the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their

voice is uttered;

Jer. 51:56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and

her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken; for the Lord

God of recompenses shall surely requite.

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, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of

hosts.

Jer. 51:58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall

be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the

people shall labor in vain, and the folk in 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 Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah, the king

of Judah, into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign--and this Seraiah was

a quiet prince--

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 thou comest to Babylon,

and shalt see, and shalt read all these words,

Jer. 51:62 Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast spoken against this place,

to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it

shall be desolate forever.

Jer. 51:63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this

book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it and cast it into the midst of

Euphrates;

Jer. 51:64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise

from the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far

are the words of Jeremiah.

Jer. Chapter 52

Zedekiah rebels, is defeated, and is punished--Judah is carried captive to

Babylon

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 Nebuchadrezzar, king of

Babylon, came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against

it, and built forts 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 sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

Jer. 52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled and went

forth out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls,

which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round

about); and they went by the way of the plain.

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 gave judgment upon

him.

Jer. 52:10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his

eyes; he slew 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 Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-

adan, captain of the guard, which 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, brake 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 residue of the people that

remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of

Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

Jer. 52:16 But Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, left certain of the

poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

Jer. 52:17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and

the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord the

Chaldeans brake and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

Jer. 52:18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the

bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass, wherewith they

ministered, took they away.

Jer. 52:19 And the basins, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the

caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups--that which

was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver--took the captain

of the guard away.

Jer. 52:20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brazen bulls that were under

the bases, which King Solomon had made in the house of the Lord--the

brass of all these vessels was without weight.

Jer. 52:21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen

cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof

was four fingers; it was hollow.

Jer. 52:22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one

chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters

round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were

like unto these.

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, which had the charge of

the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person,

which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who

mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the

land, that were found in the midst of the city.

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 smote them and put them to death in

Riblah, in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of

his own land.

Jer. 52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive:

in the seventh year, three thousand Jews and three and twenty;

Jer. 52:29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away

captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons;

Jer. 52:30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, 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 spake 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 diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king

of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his

life.

Lamentations

Lam. Chapter 1

Jeremiah's grief over Judah's transgressions and misfortunes

Lam. 1:1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she

become as a widow! She that was great among the nations and princess

among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lam. 1:2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks;

among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt

treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.

Lam. 1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction and because of

great servitude; she dwelleth among the heathen; she findeth no rest; all her

persecutors overtook her between the straits.

Lam. 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn because none come to the solemn

feasts; all her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted,

and she is in bitterness.

Lam. 1:5 Her adversaries are the chief; her enemies prosper; for the Lord

hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; her children are

gone into captivity before the enemy.

Lam. 1:6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed; her

princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone

without strength before the pursuer.

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 hath grievously sinned; therefore, she is removed; all

that honored her despise her because they have seen her nakedness; yea, she

sigheth, and turneth backward.

Lam. 1:9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;

therefore, she came down wonderfully; she had no comforter. O Lord,

behold my affliction, for the enemy hath magnified himself.

Lam. 1:10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant

things; for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom

thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

Lam. 1:11 All her people sigh; they seek bread; they have given their

pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul; see, O Lord, and consider; for I

am become vile.

Lam. 1:12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there

be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the

Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

Lam. 1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth

against them; he hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; he

hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

Lam. 1:14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; they are

wreathed and come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fall; the

Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise

up.

Lam. 1:15 The Lord hath trodden underfoot all my mighty men in the

midst of me; he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young

men; the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a

winepress.

Lam. 1:16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with

water because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me; my

children are desolate because the enemy prevailed.

Lam. 1:17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her;

the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be

round about him; Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

Lam. 1:18 The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his

commandments; hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow; my

virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Lam. 1:19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me; my priests and

mine elders gave up the ghost in the city while they sought their meat to

relieve their souls.

Lam. 1:20 Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress; my bowels are troubled;

mine heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled; abroad the

sword bereaveth; at home there is as death.

Lam. 1:21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all

mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it;

thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

Lam. 1:22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them as

thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions; for my sighs are many,

and my heart is faint.

Lam. Chapter 2

The sorrow and desolation of Jerusalem

Lam. 2:1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in

his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,

and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

Lam. 2:2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob and hath

not pitied; he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter

of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground; he hath polluted the

kingdom and the princes thereof.

Lam. 2:3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel; he hath

drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against

Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

Lam. 2:4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy; he stood with his right hand

as an adversary and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle

of the daughter of Zion; he poured out his fury like fire.

Lam. 2:5 The Lord was as an enemy; he hath swallowed up Israel; he hath

swallowed up all her palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds and hath

increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Lam. 2:6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle as if it were of a

garden; he hath destroyed his places of the assembly; the Lord hath caused

the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion and hath despised, in

the indignation of his anger, the king and the priest.

Lam. 2:7 The Lord hath cast off his altar; he hath abhorred his sanctuary;

he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they

have made a noise in the house of the Lord as in the day of a solemn feast.

Lam. 2:8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of

Zion; he hath stretched out a line; he hath not withdrawn his hand from

destroying; therefore, he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they

languished together.

Lam. 2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken

her bars; her king and her princes are among the Gentiles; the law is no

more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

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 Mine eyes do fail with tears; my bowels are troubled; my liver is

poured upon the earth for the destruction of the daughter of my people,

because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

Lam. 2:12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they

swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was

poured out into their mothers' bosom.

Lam. 2:13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? What thing shall I

liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I

may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like

the sea. Who can heal thee?

Lam. 2:14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee; and

they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity, but have

seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

Lam. 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their

head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call the

perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?

Lam. 2:16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee; they

hiss and gnash the teeth. They say, We have swallowed her up; certainly

this is the day that we looked for; we have found; we have seen it.

Lam. 2:17 The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled

his word that he had commanded in the days of old; he hath thrown down

and hath not pitied; and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee; he

hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

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 thyself no rest; let not the

apple of thine eye cease.

Lam. 2:19 Arise; cry out in the night; in the beginning of the watches pour

out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands

toward him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top

of every street.

Lam. 2:20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this.

Shall the women eat their fruit and children of a span long? Shall the priest

and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Lam. 2:21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets; my

virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in

the day of thine anger; thou hast killed and not pitied.

Lam. 2:22 Thou hast called, as in a solemn day, my terrors round about, so

that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained; those that I

have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

Lam. Chapter 3

Calamities bewailed--God's faithfulness and mercy--Call to repentance--

Prayer for judgment

Lam. 3:1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

Lam. 3:2 He hath led me and brought me into darkness but not into light.

Lam. 3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all

the day.

Lam. 3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my

bones.

Lam. 3:5 He hath builded against me and compassed me with gall and

travail.

Lam. 3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

Lam. 3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out; he hath made my

chain heavy.

Lam. 3:8 Also, when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Lam. 3:9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone; he hath 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 hath turned aside my ways and pulled me in pieces; he hath

made me desolate.

Lam. 3:12 He hath bent his bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Lam. 3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Lam. 3:14 I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

Lam. 3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness; he hath made me drunken

with wormwood.

Lam. 3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath

covered me with ashes.

Lam. 3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot

prosperity.

Lam. 3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord,

Lam. 3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood

and the gall.

Lam. 3:20 My soul hath 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 thy faithfulness.

Lam. 3:24 The Lord is my portion, saith 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

seeketh 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 sitteth alone and keepeth silence because he hath borne it

upon him.

Lam. 3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be, there may be hope.

Lam. 3:30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth 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 doth 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 approveth not.

Lam. 3:37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord

commandeth it not?

Lam. 3:38 Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and

good?

Lam. 3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the

punishment of his sins?

Lam. 3:40 Let us search, and try 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; thou hast not pardoned.

Lam. 3:43 Thou hast covered with anger and persecuted us; thou hast slain;

thou hast not pitied.

Lam. 3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should

not pass through.

Lam. 3:45 Thou hast 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 is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

Lam. 3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction

of the daughter of my people.

Lam. 3:49 Mine eye trickleth down and ceaseth not, without any

intermission,

Lam. 3:50 Till the Lord look down and behold from heaven.

Lam. 3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my

city.

Lam. 3:52 Mine enemies chased me sore, 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 mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

Lam. 3:55 I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

Lam. 3:56 Thou hast heard my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at

my cry.

Lam. 3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst,

Fear not.

Lam. 3:58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast

redeemed my life.

Lam. 3:59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.

Lam. 3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations

against me.

Lam. 3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their

imaginations against me,

Lam. 3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device

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, thy curse unto them.

Lam. 3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of

the Lord.

Lam. Chapter 4

Judgments for sin

Lam. 4:1 How is the gold become dim! How is the most fine gold changed!

The stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

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 sea monsters draw out the breast; they give suck to their

young ones; the daughter of my people is become cruel like the ostriches in

the wilderness.

Lam. 4:4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth

for thirst; the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

Lam. 4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that

were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

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, and no hands stayed on her.

Lam. 4:7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow; they were whiter than milk;

they were more ruddy in body than rubies; their polishing was of sapphire;

Lam. 4:8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the

streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered; it is become like a

stick.

Lam. 4:9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain

with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of

the field.

Lam. 4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children;

they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lam. 4:11 The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his

fierce anger and hath kindled a fire in Zion; and it hath devoured the

foundations thereof.

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 ye; it is unclean; depart, depart;

touch not; when they fled away and wandered, they said among the

heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

Lam. 4:16 The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more 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 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, that we cannot go in our streets; our end is

near; our days are fulfilled, for our end is 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

heathen.

Lam. 4:21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the

land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee; thou shalt be drunken

and shalt make thyself naked.

Lam. 4:22 The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of

Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity; he will visit thine

iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

Lam. Chapter 5

Prayer for mercy

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 drunken our water for money; 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 doth deliver us out

of their hand.

Lam. 5:9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword

of 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 maids in the cities of

Judah.

Lam. 5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders were not

honored.

Lam. 5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under

the 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 is ceased; our dance is turned into

mourning.

Lam. 5:16 The crown is 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 Thou, O Lord, remainest forever--thy throne from generation to

generation.

Lam. 5:20 Wherefore dost thou forget us forever and forsake us so long

time?

Lam. 5:21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew

our days as of old.

Lam. 5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

Ezekiel

Ezek. Chapter 1

Vision of four living creatures--Wheels within wheels--The glory of God

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of King

Jehoiachin's captivity,

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 1:4 And I looked; and behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a

great cloud and a fire infolding itself; and a brightness was about it and out

of the midst thereof, as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezek. 1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living

creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

Ezek. 1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

Ezek. 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

brass.

Ezek. 1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four

sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

Ezek. 1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when

they went; they went every one straight forward.

Ezek. 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a

man and the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an

ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

Ezek. 1:11 Thus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward;

two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their

bodies.

Ezek. 1:12 And they went every one straight forward; whither the spirit

was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

Ezek. 1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was

like burning coals of fire and like the appearance of lamps; it went up and

down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire

went forth lightning.

Ezek. 1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a

flash of lightning.

Ezek. 1:15 Now, as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon

the earth by the living creatures with his four faces.

Ezek. 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the

color of a beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and

their work was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

Ezek. 1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides; and they

turned not when they went.

Ezek. 1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful;

and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

Ezek. 1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them;

and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were

lifted up.

Ezek. 1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; thither was their

spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them, for the spirit of

the living creature was in the wheels.

Ezek. 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 over against them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Ezek. 1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living

creature was as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their

heads above.

Ezek. 1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one

toward the other; every one had two, which covered on this side, and every

one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

Ezek. 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 speech, as

the noise of a host; when they stood, they let down their wings.

Ezek. 1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their

heads when they stood and had let down their wings.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 1:27 And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round

about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward; and from the

appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of

fire, and it had brightness round about.

Ezek. 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 spake.

Ezek. Chapter 2

Ezekiel's commission and instruction--The roll of woe

Ezek. 2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will

speak unto thee.

Ezek. 2:2 And the Spirit entered into me when he spake unto me and set me

upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.

Ezek. 2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of

Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me; they and their

fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.

Ezek. 2:4 For they are impudent children and stiff-hearted. I do send thee

unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 2:5 And they, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear (for

they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there hath been a prophet

among them.

Ezek. 2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them; neither be afraid of

their words, though briers and thorns be with thee and thou dost dwell

among scorpions; be not afraid of their words nor be dismayed at their

looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Ezek. 2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will

hear or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.

Ezek. 2:8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee: Be not thou

rebellious like that rebellious house; open thy mouth, and eat that I give

thee.

Ezek. 2:9 And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent unto me; and lo, a

roll of a book was therein;

Ezek. 2:10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and

without; and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and

woe.

Ezek. Chapter 3

Ezekiel eats the roll--He is commanded to warn rebellious Israel

Ezek. 3:1 Moreover, he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat

this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.

Ezek. 3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.

Ezek. 3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill

thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my

mouth as honey for sweetness.

Ezek. 3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of

Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

Ezek. 3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard

language, but to the house of Israel--

Ezek. 3:6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of a hard language,

whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them,

they would have hearkened unto thee.

Ezek. 3:7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will

not hearken unto me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-

hearted.

Ezek. 3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy

forehead strong against their foreheads.

Ezek. 3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead; fear

them not; neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious

house.

Ezek. 3:10 Moreover, he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I

shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

Ezek. 3:11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of

thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God,

whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

Ezek. 3:12 Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a

great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

Ezek. 3:13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that

touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a

noise of a great rushing.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the

Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of

Israel; therefore, hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from

me.

Ezek. 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die--and thou

givest him not warning nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked

way, to save his life--the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his

blood will I require at thine hand.

Ezek. 3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his

wickedness nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou

hast delivered thy soul.

Ezek. 3:20 Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness

and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die;

because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his

righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood

will I require at thine hand.

Ezek. 3:21 Nevertheless, if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous

sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live because he is warned; also

thou hast delivered thy soul.

Ezek. 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 thee.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 3:24 Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and

spake with me, and said unto me, Go; shut thyself within thine house.

Ezek. 3:25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee

and shall bind thee with them; and thou shalt not go out among them;

Ezek. 3:26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that

thou shalt be dumb and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a

rebellious house.

Ezek. 3:27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth; and thou

shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God. He that heareth, let him hear;

and he that forbeareth, let him forbear; for they are a rebellious house.

Ezek. Chapter 4

Siege of Jerusalem prophesied--Ezekiel to bear the iniquity of Israel

Ezek. 4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and

portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem;

Ezek. 4:2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a

mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against

it round about.

Ezek. 4:3 Moreover, take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of

iron between thee and the city; and set thy face against it; and it shall be

besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the

house of Israel.

Ezek. 4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side and lay the iniquity of the house

of Israel upon it; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie

upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.

Ezek. 4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to

the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so shalt thou bear

the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Ezek. 4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right

side; and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days; I

have appointed thee each day for a year.

Ezek. 4:7 Therefore, thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem,

and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

Ezek. 4:8 And behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn

thee from one side to another till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

Ezek. 4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and

lentils, and millet, and fitches; and put them in one vessel, and make thee

bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon

thy side; three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

Ezek. 4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty

shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.

Ezek. 4:11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of a hin;

from time to time shalt thou drink.

Ezek. 4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes; and thou shalt bake it, with

dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

Ezek. 4:13 And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat

their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

Ezek. 4:14 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, my soul hath not been

polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which

dieth of itself or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into

my mouth.

Ezek. 4:15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for

man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

Ezek. 4:16 Moreover, he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the

staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with

care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment--

Ezek. 4:17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one

with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

Ezek. Chapter 5

Shaving of hair is symbolic of Jerusalem's judgment

Ezek. 5:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's

razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard; then take

thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Ezek. 5:2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city when

the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part and smite

about it with a knife; and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I

will draw out a sword after them.

Ezek. 5:3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number and bind them in

thy skirts.

Ezek. 5:4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire,

and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the

house of Israel.

Ezek. 5:5 Thus saith the Lord God: This is Jerusalem; I have set it in the

midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

Ezek. 5:6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than

the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about

her; for they have refused my judgments and my statutes; they have not

walked in them.

Ezek. 5:7 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because ye multiplied more

than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my

statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to

the judgments of the nations that are round about you,

Ezek. 5:8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, am against

thee and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the

nations.

Ezek. 5:9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I

will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

Ezek. 5:10 Therefore, the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and

the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the

whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

Ezek. 5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, surely, because thou

hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things and with all thine

abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye

spare; neither will I have any pity.

Ezek. 5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with

famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall

fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the

winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezek. 5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my

fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted; and they shall know that I,

the Lord, have spoken it in my zeal when I have accomplished my fury in

them.

Ezek. 5:14 Moreover, I will make thee waste and a reproach among the

nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Ezek. 5:15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an

astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee when I shall

execute judgments in thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious rebukes. I,

the Lord, have spoken it.

Ezek. 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 break your staff of bread,

Ezek. 5:17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts; and they shall

bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will

bring the sword upon thee. I, the Lord, have spoken it.

Ezek. Chapter 6

Judgment of Israel--A remnant to be spared

Ezek. 6:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 6:2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and

prophesy against them,

Ezek. 6:3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God.

Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and

to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will

destroy your high places.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 6:5 And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before

their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Ezek. 6:6 In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the

high places shall be desolate--that your altars may be laid waste and made

desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be

cut down, and your works may be abolished.

Ezek. 6:7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know

that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 6:8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall

escape the sword among the nations when ye shall be scattered through the

countries.

Ezek. 6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the

nations, whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with

their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes,

which go a whoring after their idols; and they shall loathe themselves for

the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 6:11 Thus saith the Lord God: Smite with thine hand, and stamp with

thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel!

For they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Ezek. 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 remaineth and is besieged shall die by

the famine; thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

Ezek. 6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men

shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in

all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every

thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savor to all their idols.

Ezek. 6:14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them and make the land

desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their

habitations; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. Chapter 7

The desolation of Israel

Ezek. 7:1 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 7:2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God unto the land of

Israel: An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.

Ezek. 7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon

thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon

thee all thine abominations.

Ezek. 7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee; neither will I have pity; but I

will recompense thy ways upon thee; and thine abominations shall be in the

midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 7:5 Thus saith the Lord God: An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

Ezek. 7:6 An end is come; the end is come; it watcheth for thee; behold, it

is come.

Ezek. 7:7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land;

the time is come; the day of trouble is near and not the sounding again of

the mountains.

Ezek. 7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee and accomplish

mine anger upon thee; and I will judge thee according to thy ways and will

recompense thee for all thine abominations.

Ezek. 7:9 And mine eye shall not spare; neither will I have pity; I will

recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in

the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.

Ezek. 7:10 Behold, the day--behold, it is come; the morning is gone forth;

the rod hath blossomed; pride hath budded.

Ezek. 7:11 Violence is 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.

Ezek. 7:12 The time is come; the day draweth near; let not the buyer rejoice

nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Ezek. 7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although

they were yet alive; for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof,

which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of

his life.

Ezek. 7:14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none

goeth to the battle, for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Ezek. 7:15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within;

he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city,

famine and pestilence shall devour him.

Ezek. 7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape and shall be on the

mountains like doves of the valleys--all of them mourning, everyone for his

iniquity.

Ezek. 7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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 bowels because it is the stumbling block of their iniquity.

Ezek. 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

therein; therefore have I set it far from them.

Ezek. 7:21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and

to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 7:23 Make a chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city

is full of violence.

Ezek. 7:24 Wherefore, I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall

possess their houses; I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and

their holy places shall be defiled.

Ezek. 7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall

be none.

Ezek. 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 ancients.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. Chapter 8

Glorious vision of God--Secret abominations exposed

Ezek. 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 mine house and the elders of Judah sat

before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.

Ezek. 8:2 Then I beheld, and lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire--from

the appearance of his loins even downward, fire, and from his loins even

upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of amber.

Ezek. 8:3 And he put forth the form of a hand and took me by a lock of

mine head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven and

brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate

that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy,

which provoketh to jealousy.

Ezek. 8:4 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there according to

the vision that I saw in the plain.

Ezek. 8:5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now, the

way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north,

and behold, northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the

entry.

Ezek. 8:6 He said, furthermore, unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they

do--even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here,

that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But turn thee yet again, and

thou shalt see greater abominations.

Ezek. 8:7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked,

behold, a hole in the wall.

Ezek. 8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall. And

when I had digged in the wall, behold, a door.

Ezek. 8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations

that they do here.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 8:11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the

house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah, the son of

Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of

incense went up.

Ezek. 8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the

ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of

his imagery? For they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken

the earth.

Ezek. 8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see

greater abominations that they do.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Turn

thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a

light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which

they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence and have

returned to provoke me to anger; and lo, they put the branch to their nose.

Ezek. 8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury; mine eye shall not spare;

neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice,

yet will I not hear them.

Ezek. Chapter 9

All in the city slain except those mourning abominations

Ezek. 9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them

that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his

destroying weapon in his hand.

Ezek. 9:2 And behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate,

which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his

hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's

inkhorn by his side; and they went in and stood beside the brazen altar.

Ezek. 9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,

whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man

clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;

Ezek. 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 be done in the midst

thereof.

Ezek. 9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him

through the city, and smite; let not your eye spare; neither have ye pity;

Ezek. 9:6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and

women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at

my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the

house.

Ezek. 9:7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with

the slain; go ye forth. And they went forth and slew in the city.

Ezek. 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! Wilt thou

destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon

Jerusalem?

Ezek. 9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and

Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of

perverseness; for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord

seeth not.

Ezek. 9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare; neither will I have

pity; but I will recompense their way upon their head.

Ezek. 9:11 And behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn

by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast

commanded me.

Ezek. Chapter 10

Vision of the coals of fire--Vision of the cherubim

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 10:2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen and said, Go in

between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of

fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went

in, in my sight.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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 speaketh.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 10:7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the

cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took thereof,

and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen, who took it and

went out.

Ezek. 10:8 And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand

under their wings.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a

wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.

Ezek. 10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned

not as they went; but to the place whither the head looked, they followed it;

they turned not as they went.

Ezek. 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 they four had.

Ezek. 10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O

wheel.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 10:15 And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature

that I saw by the river of Chebar.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up,

these lifted up themselves also; for the spirit of the living creature was in

them.

Ezek. 10:18 Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of

the house and stood over the cherubim.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. Chapter 11

Evil princes mislead the people--God will bless the scattered and gather

them to Israel

Ezek. 11:1 Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me unto the east

gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward; and behold, at the door of

the gate five and twenty men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah, the son of

Azur, and Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

Ezek. 11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise

mischief and give wicked counsel in this city,

Ezek. 11:3 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses; this city is the

caldron, and we be the flesh.

Ezek. 11:4 Therefore, prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.

Ezek. 11:5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me and said unto me,

Speak: Thus saith the Lord, Thus have ye said, O house of Israel--for I

know the things that come into your mind, every one of them--

Ezek. 11:6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the

streets thereof with the slain.

Ezek. 11:7 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Your slain whom ye have

laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but I

will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

Ezek. 11:8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you,

saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 11:9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you

into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

Ezek. 11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of

Israel, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 11:11 This city shall not be your caldron; neither shall ye be the flesh

in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel;

Ezek. 11:12 And ye shall know that I am the Lord; for ye have not walked

in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the

manners of the heathen that are round about you.

Ezek. 11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah, the son

of Benaiah, died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud

voice, and said, Ah, Lord God! Wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of

Israel?

Ezek. 11:14 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 11:15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy

kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the

inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the Lord; unto us is

this land given in possession.

Ezek. 11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God: Although I have cast

them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among

the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries

where they shall come.

Ezek. 11:17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God: I will even gather you

from the people and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been

scattered; and I will give you the land of Israel.

Ezek. 11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the

detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

Ezek. 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit

within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and will give

them a heart of flesh,

Ezek. 11:20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances,

and do them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezek. 11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their

detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon

their own heads, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 11:25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the

Lord had showed me.

Ezek. Chapter 12

Symbolism of the captivity of the Jews

Ezek. 12:1 The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 12:2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house

which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not; for

they are a rebellious house.

Ezek. 12:3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and

remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to

another place in their sight; it may be they will consider, though they be a

rebellious house.

Ezek. 12:4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as

stuff for removing; and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that

go forth into captivity.

Ezek. 12:5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

Ezek. 12:6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders and carry it

forth in the twilight; thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground;

for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

Ezek. 12:7 And I did so as I was commanded; I brought forth my stuff by

day, as stuff for captivity; and in the even I digged through the wall with

mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder

in their sight.

Ezek. 12:8 And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

Ezek. 12:9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house,

said unto thee, What doest thou?

Ezek. 12:10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God: This burden

concerneth the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel that are

among them.

Ezek. 12:11 Say, I am your sign; like as I have done, so shall it be done

unto them; they shall remove and go into captivity.

Ezek. 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 carry out

thereby; he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 12:14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him, to

help him and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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 heathen whither they come; and they shall know

that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 12:17 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Ezek. 12:18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water

with trembling and with carefulness;

Ezek. 12:19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God

of the inhabitants of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They shall eat their

bread with carefulness and drink their water with astonishment, that her

land may be desolate from all that is therein because of the violence of all

them that dwell therein.

Ezek. 12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the

land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 12:21 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 12:22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of

Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Ezek. 12:23 Tell them, therefore, Thus saith the Lord God: I will make this

proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel. But

say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

Ezek. 12:24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering

divination within the house of Israel.

Ezek. 12:25 For I am the Lord; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak

shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged; for in your days, O

rebellious house, will I say the word and will perform it, saith the Lord

God.

Ezek. 12:26 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Ezek. 12:27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision

that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that

are far off.

Ezek. 12:28 Therefore, say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God: There shall

none of my words be prolonged any more; but the word which I have

spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 13

False prophets reproved

Ezek. 13:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 13:2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that

prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts,

Hear ye the word of the Lord;

Ezek. 13:3 Thus saith the Lord God: Woe unto the foolish prophets that

follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

Ezek. 13:4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.

Ezek. 13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge

for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.

Ezek. 13:6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord

saith; and the Lord hath not sent them. And they have made others to hope

that they would confirm the word.

Ezek. 13:7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying

divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?

Ezek. 13:8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because ye have spoken

vanity and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord

God.

Ezek. 13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity and

that divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of my people; neither shall

they be written in the writing of the house of Israel; neither shall they enter

into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 13:11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar that it

shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones,

shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

Ezek. 13:12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you,

Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

Ezek. 13:13 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: I will even rend it with a

stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine

anger and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

Ezek. 13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with

untempered mortar and bring it down to the ground so that the foundation

thereof shall be discovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the

midst thereof; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 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--

Ezek. 13:16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning

Jerusalem and which see visions of peace for her; and there is no peace,

saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters

of thy people which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou

against them,

Ezek. 13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the women that sew

pillows to all armholes and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to

hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls

alive that come unto you?

Ezek. 13:19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of

barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to

save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that

hear your lies?

Ezek. 13:20 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I am against your

pillows wherewith ye there hunt the souls, to make them fly; and I will tear

them from your arms and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to

make them fly.

Ezek. 13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear and deliver my people out of

your hand; and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye

shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad,

whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that

he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life,

Ezek. 13:23 Therefore, ye shall see no more vanity nor divine divinations;

for I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am

the Lord.

Ezek. Chapter 14

Sentence of famine, evil beasts, sword, and pestilence--A remnant will be

preserved

Ezek. 14:1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me and sat before

me.

Ezek. 14:2 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 14:3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart and

put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should I be

inquired of at all by them?

Ezek. 14:4 Therefore, speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the

Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his

heart, and putteth the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and

cometh to the prophet, I, the Lord, will answer him that cometh according

to the multitude of his idols,

Ezek. 14:5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart because

they are all estranged from me through their idols.

Ezek. 14:6 Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord

God: Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols, and turn away your faces

from all your abominations.

Ezek. 14:7 For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that

sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his

idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling block of his iniquity before his

face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me, I, the Lord,

will answer him by myself.

Ezek. 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

ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I,

the Lord, have not deceived that prophet; therefore, I will stretch out my

hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Ezek. 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

seeketh unto him,

Ezek. 14:11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me,

neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may

be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 14:12 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying,

Ezek. 14:13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing

grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff

of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and

beast from it.

Ezek. 14:14 Though these three men--Noah, Daniel, and Job--were in it,

they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the

Lord God.

Ezek. 14:15 If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they

spoil it so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the

beasts,

Ezek. 14:16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord

God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be

delivered, but the land shall be desolate.

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 14:18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord

God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; but they only shall be

delivered themselves.

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 14:20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the

Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver

their own souls by their righteousness.

Ezek. 14:21 For thus saith the Lord God: How much more when I send my

four sore judgments upon Jerusalem--the sword, and the famine, and the

noisome beast, and the pestilence--to cut off from it man and beast?

Ezek. 14:22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be

brought forth, both sons and daughters; behold, they shall come forth unto

you, and ye shall see their way and their doings; and ye shall be comforted

concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all

that I have brought upon it.

Ezek. 14:23 And they shall comfort you when ye see their ways and their

doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have

done in it, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 15

Desolation of Jerusalem

Ezek. 15:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 15:2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a

branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Ezek. 15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? Or will men take a

pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Ezek. 15:4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both

the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

Ezek. 15:5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work. How much

less shall it be meet yet for any work when the fire hath devoured it and it is

burned?

Ezek. 15:6 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the

trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the

inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezek. 15:7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one

fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the

Lord when I set my face against them.

Ezek. 15:8 And I will make the land desolate because they have committed

a trespass, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 16

Israel likened to an unfaithful bride--God's covenant is everlasting

Ezek. 16:1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 16:2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

Ezek. 16:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and

thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy

mother a Hittite.

Ezek. 16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born, thy navel was

not cut; neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not

salted at all nor swaddled at all.

Ezek. 16:5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have

compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the

loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

Ezek. 16:6 And when I passed by thee and saw thee polluted in thine own

blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto

thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

Ezek. 16:7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou

hast increased and waxen great; and thou art come to excellent ornaments;

thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked

and bare.

Ezek. 16:8 Now when I passed by thee and looked upon thee, behold, thy

time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee and covered thy

nakedness; yea, I sware unto thee and entered into a covenant with thee,

saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.

Ezek. 16:9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away

thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

Ezek. 16:10 I clothed thee also with broidered work and shod thee with

badgers' skin; and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee

with silk.

Ezek. 16:11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy

hands and a chain on thy neck.

Ezek. 16:12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears,

and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

Ezek. 16:13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment

was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and

honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper

into a kingdom.

Ezek. 16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty;

for it was perfect through my comeliness which I had put upon thee, saith

the Lord God.

Ezek. 16:15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the

harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on everyone

that passed by; his it was.

Ezek. 16:16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high

places with divers colors, and playedst the harlot thereupon; the like things

shall not come; neither shall it be so.

Ezek. 16:17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my

silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and

didst commit whoredom with them,

Ezek. 16:18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them; and

thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

Ezek. 16:19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey,

wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savor;

and thus it was, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 16:20 Moreover, thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom

thou hast born unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be

devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

Ezek. 16:21 That thou hast slain my children and delivered them, to cause

them to pass through the fire for them?

Ezek. 16:22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast

not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare and

wast polluted in thy blood.

Ezek. 16:23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (Woe, woe unto

thee! saith the Lord God),

Ezek. 16:24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place and hast

made thee a high place in every street.

Ezek. 16:25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and

hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to everyone

that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

Ezek. 16:26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy

neighbors, great of flesh, and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me

to anger.

Ezek. 16:27 Behold, therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and

have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of

them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of

thy lewd way.

Ezek. 16:28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians because

thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them and yet

couldest not be satisfied.

Ezek. 16:29 Thou hast, moreover, multiplied thy fornication in the land of

Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

Ezek. 16:30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest

all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman,

Ezek. 16:31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every

way, and makest thine high place in every street, and hast not been as a

harlot, in that thou scornest hire,

Ezek. 16:32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers

instead of her husband!

Ezek. 16:33 They give gifts to all whores; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy

lovers and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy

whoredom.

Ezek. 16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy

whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms; and in

that thou givest a reward and no reward is given unto thee, therefore, thou

art contrary.

Ezek. 16:35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord;

Ezek. 16:36 Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy filthiness was poured

out and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers,

and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children,

which thou didst give unto them,

Ezek. 16:37 Behold, therefore, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou

hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that

thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee and will

discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

Ezek. 16:38 And I will judge thee as women that break wedlock and shed

blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

Ezek. 16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw

down thine eminent place and shall break down thy high places; they shall

strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee

naked and bare.

Ezek. 16:40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall

stone thee with stones and thrust thee through with their swords.

Ezek. 16:41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire and execute

judgments upon thee in the sight of many women; and I will cause thee to

cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

Ezek. 16:42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy

shall depart from thee; and I will be quiet and will be no more angry.

Ezek. 16:43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth but

hast fretted me in all these things, behold, therefore, I also will recompense

thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord God; and thou shalt not commit this

lewdness above all thine abominations.

Ezek. 16:44 Behold, everyone that useth proverbs shall use this proverb

against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

Ezek. 16:45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and

her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathed their

husbands and their children; your mother was a Hittite, and your father an

Amorite.

Ezek. 16:46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that

dwell at thy left hand; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right

hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

Ezek. 16:47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways nor done after their

abominations; but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted

more than they in all thy ways.

Ezek. 16:48 As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom, thy sister, hath not done,

she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

Ezek. 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride,

fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her

daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Ezek. 16:50 And they were haughty and committed abomination before

me; therefore, I took them away as I saw good.

Ezek. 16:51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast

multiplied thine abominations more than they and hast justified thy sisters

in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

Ezek. 16:52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame

for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they; they are

more righteous than thou; yea, be thou confounded also and bear thy shame,

in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Ezek. 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 thy captives in the midst of them,

Ezek. 16:54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame and mayest be

confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

Ezek. 16:55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to

their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their

former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

Ezek. 16:56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the

day of thy pride,

Ezek. 16:57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy

reproach of the daughters of Syria and all that are round about her, the

daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

Ezek. 16:58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith

the Lord.

Ezek. 16:59 For thus saith the Lord God: I will even deal with thee as thou

hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

Ezek. 16:60 Nevertheless, I will remember my covenant with thee in the

days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

Ezek. 16:61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways and be ashamed when

thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger; and I will give

them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Ezek. 16:62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt

know that I am the Lord,

Ezek. 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never

open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward

thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 17

Parable of two eagles, a vine, and a cedar

Ezek. 17:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 17:2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the

house of Israel,

Ezek. 17:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God: A great eagle with great

wings, long winged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto

Lebanon and took the highest branch of the cedar;

Ezek. 17:4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a

land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 17:6 And it grew and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose

branches turned toward him; and the roots thereof were under him; so it

became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

Ezek. 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 furrows of her

plantation.

Ezek. 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 goodly vine.

Ezek. 17:9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God: Shall it prosper? Shall he

not pull up the roots thereof and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? It

shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or

many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

Ezek. 17:10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly

wither when the east wind toucheth it? It shall wither in the furrows where

it grew.

Ezek. 17:11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 17:12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these

things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem,

and hath taken the king thereof and the princes thereof, and led them with

him to Babylon,

Ezek. 17:13 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,

Ezek. 17:14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up,

but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.

Ezek. 17:15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into

Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper?

Shall he escape that doeth such things? Or shall he break the covenant and

be delivered?

Ezek. 17:16 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the

king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised and whose

covenant he brake, even with him, in the midst of Babylon, he shall die.

Ezek. 17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great

company make for him in the war by casting up mounts and building forts,

to cut off many persons;

Ezek. 17:18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when,

lo, he had given his hand and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

Ezek. 17:19 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: As I live, surely mine oath

that he hath despised and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I

recompense upon his own head.

Ezek. 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 plead with him there for

his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

Ezek. 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 ye shall know

that I, the Lord, have spoken it.

Ezek. 17:22 Thus saith the Lord God: I will also take of the highest branch

of the high cedar and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young

twigs a tender one and will plant it upon a high mountain and eminent;

Ezek. 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 goodly cedar; and under it

shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof

shall they dwell.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. Chapter 18

Man is accountable for his own behavior

Ezek. 18:1 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,

Ezek. 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of

Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth

are set on edge?

Ezek. 18:3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any

more to use this proverb in Israel.

Ezek. 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 sinneth, it shall die.

Ezek. 18:5 But if a man be just and do that which is lawful and right--

Ezek. 18:6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up

his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his

neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

Ezek. 18:7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his

pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry,

and hath covered the naked with a garment,

Ezek. 18:8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any

increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true

judgment between man and man,

Ezek. 18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to

deal truly--he is just; he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 18:10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that

doeth the like to any one of these things,

Ezek. 18:11 And that doeth not any of those duties--but even hath eaten

upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

Ezek. 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence,

hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath

committed abomination,

Ezek. 18:13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase--shall he

then live? He shall not live; he hath done all these abominations; he shall

surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

Ezek. 18:14 Now, lo, if he beget a son that seeth all his father's sins which

he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like--

Ezek. 18:15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up

his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor's

wife,

Ezek. 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge,

neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and

hath covered the naked with a garment,

Ezek. 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not

received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in

my statutes--he shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall surely

live.

Ezek. 18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his

brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo,

even he shall die in his iniquity.

Ezek. 18:19 Yet say ye, Why? Doth not the son bear the iniquity of the

father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath

kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

Ezek. 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the

iniquity of the father; neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the

righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the

wicked shall be upon him.

Ezek. 18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath

committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right,

he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Ezek. 18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be

mentioned unto him; in his righteousness that he hath done, he shall live.

Ezek. 18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die, saith the

Lord God, and not that he should return from his ways and live?

Ezek. 18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness,

and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that

the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done

shall not be mentioned; in his trespass that he hath trespassed and in his sin

that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Ezek. 18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O

house of Israel: Is not my way equal? Are not your ways unequal?

Ezek. 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness,

and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them, for his iniquity that he hath

done shall he die.

Ezek. 18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his

wickedness that he hath committed and doeth that which is lawful and right,

he shall save his soul alive.

Ezek. 18:28 Because he considereth and turneth away from all his

transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Ezek. 18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal.

O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? Are not your ways unequal?

Ezek. 18:30 Therefore, I will judge you, O house of Israel, everyone

according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves

from all your transgressions, so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Ezek. 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby ye have

transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit. For why will ye

die, O house of Israel?

Ezek. 18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the

Lord God; wherefore, turn ye and live.

Ezek. Chapter 19

Parable of lions' whelps--Parable of a wasted vine

Ezek. 19:1 Moreover, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

Ezek. 19:2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness; she lay down among

lions; she nourished her whelps among young lions.

Ezek. 19:3 And she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion,

and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 19:5 Now when she saw that she had waited and her hope was lost,

then she took another of her whelps and made him a young lion.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 19:7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their

cities; and the land was desolate, and the fullness thereof, by the noise of

his roaring.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 19:9 And they put him in ward in chains and brought him to the king

of Babylon; they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be

heard upon the mountains of Israel.

Ezek. 19:10 Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters;

she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Ezek. 19:11 And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that bare rule,

and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in

her height with the multitude of her branches.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 19:13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty

ground.

Ezek. 19:14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath

devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule.

This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Ezek. Chapter 20

God rejects Israel's inquiries--He promises to fulfill his covenant

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 20:2 Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,

Ezek. 20:3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel and say unto them,

Thus saith the Lord God: Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the

Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

Ezek. 20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man? Wilt thou judge them? Cause

them to know the abominations of their fathers,

Ezek. 20:5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God: In the day when I

chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob,

and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up

mine hand unto them, saying, I am the Lord, your God,

Ezek. 20:6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them

forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing

with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands,

Ezek. 20:7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away, every man, the

abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt;

I am the Lord, your God.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 20:9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted

before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself

known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

Ezek. 20:10 Wherefore, I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt

and brought them into the wilderness.

Ezek. 20:11 And I gave them my statutes and showed them my judgments,

which, if a man do, he shall even live in them.

Ezek. 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 sanctify them.

Ezek. 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 do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted;

then I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to

consume them.

Ezek. 20:14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be

polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 20:16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my

statutes, but polluted my sabbaths; for their heart went after their idols.

Ezek. 20:17 Nevertheless, mine eye spared them from destroying them;

neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

Ezek. 20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in

the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile

yourselves with their idols;

Ezek. 20:19 I am the Lord, your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my

judgments, and do them;

Ezek. 20:20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me

and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord, your God.

Ezek. 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 in them; they polluted my sabbaths; then I said I

would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in

the wilderness.

Ezek. 20:22 Nevertheless, I withdrew mine hand and wrought for my

name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in

whose sight I brought them forth.

Ezek. 20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I

would scatter them among the heathen and disperse them through the

countries,

Ezek. 20:24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had

despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were

after their fathers' idols.

Ezek. 20:25 Wherefore, I gave them also statutes that were not good and

judgments whereby they should not live;

Ezek. 20:26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to

pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them

desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel and say

unto them, Thus saith the Lord God: Yet in this your fathers have

blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

Ezek. 20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I

lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill and all

the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices; and there they

presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet

savor and poured out there their drink offerings.

Ezek. 20:29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye

go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

Ezek. 20:30 Wherefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord

God: Ye are polluted after the manner of your fathers, and ye commit

whoredom after their abominations.

Ezek. 20:31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass

through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this

day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith

the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you.

Ezek. 20:32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that

ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve

wood and stone.

Ezek. 20:33 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and

with a stretched-out arm, and with fury poured out will I rule over you;

Ezek. 20:34 And I will bring you out from the people and will gather you

out of the countries, wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with

a stretched-out arm, and with fury poured out.

Ezek. 20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and

there will I plead with you face to face.

Ezek. 20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the

land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring

you into the bond of the covenant;

Ezek. 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 ye shall know

that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God: Go ye;

serve ye everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto

me; but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts and with your

idols.

Ezek. 20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of

Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in

the land, serve me; there will I accept them, and there will I require your

offerings and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

Ezek. 20:41 I will accept you with your sweet savor when I bring you out

from the people and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been

scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

Ezek. 20:42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord when I shall bring you

into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand

to give it to your fathers.

Ezek. 20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways and all your doings

wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own

sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

Ezek. 20:44 And ye shall know that I am the Lord when I have wrought

with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor

according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 20:45 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 20:46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word

toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field,

Ezek. 20:47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord;

Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall

devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree; the flaming flame shall

not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned

therein.

Ezek. 20:48 And all flesh shall see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it shall

not be quenched.

Ezek. 20:49 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! They say of me, Doth he not speak

parables?

Ezek. Chapter 21

Coming desolation of Israel

Ezek. 21:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 21:2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word

toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

Ezek. 21:3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I am

against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut

off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

Ezek. 21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the

wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh,

from the south to the north,

Ezek. 21:5 That all flesh may know that I, the Lord, have drawn forth my

sword out of his sheath; it shall not return any more.

Ezek. 21:6 Sigh, therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins;

and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

Ezek. 21:7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest

thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings, because it cometh; and every

heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint,

and all knees shall be weak as water; behold, it cometh and shall be brought

to pass, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 21:8 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 21:9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord: Say, A

sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished;

Ezek. 21:10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it

may glitter. Should we then make mirth? It contemneth the rod of my son,

as every tree.

Ezek. 21:11 And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled;

this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the

slayer.

Ezek. 21:12 Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be upon my people; it

shall be upon all the princes of Israel; terrors by reason of the sword shall

be upon my people; smite, therefore, upon thy thigh,

Ezek. 21:13 Because it is a trial. And what if the sword contemn even the

rod? It shall be no more, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 21:14 Thou, therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands

together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain;

it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy

chambers.

Ezek. 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 wrapped up for the slaughter.

Ezek. 21:16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand or on the

left, whithersoever thy face is set.

Ezek. 21:17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury

to rest; I, the Lord, have said it.

Ezek. 21:18 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,

Ezek. 21:19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword

of the king of Babylon may come; both twain shall come forth out of one

land; and choose thou a place; choose it at the head of the way to the city.

Ezek. 21:20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the

Ammonites and to Judah in Jerusalem, the defensed.

Ezek. 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 made his arrows bright; he

consulted with images; he looked in the liver.

Ezek. 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 appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to

build a fort.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 21:24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because ye have made

your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered,

so that in all your doings your sins do appear--because, I say, that ye are

come to remembrance--ye shall be taken with the hand.

Ezek. 21:25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel whose day is come,

when iniquity shall have an end,

Ezek. 21:26 Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, and take off the

crown; this shall not be the same; exalt him that is low, and abase him that

is high.

Ezek. 21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it; and it shall be no more

until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

Ezek. 21:28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord

God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach, even say

thou: The sword, the sword is drawn; for the slaughter it is furbished, to

consume because of the glittering,

Ezek. 21:29 While they see vanity unto thee, while they divine a lie unto

thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain of the wicked

whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

Ezek. 21:30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the

place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

Ezek. 21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow

against thee in the fire of my wrath and deliver thee into the hand of brutish

men, and skillful to destroy.

Ezek. 21:32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the

midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered, for I, the Lord, have

spoken it.

Ezek. Chapter 22

Utter corruption of Jerusalem

Ezek. 22:1 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 22:2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the

bloody city? Yea, thou shalt show her all her abominations.

Ezek. 22:3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God: The city sheddeth

blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against

herself to defile herself.

Ezek. 22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed and hast

defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused

thy days to draw near and art come even unto thy years; therefore have I

made thee a reproach unto the heathen and a mocking to all countries.

Ezek. 22:5 Those that be near and those that be far from thee shall mock

thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

Ezek. 22:6 Behold the princes of Israel, everyone were in thee to their

power to shed blood.

Ezek. 22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of

thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they

vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Ezek. 22:8 Thou hast despised mine holy things and hast profaned my

sabbaths.

Ezek. 22:9 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.

Ezek. 22:10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee

have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

Ezek. 22:11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor's wife;

and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee

hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

Ezek. 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken

usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by

extortion and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 22:13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest

gain which thou hast made and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of

thee.

Ezek. 22:14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the

days that I shall deal with thee? I, the Lord, have spoken it and will do it.

Ezek. 22:15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in

the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

Ezek. 22:16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of

the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 22:17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 22:18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross; all they

are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace; they are

even the dross of silver.

Ezek. 22:19 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because ye are all become

dross, behold, therefore, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Ezek. 22:20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin into

the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather

you in mine anger and in my fury; and I will leave you there and melt you.

Ezek. 22:21 Yea, I will gather you and blow upon you in the fire of my

wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

Ezek. 22:22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be

melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I, the Lord, have poured

out my fury upon you.

Ezek. 22:23 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 22:24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed

nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

Ezek. 22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like

a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken

the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the

midst thereof.

Ezek. 22:26 Her priests have violated my law and have profaned mine holy

things; they have put no difference between the holy and profane; neither

have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean and have

hid their eyes from my sabbaths; and I am profaned among them.

Ezek. 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the

prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Ezek. 22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar,

seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God,

when the Lord hath not spoken.

Ezek. 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised

robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy; yea, they have oppressed the

stranger wrongfully.

Ezek. 22:30 And I sought for a man among them that should make up the

hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy

it; but I found none.

Ezek. 22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I

have consumed them with the fire of my wrath; their own way have I

recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 23

Condemnation of Samaria and Jerusalem for infidelity with other nations

Ezek. 23:1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 23:2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one

mother;

Ezek. 23:3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed

whoredoms in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there they

bruised the teats of their virginity.

Ezek. 23:4 And the names of them were Aholah, the elder, and Aholibah,

her sister; and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were

their names: Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem, Aholibah.

Ezek. 23:5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she

doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, her neighbors,

Ezek. 23:6 Which were clothed with blue--captains and rulers, all of them

desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

Ezek. 23:7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them

that were the chosen men of Assyria and with all on whom she doted; with

all their idols she defiled herself.

Ezek. 23:8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt; for in her

youth they lay with her; and they bruised the breasts of her virginity and

poured their whoredom upon her.

Ezek. 23:9 Wherefore, I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into

the hand of the Assyrians upon whom she doted.

Ezek. 23:10 These discovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her

daughters and slew her with the sword; and she became famous among

women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

Ezek. 23:11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt

in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister

in her whoredoms.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 23:13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,

Ezek. 23:14 And that she increased her whoredoms; for when she saw men

portrayed upon the walls--the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with

vermilion,

Ezek. 23:15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire

upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the

Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity--

Ezek. 23:16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon

them and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

Ezek. 23:17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they

defiled her with their whoredom; and she was polluted with them, and her

mind was alienated from me by them.

Ezek. 23:18 So she discovered her whoredoms and discovered her

nakedness; then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was

alienated from her sister.

Ezek. 23:19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms in calling to remembrance

the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of

Egypt.

Ezek. 23:20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh

of asses and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Ezek. 23:21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth,

in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.

Ezek. 23:22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will

raise up thy lovers against thee, by whom thy mind is alienated from me,

and I will bring them against thee on every side--

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 23:24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and

wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee

buckler, and shield, and helmet round about; and I will set judgment before

them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

Ezek. 23:25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal

furiously with thee; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy

remnant shall fall by the sword; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters;

and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

Ezek. 23:26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes and take away thy

fair jewels.

Ezek. 23:27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy

whoredom brought from the land of Egypt, so that thou shalt not lift up

thine eyes unto them nor remember Egypt any more.

Ezek. 23:28 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will deliver thee into

the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them by whom thy

mind is alienated;

Ezek. 23:29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all

thy labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of thy

whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Ezek. 23:30 I will do these things unto thee because thou hast gone a

whoring after the heathen and because thou art polluted with their idols.

Ezek. 23:31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give

her cup into thine hand.

Ezek. 23:32 Thus saith the Lord God: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup,

deep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it

containeth much.

Ezek. 23:33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup

of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

Ezek. 23:34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break

the sherds thereof and pluck off thine own breasts; for I have spoken it,

saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 23:35 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because thou hast

forgotten me and cast me behind thy back, therefore, bear thou also thy

lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Ezek. 23:36 The Lord said, moreover, unto me: Son of man, wilt thou

judge Aholah and Aholibah? Yea, declare unto them their abominations:

Ezek. 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 bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to

devour them.

Ezek. 23:38 Moreover, this they have done unto me: they have defiled my

sanctuary in the same day and have profaned my sabbaths.

Ezek. 23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they

came the same day into my sanctuary, to profane it; and lo, thus have they

done in the midst of mine house.

Ezek. 23:40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far,

unto whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came, for whom thou didst

wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,

Ezek. 23:41 And sattest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it,

whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

Ezek. 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, which put bracelets upon their hands and beautiful crowns upon

their heads.

Ezek. 23:43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now

commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?

Ezek. 23:44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that

playeth the harlot; so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd

women.

Ezek. 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 in their hands.

Ezek. 23:46 For thus saith the Lord God: I will bring up a company upon

them and will give them to be removed and spoiled.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 23:49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye

shall bear the sins of your idols; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 24

Parable of a boiling pot--People to emulate Ezekiel

Ezek. 24:1 Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of

the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 24:2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same

day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

Ezek. 24:3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto

them, Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot; set it on, and also pour water

into it;

Ezek. 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece--the

thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Ezek. 24:5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it;

and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

Ezek. 24:6 Wherefore, thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to

the pot whose scum is therein and whose scum is not gone out of it! Bring it

out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 24:9 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! I

will even make the pile for fire great.

Ezek. 24:10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it

well; and let the bones be burned.

Ezek. 24:11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it

may be hot and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it,

that the scum of it may be consumed.

Ezek. 24:12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not

forth out of her; her scum shall be in the fire.

Ezek. 24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness; because I have purged thee and

thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more

till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

Ezek. 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 repent; according to

thy ways and according to thy doings shall they judge thee, saith the Lord

God.

Ezek. 24:15 Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 24:16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine

eyes with a stroke; yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep; neither shall thy

tears run down.

Ezek. 24:17 Forbear to cry; make no mourning for the dead; bind the tire of

thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet; and cover not thy

lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Ezek. 24:18 So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my

wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

Ezek. 24:19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these

things are to us, that thou doest so?

Ezek. 24:20 Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me,

saying,

Ezek. 24:21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God:

Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the

desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and

your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

Ezek. 24:22 And ye shall do as I have done; ye shall not cover your lips nor

eat the bread of men.

Ezek. 24:23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon

your feet; ye shall not mourn nor weep, but ye shall pine away for your

iniquities and mourn one toward another.

Ezek. 24:24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign; according to all that he hath

done shall ye do; and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord

God.

Ezek. 24:25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take

from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and

that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

Ezek. 24:26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause

thee to hear it with thine ears?

Ezek. 24:27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped,

and thou shalt speak and be no more dumb; and thou shalt be a sign unto

them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. Chapter 25

God's judgment on Israel's neighbors

Ezek. 25:1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 25:2 Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy

against them,

Ezek. 25:3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God.

Thus saith the Lord God: Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary

when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate,

and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity;

Ezek. 25:4 Behold, therefore, I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a

possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee and make their dwellings

in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

Ezek. 25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the

Ammonites a couching place for flocks; and ye shall know that I am the

Lord.

Ezek. 25:6 For thus saith the Lord God: Because thou hast clapped thine

hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite

against the land of Israel,

Ezek. 25:7 Behold, therefore, I will stretch out mine hand upon thee and

will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the

people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries; I will destroy

thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 25:8 Thus saith the Lord God: Because that Moab and Seir do say,

Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen,

Ezek. 25:9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities,

from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country--Beth-

jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim--

Ezek. 25:10 Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites and will give

them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the

nations.

Ezek. 25:11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know

that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 25:12 Thus saith the Lord God: Because that Edom hath dealt against

the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and

revenged himself upon them,

Ezek. 25:13 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: I will also stretch out mine

hand upon Edom and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it

desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

Ezek. 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 mine anger and

according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord

God.

Ezek. 25:15 Thus saith the Lord God: Because the Philistines have dealt by

revenge and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for

the old hatred,

Ezek. 25:16 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will stretch out

mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethim and destroy

the remnant of the seacoast.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. Chapter 26

Destruction of Tyrus

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 26:2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem,

Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people; she is turned unto me; I

shall be replenished now she is laid waste,

Ezek. 26:3 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I am against thee, O

Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea

causeth his waves to come up.

Ezek. 26:4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus and break down her

towers; I will also scrape her dust from her and make her like the top of a

rock.

Ezek. 26:5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the

sea; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God, and it shall become a spoil to

the nations.

Ezek. 26:6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the

sword; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 26:7 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus

Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, a king of kings from the north, with

horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much

people.

Ezek. 26:8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he

shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the

buckler against thee.

Ezek. 26:9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his

axes he shall break down thy towers.

Ezek. 26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust shall cover

thee; thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels,

and of the chariots when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a

city wherein is made a breach.

Ezek. 26:11 With the hooves of his horses shall he tread down all thy

streets; he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall

go down to the ground.

Ezek. 26:12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches and make a prey of

thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls and destroy thy

pleasant houses; and they shall lay thy stones, and thy timber, and thy dust

in the midst of the water.

Ezek. 26:13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound

of thy harps shall be no more heard.

Ezek. 26:14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock; thou shalt be a

place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more; for I, the Lord, have

spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 26:15 Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus: Shall not the isles shake at

the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in

the midst of thee?

Ezek. 26:16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their

thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments; they

shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and

shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

Ezek. 26:17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee and say to thee,

How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned

city, which wast strong in the sea--she and her inhabitants, which cause

their terror to be on all that haunt it!

Ezek. 26:18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles

that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

Ezek. 26:19 For thus saith the Lord God: When I shall make thee a desolate

city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep

upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

Ezek. 26:20 When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the

pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the

earth--in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit--that thou

be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living.

Ezek. 26:21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more; though

thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 27

Riches of Tyrus--Her fall mourned

Ezek. 27:1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 27:2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

Ezek. 27:3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the

sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord

God: O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.

Ezek. 27:4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas; thy builders have

perfected thy beauty.

Ezek. 27:5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir; they

have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

Ezek. 27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company

of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of

Chittim.

Ezek. 27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou

spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was

that which covered thee.

Ezek. 27:8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners; thy wise

men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

Ezek. 27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee,

thy caulkers; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to

occupy thy merchandise.

Ezek. 27:10 They of Persia, and of Lud, and of Phut were in thine army, thy

men of war; they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy

comeliness.

Ezek. 27:11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round

about, and the Gammadim were in thy towers; they hanged their shields

upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

Ezek. 27:12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all

kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they traded in thy fairs.

Ezek. 27:13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants; they

traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

Ezek. 27:14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses,

and horsemen, and mules.

Ezek. 27:15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the

merchandise of thine hand; they brought thee for a present, horns of ivory

and ebony.

Ezek. 27:16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares

of thy making; they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and

broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Ezek. 27:17 Judah and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants; they

traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and

balm.

Ezek. 27:18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of

thy making, for the multitude of all riches, in the wine of Helbon, and white

wool.

Ezek. 27:19 Dan also and Javan, going to and fro, occupied in thy fairs;

bright iron, cassia, and calamus were in thy market.

Ezek. 27:20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

Ezek. 27:21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in

lambs, and rams, and goats; in these were they thy merchants.

Ezek. 27:22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy

merchants; they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all

precious stones, and gold.

Ezek. 27:23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur,

and Chilmad were thy merchants.

Ezek. 27:24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things--in blue clothes

and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and

made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

Ezek. 27:25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market; and thou

wast replenished and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

Ezek. 27:26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind

hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

Ezek. 27:27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and

thy pilots, thy caulkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy

men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of

thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

Ezek. 27:28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 27:30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall

cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow

themselves in the ashes;

Ezek. 27:31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee and gird

them with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart

and bitter wailing.

Ezek. 27:32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee

and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in

the midst of the sea?

Ezek. 27:33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many

people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy

riches and of thy merchandise.

Ezek. 27:34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths

of the waters, thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee

shall fall.

Ezek. 27:35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and

their kings shall be sore afraid; they shall be troubled in their countenance.

Ezek. 27:36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt

be a terror, and never shalt be any more.

Ezek. Chapter 28

God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus--Judgment of Zidon--Restoration

of Israel

Ezek. 28:1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord

God: Because thine heart is lifted up and thou hast said, I am a god--I sit in

the seat of God, in the midst of the seas--yet thou art a man and not God,

though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.

Ezek. 28:3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they

can hide from thee.

Ezek. 28:4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten

thee riches and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

Ezek. 28:5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy

riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches;

Ezek. 28:6 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because thou hast set thine

heart as the heart of God,

Ezek. 28:7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible

of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy

wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

Ezek. 28:8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the

deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

Ezek. 28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? But

thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

Ezek. 28:10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of

strangers; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 28:11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and

say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God: Thou sealest up the sum, full of

wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Ezek. 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious

stone was thy covering--the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the

onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold;

the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the

day that thou wast created.

Ezek. 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth, and I have set thee

so; thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and

down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezek. 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast

created till iniquity was found in thee.

Ezek. 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst

of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned; therefore, I will cast thee as

profane out of the mountain of God; and I will destroy thee, O covering

cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezek. 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast

corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness; I will cast thee to the

ground; I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Ezek. 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine

iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire

from the midst of thee; it shall devour thee; and I will bring thee to ashes

upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

Ezek. 28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished

at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

Ezek. 28:20 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 28:21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against

it,

Ezek. 28:22 And say, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I am against thee,

O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee; and they shall know

that I am the Lord, when I shall have executed judgments in her and shall

be sanctified in her.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 28:25 Thus saith the Lord God: When I shall have gathered the house

of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be

sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their

land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

Ezek. 28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and

plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence when I have executed

judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they

shall know that I am the Lord, their God.

Ezek. Chapter 29

God promises desolation for Egypt--Israel shall be restored

Ezek. 29:1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the

month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 29:2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and

prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

Ezek. 29:3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I am against

thee, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his

rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for

myself.

Ezek. 29:4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy

rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of

thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

Ezek. 29:5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all

the fish of thy rivers; thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be

brought together nor gathered; I have given thee for meat to the beasts of

the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

Ezek. 29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord

because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

Ezek. 29:7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break and

rend all their shoulder; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest and

madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Ezek. 29:8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will bring a sword

upon thee and cut off man and beast out of thee;

Ezek. 29:9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste--and they

shall know that I am the Lord--because he hath said, The river is mine, and

I have made it.

Ezek. 29:10 Behold, therefore, I am against thee and against thy rivers; and

I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of

Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 29:13 Yet thus saith the Lord God: At the end of forty years will I

gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered;

Ezek. 29:14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt and will cause

them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and

they shall be there a base kingdom.

Ezek. 29:15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt

itself any more above the nations; for I will diminish them, that they shall

no more rule over the nations.

Ezek. 29:16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel,

which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after

them; but they shall know that I am the Lord God.

Ezek. 29:17 And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first

month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me,

saying,

Ezek. 29:18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, caused his

army to serve a great service against Tyrus; every head was made bald, and

every shoulder was peeled; yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus,

for the service that he had served against it;

Ezek. 29:19 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will give the

land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon; and he shall take her

multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages

for his army.

Ezek. 29:20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, wherewith he

served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 29:21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud

forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them;

and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. Chapter 30

Desolation of Egypt and her allies

Ezek. 30:1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 30:2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God: Howl

ye, Woe worth the day!

Ezek. 30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near--a cloudy

day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and

Chub, and the men of the land that is in league shall fall with them by the

sword.

Ezek. 30:6 Thus saith the Lord: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and

the pride of her power shall come down; from the tower of Syene shall they

fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 30:9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make

the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in

the day of Egypt; for lo, it cometh.

Ezek. 30:10 Thus saith the Lord God: I will also make the multitude of

Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.

Ezek. 30:11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be

brought to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt

and fill the land with the slain.

Ezek. 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 therein, by the

hand of strangers; I, the Lord, have spoken it.

Ezek. 30:13 Thus saith the Lord God: I will also destroy the idols, and I

will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a

prince of the land of Egypt; and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

Ezek. 30:14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and

will execute judgments in No.

Ezek. 30:15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I

will cut off the multitude of No.

Ezek. 30:16 And I will set fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, and No

shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

Ezek. 30:17 The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the

sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 30:19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt; and they shall know

that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 30:20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in

the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me,

saying,

Ezek. 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 roller to bind it, to

make it strong to hold the sword.

Ezek. 30:22 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I am against

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong and that which

was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

Ezek. 30:23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will

disperse them through the countries.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. Chapter 31

Glory and fall of Assyria and Egypt

Ezek. 31:1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in

the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 31:2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his

multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

Ezek. 31:3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches,

and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and his top was among

the thick boughs.

Ezek. 31:4 The waters made him great; the deep set him up on high, with

her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto

all the trees of the field.

Ezek. 31:5 Therefore, his height was exalted above all the trees of the field,

and his boughs were multiplied; and his branches became long because of

the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

Ezek. 31:6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and

under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young; and

under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

Ezek. 31:7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches;

for his root was by great waters.

Ezek. 31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him; the fir trees

were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches;

not any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

Ezek. 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches, so that all

the trees of Eden that were in the garden of God envied him.

Ezek. 31:10 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Because thou hast lifted up

thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and

his heart is lifted up in his height,

Ezek. 31:11 I have, therefore, delivered him into the hand of the mighty

one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for

his wickedness.

Ezek. 31:12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off and

have left him; upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are

fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the

people of the earth are gone down from his shadow and have left him.

Ezek. 31:13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all

the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches,

Ezek. 31:14 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt

themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick

boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water; for

they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the

midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

Ezek. 31:15 Thus saith the Lord God: In the day when he went down to the

grave, I caused a mourning; I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the

floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to

mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

Ezek. 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall when I cast

him down to hell with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of

Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be

comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

Ezek. 31:17 They also went down into hell with him, unto them that be

slain with the sword, and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his

shadow in the midst of the heathen.

Ezek. 31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the

trees of Eden? Yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto

the nether parts of the earth; thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised

with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,

saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 32

Fall of Egypt

Ezek. 32:1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in

the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh, king of Egypt,

and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a

whale in the seas; and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the

waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Ezek. 32:3 Thus saith the Lord God: I will, therefore, spread out my net

over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in

my net.

Ezek. 32:4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon

the open field and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon

thee; and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

Ezek. 32:5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains and fill the valleys

with thy height.

Ezek. 32:6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou

swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

Ezek. 32:7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven and make

the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall

not give her light.

Ezek. 32:8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee and

set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 32:9 I will also vex the hearts of many people when I shall bring thy

destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not

known.

Ezek. 32:10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings

shall be horribly afraid for thee when I shall brandish my sword before

them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life,

in the day of thy fall.

Ezek. 32:11 For thus saith the Lord God: The sword of the king of Babylon

shall come upon thee.

Ezek. 32:12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall,

the terrible of the nations, all of them; and they shall spoil the pomp of

Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

Ezek. 32:13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great

waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hooves

of beasts trouble them.

Ezek. 32:14 Then will I make their waters deep and cause their rivers to run

like oil, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 32:15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country

shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that

dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 32:16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her; the

daughters of the nations shall lament her; they shall lament for her, even for

Egypt and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 32:17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of

the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 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 nether

parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

Ezek. 32:19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid

with the uncircumcised.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 32:21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the

midst of hell with them that help him; they are gone down; they lie

uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

Ezek. 32:22 Asshur is there and all her company; his graves are about him;

all of them slain, fallen by the sword,

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 32:24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all

of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into

the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the

living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

Ezek. 32:25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her

multitude; her graves are round about him--all of them uncircumcised, slain

by the sword; though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet

have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit; he is put in

the midst of them that be slain.

Ezek. 32:26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude; her graves are

round about him--all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though

they caused their terror in the land of the living.

Ezek. 32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the

uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war; and

they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be

upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of

the living.

Ezek. 32:28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised

and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.

Ezek. 32:29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their

might are laid by them that were slain by the sword; they shall lie with the

uncircumcised and with them that go down to the pit.

Ezek. 32:30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the

Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are

ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain

by the sword and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

Ezek. 32:31 Pharaoh shall see them and shall be comforted over all his

multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord

God.

Ezek. 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, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 33

Responsibility of the watchman and the people--Equity in God's judgment--

Desolation of the land

Ezek. 33:1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 33:2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto

them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a

man of their coasts and set him for their watchman,

Ezek. 33:3 If, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the

trumpet and warn the people,

Ezek. 33:4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet and taketh not

warning, if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his

own head.

Ezek. 33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and took not warning; his

blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

Ezek. 33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come and blow not the

trumpet, and the people be not warned, if the sword come and take any

person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood

will I require at the watchman's hand.

Ezek. 33:7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the

house of Israel; therefore, thou shalt hear the word at my mouth and warn

them from me.

Ezek. 33:8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely

die, if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked

man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Ezek. 33:9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way, to turn from

it, if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast

delivered thy soul.

Ezek. 33:10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel.

Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we

pine away in them, how should we then live?

Ezek. 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no

pleasure in the death of the wicked--but that the wicked turn from his way

and live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. For why will ye die, O house

of Israel?

Ezek. 33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy

people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day

of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall

thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the

righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

Ezek. 33:13 When I shall say to the righteous that he shall surely live, if he

trust to his own righteousness and commit iniquity, all his righteousness

shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he

shall die for it.

Ezek. 33:14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die, if he

turn from his sin and do that which is lawful and right--

Ezek. 33:15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed,

walk in the statutes of life without committing iniquity--he shall surely live;

he shall not die.

Ezek. 33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned

unto him; he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

Ezek. 33:17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not

equal; but as for them, their way is not equal.

Ezek. 33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness and

committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Ezek. 33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness and do that which

is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

Ezek. 33:20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of

Israel, I will judge you, everyone after his ways.

Ezek. 33:21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the

tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of

Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

Ezek. 33:22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore

he that was escaped came, and had opened my mouth until he came to me

in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Ezek. 33:23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 33:24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel

speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are

many; the land is given us for inheritance.

Ezek. 33:25 Wherefore, say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God: Ye eat

with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood.

And shall ye possess the land?

Ezek. 33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abominations, and ye

defile everyone his neighbor's wife. And shall ye possess the land?

Ezek. 33:27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God: As I live,

surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in

the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in

the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

Ezek. 33:28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her

strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none

shall pass through.

Ezek. 33:29 Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the

land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have

committed.

Ezek. 33:30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are

talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses and speak

one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear

what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord.

Ezek. 33:31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit

before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do

them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after

their covetousness.

Ezek. 33:32 And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that

hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy

words, but they do them not.

Ezek. 33:33 And when this cometh to pass (lo, it will come), then shall they

know that a prophet hath been among them.

Ezek. Chapter 34

Unfaithful shepherds are reproved--God's providence for his flock

Ezek. 34:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 34:2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy

and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds: Woe be to

the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! Should not the shepherds

feed the flocks?

Ezek. 34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye kill them that

are fed; but ye feed not the flock.

Ezek. 34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened; neither have ye healed

that which was sick; neither have ye bound up that which was broken;

neither have ye brought again that which was driven away; neither have ye

sought that which was lost. But with force and with cruelty have ye ruled

them.

Ezek. 34:5 And they were scattered because there is no shepherd; and they

became meat to all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:

Ezek. 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a

prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field because there

was no shepherd--neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the

shepherds fed themselves and fed not my flock--

Ezek. 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.

Ezek. 34:10 Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I am against the shepherds;

and I will require my flock at their hand and cause them to cease from

feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more, for

I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for

them.

Ezek. 34:11 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, will both search

my sheep and seek them out.

Ezek. 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among

his sheep that are scattered, so will I seek out my sheep and will deliver

them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and

dark day.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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 fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

Ezek. 34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith

the Lord God.

Ezek. 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was

driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen

that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed

them with judgment.

Ezek. 34:17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I

judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

Ezek. 34:18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good

pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures?

and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your

feet?

Ezek. 34:19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with

your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

Ezek. 34:20 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God unto them: Behold, I, even

I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

Ezek. 34:21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder and pushed

all the diseased with your horns till ye have scattered them abroad,

Ezek. 34:22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a

prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 34:24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David a

prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken it.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a

blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there

shall be showers of blessing.

Ezek. 34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall

yield her increase; and they shall be safe in their land and shall know that I

am the Lord when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them

out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

Ezek. 34:28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen; neither shall

the beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none

shall make them afraid.

Ezek. 34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall

be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the

heathen any more.

Ezek. 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, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 34:31 And ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men; and I am

your God, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 35

Judgment of Mount Seir and all Idumea

Ezek. 35:1 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 35:2 Son of man, set thy face against Mount Seir, and prophesy

against it,

Ezek. 35:3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, O Mount

Seir, I am against thee; and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I

will make thee most desolate.

Ezek. 35:4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou

shalt know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 35:5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred and hast shed the

blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their

calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end,

Ezek. 35:6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto

blood, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, even

blood shall pursue thee.

Ezek. 35:7 Thus will I make Mount Seir most desolate and cut off from it

him that passeth out and him that returneth.

Ezek. 35:8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men; in thy hills, and

in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers shall they fall that are slain with the

sword.

Ezek. 35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not

return; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 35:10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two

countries shall be mine, and we will possess it, whereas the Lord was there,

Ezek. 35:11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do

according to thine anger and according to thine envy, which thou hast used

out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them

when I have judged thee.

Ezek. 35:12 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord and that I have heard

all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel,

saying, They are laid desolate; they are given us to consume.

Ezek. 35:13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me and have

multiplied your words against me; I have heard them.

Ezek. 35:14 Thus saith the Lord God: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I

will make thee desolate.

Ezek. 35:15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel

because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee; thou shalt be desolate, O

Mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it; and they shall know that I am the

Lord.

Ezek. Chapter 36

Land of Israel is comforted--Israel shall be restored to her own land

Ezek. 36:1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel,

and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord;

Ezek. 36:2 Thus saith the Lord God: Because the enemy hath said against

you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession,

Ezek. 36:3 Therefore, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God: Because

they have made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, that ye

might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up

in the lips of talkers and are an infamy of the people,

Ezek. 36:4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord

God. Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers

and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken,

which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are

round about,

Ezek. 36:5 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Surely in the fire of my

jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen and against all

Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of

all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

Ezek. 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 saith the

Lord God: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury because ye

have borne the shame of the heathen.

Ezek. 36:7 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: I have lifted up mine hand.

Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

Ezek. 36:8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your

branches and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to

come.

Ezek. 36:9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall

be tilled and sown;

Ezek. 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 builded;

Ezek. 36:11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall

increase and bring fruit; and I will settle you after your old estates and will

do better unto you than at your beginnings; and ye shall know that I am the

Lord.

Ezek. 36:12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people

Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and

thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.

Ezek. 36:13 Thus saith the Lord God: Because they say unto you, Thou

land devourest up men and hast bereaved thy nations,

Ezek. 36:14 Therefore, thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy

nations any more, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 36:15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the

heathen any more; neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any

more; neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord

God.

Ezek. 36:16 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 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 removed woman.

Ezek. 36:18 Wherefore, I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they

had shed upon the land and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it;

Ezek. 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were

dispersed through the countries; according to their way and according to

their doings I judged them.

Ezek. 36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went,

they profaned my holy name when they said to them, These are the people

of the Lord and are gone forth out of his land.

Ezek. 36:21 But I had pity for mine holy name which the house of Israel

had profaned among the heathen whither they went.

Ezek. 36:22 Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord

God: I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy

name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen whither ye went.

Ezek. 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among

the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen

shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be

sanctified in you before their eyes.

Ezek. 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you

out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Ezek. 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be

clean; from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 36:27 And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in

my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.

Ezek. 36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and

ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Ezek. 36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call

for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

Ezek. 36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the

field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

Ezek. 36:31 Then shall ye 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.

Ezek. 36:32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known

unto you; be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of

Israel.

Ezek. 36:33 Thus saith the Lord God: In the day that I shall have cleansed

you from all your iniquities, I will also cause you to dwell in the cities; and

the wastes shall be builded.

Ezek. 36:34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in

the sight of all that passed by.

Ezek. 36:35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like

the garden of Eden; and the waste, and desolate, and ruined cities are

become fenced and are inhabited.

Ezek. 36:36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that

I, the Lord, build the ruined places and plant that which was desolate; I, the

Lord, have spoken it; and I will do it.

Ezek. 36:37 Thus saith 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. Chapter 37

Prophecy of the dry bones--Stick of Judah and stick of Ephraim--

Reunification of Israel

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I

answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.

Ezek. 37:4 Again, he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say

unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Ezek. 37:5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones: Behold, I will cause

breath to enter into you, and ye shall live;

Ezek. 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 ye shall live; and

ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 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

his bone.

Ezek. 37:8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon

them, and the skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

Ezek. 37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind; prophesy, son of

man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God: Come from the four

winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain that they may live.

Ezek. 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 exceeding great

army.

Ezek. 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 for our parts.

Ezek. 37:12 Therefore, prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord

God: Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come

up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

Ezek. 37:13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord when I have opened

your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

Ezek. 37:14 And shall put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live; and I shall

place you in your own land; then shall ye know that I, the Lord, have

spoken it and performed it, saith the Lord.

Ezek. 37:15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

Ezek. 37:16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon

it, For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions; then take

another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for

all the house of Israel, his companions,

Ezek. 37:17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall

become one in thine hand.

Ezek. 37:18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee,

saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?

Ezek. 37:19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take

the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel,

his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and

make them one stick; and they shall be one in mine hand.

Ezek. 37:20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand

before their eyes.

Ezek. 37:21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will

take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone,

and will gather them on every side and bring them into their own land;

Ezek. 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;

Ezek. 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 dwelling places, wherein they have sinned,

and will cleanse them; so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob,

my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein,

even they, and their children, and their children's children forever; and my

servant David shall be their prince forever.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 37:27 My tabernacle also shall be with them; yea, I will be their God,

and they shall be my people.

Ezek. 37:28 And the heathen shall know that I, the Lord, do sanctify Israel

when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore.

Ezek. Chapter 38

Gog and Magog--War against Israel--Land of unwalled villages--God's

defense

Ezek. 38:1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Ezek. 38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the

chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

Ezek. 38:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I am against thee, O

Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal;

Ezek. 38:4 And I will turn thee back and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will

bring thee forth, and all thine army--horses and horsemen, all of them

clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with bucklers and

shields, all of them handling swords--

Ezek. 38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them, all of them with shield

and helmet;

Ezek. 38:6 Gomer and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north

quarters and all his bands; and many people with thee.

Ezek. 38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy

company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

Ezek. 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited; in the latter years thou

shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword and is gathered

out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been

always waste; but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell

safely, all of them.

Ezek. 38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm; thou shalt be like a

cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

Ezek. 38:10 Thus saith the Lord God: It shall also come to pass that at the

same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil

thought;

Ezek. 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled

villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them

dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor gates,

Ezek. 38:12 To take a spoil and to take a prey, to turn thine hand upon the

desolate places that are now inhabited and upon the people that are gathered

out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the

midst of the land.

Ezek. 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the

young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? Hast

thou gathered thy company to take a prey, to carry away silver and gold, to

take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

Ezek. 38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith

the Lord God: In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt

thou not know it?

Ezek. 38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou

and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company

and a mighty army;

Ezek. 38:16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel as a cloud

to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against

my land, that the heathen may know me when I shall be sanctified in thee,

O Gog, before their eyes.

Ezek. 38:17 Thus saith the Lord God: Art thou he of whom I have spoken

in old time by my servants--the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in

those days many years--that I would bring thee against them?

Ezek. 38:18 And it shall come to pass at the same time, when Gog shall

come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come

up in my face.

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and

the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and

all the men that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence;

and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and

every wall shall fall to the ground.

Ezek. 38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my

mountains, saith the Lord God; every man's sword shall be against his

brother.

Ezek. 38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood;

and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people

that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and

brimstone.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. Chapter 39

God's judgment upon Gog--Israel will be gathered

Ezek. 39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say,

Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince

of Meshech and Tubal;

Ezek. 39:2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee,

and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee

upon the mountains of Israel;

Ezek. 39:3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand and will cause

thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Ezek. 39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy

bands, and the people that is with thee; I will give thee unto the ravenous

birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field, to be devoured.

Ezek. 39:5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field; for I have spoken it, saith

the Lord God.

Ezek. 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog and among them that dwell

carelessly in the isles; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezek. 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

heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.

Ezek. 39:8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God; this is the

day whereof I have spoken.

Ezek. 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 hand staves, and the spears--and they shall

burn them with fire seven years,

Ezek. 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 spoil those that spoiled them and rob those that robbed them,

saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 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 passengers on the east of

the sea; and it shall stop the noses of the passengers; and there shall they

bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it the valley of Hamon-

gog.

Ezek. 39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them,

that they may cleanse the land.

Ezek. 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, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 39:14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,

passing through the land, to bury with the passengers those that remain

upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it; after the end of seven months shall

they search.

Ezek. 39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth

a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it till the buriers have buried it

in the valley of Hamon-gog.

Ezek. 39:16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall

they cleanse the land.

Ezek. 39:17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God: Speak unto

every feathered fowl and to every beast of the field: Assemble yourselves,

and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice

for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat

flesh and drink blood.

Ezek. 39:18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the

princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them

fatlings of Bashan.

Ezek. 39:19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be

drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

Ezek. 39:20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots,

with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen

shall see my judgment that I have executed and my hand that I have laid

upon them.

Ezek. 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord, their God,

from that day and forward.

Ezek. 39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into

captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, therefore

hid I my face from them and gave them into the hand of their enemies; so

fell they all by the sword.

Ezek. 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their

transgressions have I done unto them and hid my face from them.

Ezek. 39:25 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: Now will I bring again the

captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will

be jealous for my holy name,

Ezek. 39:26 After that they have borne their shame and all their trespasses,

whereby they have trespassed against me when they dwelt safely in their

land and none made them afraid.

Ezek. 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,

Ezek. 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the Lord, their God, which

caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen; but I have gathered

them unto their own land and have left none of them any more there.

Ezek. 39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have

poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 40

Vision of the city and temple

Ezek. 40:1 In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning

of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that

the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the Lord was upon me

and brought me thither.

Ezek. 40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel and

set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on

the south.

Ezek. 40:3 And he brought me thither, and behold, there was a man whose

appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand

and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

Ezek. 40:4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes,

and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall show thee;

for to the intent that I might show them unto thee art thou brought hither;

declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

Ezek. 40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and

in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and a

handbreadth; so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed, and the

height, one reed.

Ezek. 40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and

went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which

was one reed broad, and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed

broad.

Ezek. 40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long and one reed broad;

and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the

gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

Ezek. 40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

Ezek. 40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the

posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

Ezek. 40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this

side and three on that side; they three were of one measure; and the posts

had one measure on this side and on that side.

Ezek. 40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten

cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 40:13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber

to the roof of another; the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against

door.

Ezek. 40:14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of

the court round about the gate.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 40:16 And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to

their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and

windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm trees.

Ezek. 40:17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and lo, there were

chambers and a pavement made for the court round about; thirty chambers

were upon the pavement.

Ezek. 40:18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the

length of the gates was the lower pavement.

Ezek. 40:19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower

gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits eastward

and northward.

Ezek. 40:20 And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north,

he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.

Ezek. 40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and

three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the

measure of the first gate; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth

five and twenty cubits.

Ezek. 40:22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees were

after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up

unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

Ezek. 40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate

toward the north and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate a

hundred cubits.

Ezek. 40:24 After that, he brought me toward the south, and behold, a gate

toward the south; and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof

according to these measures.

Ezek. 40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round

about, like those windows; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five

and twenty cubits.

Ezek. 40:26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches

thereof were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side and

another on that side, upon the posts thereof.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 40:28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate; and he

measured the south gate according to these measures,

Ezek. 40:29 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the

arches thereof, according to these measures; and there were windows in it

and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long and five and

twenty cubits broad.

Ezek. 40:30 And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long

and five cubits broad.

Ezek. 40:31 And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm

trees were upon the posts thereof; and the going up to it had eight steps.

Ezek. 40:32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east; and he

measured the gate according to these measures.

Ezek. 40:33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the

arches thereof were according to these measures; and there were windows

therein and in the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long and

five and twenty cubits broad.

Ezek. 40:34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and

palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side and on that side; and the

going up to it had eight steps.

Ezek. 40:35 And he brought me to the north gate and measured it according

to these measures--

Ezek. 40:36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches

thereof, and the windows to it round about; the length was fifty cubits, and

the breadth five and twenty cubits.

Ezek. 40:37 And the posts thereof were toward the outer court; and palm

trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side and on that side; and the

going up to it had eight steps.

Ezek. 40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of

the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

Ezek. 40:39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side and

two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering, and the sin

offering, and trespass offering.

Ezek. 40:40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the

north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of

the gate, were two tables.

Ezek. 40:41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by

the side of the gate--eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.

Ezek. 40:42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering,

of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high;

whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt

offering and the sacrifice.

Ezek. 40:43 And within were hooks, a hand broad, fastened round about;

and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.

Ezek. 40:44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in

the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect

was toward the south--one at the side of the east gate having the prospect

toward the north.

Ezek. 40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward

the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

Ezek. 40:46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the

priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok

among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.

Ezek. 40:47 So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred

cubits broad, foursquare, and the altar that was before the house.

Ezek. 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 breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side and three cubits on

that side.

Ezek. 40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth

eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it;

and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side and another on that side.

Ezek. Chapter 41

Description and dimensions of the temple

Ezek. 41:1 Afterward, he brought me to the temple and measured the posts,

six cubits broad on the one side and six cubits broad on the other side,

which was the breadth of the tabernacle.

Ezek. 41:2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the

door were five cubits on the one side and five cubits on the other side; and

he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Ezek. 41:3 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.

Ezek. 41:4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the

breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple; and he said unto me, This is the

most holy place.

Ezek. 41:5 After, he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the

breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every

side.

Ezek. 41:6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty

in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side

chambers round about, that they might have hold; but they had not hold in

the wall of the house.

Ezek. 41:7 And there was an enlarging and a winding about still upward to

the side chambers; for the winding about of the house went still upward

round about the house; therefore, the breadth of the house was still upward

and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.

Ezek. 41:8 I saw also the height of the house round about; the foundations

of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

Ezek. 41:9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber

without, was five cubits; and that which was left was the place of the side

chambers that were within.

Ezek. 41:10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits,

round about the house on every side.

Ezek. 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 breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

Ezek. 41:12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end

toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was

five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.

Ezek. 41:13 So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the

separate place and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits

long;

Ezek. 41:14 Also the breadth of the face of the house and of the separate

place toward the east, a hundred cubits.

Ezek. 41:15 And he measured the length of the building over against the

separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side

and on the other side, a hundred cubits, with the inner temple and the

porches of the court--

Ezek. 41:16 The doorposts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries

round about on their three stories, over against the door, ceiled with wood

round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows

were covered--

Ezek. 41:17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without,

and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.

Ezek. 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;

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 41:20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm

trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

Ezek. 41:21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the

sanctuary--the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.

Ezek. 41:22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof

two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls

thereof were of wood; and he said unto me, This is the table that is before

the Lord.

Ezek. 41:23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

Ezek. 41:24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves--two

leaves for the one door and two leaves for the other door.

Ezek. 41:25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple,

cherubim and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were

thick planks upon the face of the porch without.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. Chapter 42

Parts of the temple described--Priests' chambers and offerings

Ezek. 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 over against the

separate place and which was before the building toward the north.

Ezek. 42:2 Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and

the breadth was fifty cubits.

Ezek. 42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court,

and over against the pavement which was for the outer court, was gallery

against gallery in three stories.

Ezek. 42:4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth

inward, a way of one cubit, and their doors toward the north.

Ezek. 42:5 Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries were

higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

Ezek. 42:6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of

the courts; therefore, the building was straitened more than the lowest and

the middlemost from the ground.

Ezek. 42:7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers,

toward the outer court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof

was fifty cubits.

Ezek. 42:8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was

fifty cubits; and lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.

Ezek. 42:9 And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side,

as one goeth into them from the outer court.

Ezek. 42:10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court

toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the

building.

Ezek. 42:11 And the way before them was like the appearance of the

chambers which were toward the north, as long as they and as broad as

they; and all their goings out were both according to their fashions and

according to their doors.

Ezek. 42:12 And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward

the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before

the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

Ezek. 42:13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south

chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers,

where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things;

there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin

offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

Ezek. 42:14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the

holy place into the outer court; but there they shall lay their garments

wherein they minister, for they are holy, and shall put on other garments,

and shall approach to those things which are for the people.

Ezek. 42:15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house,

he brought me forth toward the gate, whose prospect is toward the east, and

measured it round about.

Ezek. 42:16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five

hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Ezek. 42:17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the

measuring reed round about.

Ezek. 42:18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the

measuring reed.

Ezek. 42:19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred

reeds, with the measuring reed.

Ezek. 42:20 He measured it by the four sides; it had a wall round about,

five hundred reeds long and five hundred broad, to make a separation

between the sanctuary and the profane place.

Ezek. Chapter 43

God's glory comes to the temple--God will accept repentant Israel

Ezek. 43:1 Afterward, he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh

toward the east;

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 43:4 And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the

gate whose prospect is toward the east.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 43:6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the

man stood by me.

Ezek. 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 whoredom, nor by the

carcasses of their kings in their high places.

Ezek. 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; wherefore, I

have consumed them in mine anger.

Ezek. 43:9 Now let them put away their whoredom and the carcasses of

their kings far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.

Ezek. 43:10 Thou 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.

Ezek. 43:11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, show them

the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof,

and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances

thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in

their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the

ordinances thereof, and do them.

Ezek. 43:12 This is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain the

whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law

of the house.

Ezek. 43:13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The

cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the

breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall

be a span; and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

Ezek. 43:14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle

shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle

even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

Ezek. 43:15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward

shall be four horns.

Ezek. 43:16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square

in the four squares thereof.

Ezek. 43:17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad

in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and

the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward

the east.

Ezek. 43:18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God:

These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to

offer burnt offerings thereon and to sprinkle blood thereon.

Ezek. 43:19 And thou shalt give to the priests, the Levites, that be of the

seed of Zadok, which approach unto me to minister unto me, saith the Lord

God, a young bullock for a sin offering.

Ezek. 43:20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof and put it on the four

horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round

about; thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.

Ezek. 43:21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he

shall burn it in the appointed place of the house without the sanctuary.

Ezek. 43:22 And on the second day, thou shalt offer a kid of the goats

without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar as they

did cleanse it with the bullock.

Ezek. 43:23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a

young bullock without blemish and a ram out of the flock without blemish.

Ezek. 43:24 And thou shalt offer them before the Lord, and the priests shall

cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto

the Lord.

Ezek. 43:25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin

offering; they shall also prepare a young bullock and a ram out of the flock

without blemish.

Ezek. 43:26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they

shall consecrate themselves.

Ezek. 43:27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the

eighth day and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon

the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord

God.

Ezek. Chapter 44

East gate to be used by God and the prince--Unfaithful priests reproved for

polluting the sanctuary--Ministry of the faithful priests

Ezek. 44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward

sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

Ezek. 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, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

Ezek. 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 way of the same.

Ezek. 44:4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house;

and I looked, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord;

and I fell upon my face.

Ezek. 44:5 And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold

with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning

all the ordinances of the house of the Lord and all the laws thereof; and

mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the

sanctuary.

Ezek. 44:6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel,

Thus saith the Lord God: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your

abominations,

Ezek. 44:7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers,

uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to

pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood;

and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

Ezek. 44:8 Ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things; but ye have set

keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Ezek. 44:9 Thus saith the Lord God: No stranger, uncircumcised in heart

nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger

that is among the children of Israel.

Ezek. 44:10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me--when Israel

went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols--they shall

even bear their iniquity.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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

mine hand against them, saith the Lord God; and they shall bear their

iniquity.

Ezek. 44:13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a

priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things in the most holy

place; but they shall bear their shame and their abominations which they

have committed.

Ezek. 44:14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all

the service thereof and for all that shall be done therein.

Ezek. 44:15 But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the

charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me,

they shall come near to me to minister unto me; and they shall stand before

me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God;

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 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

within.

Ezek. 44:18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads and shall have

linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything

that causeth sweat.

Ezek. 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 wherein they

ministered and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other

garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

Ezek. 44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads nor suffer their locks to

grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

Ezek. 44:21 Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the

inner court.

Ezek. 44:22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow nor her that is

put away; but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel or a

widow that had a priest before.

Ezek. 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the

holy and profane and cause them to discern between the unclean and the

clean.

Ezek. 44:24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall

judge it according to my judgments; and they shall keep my laws and my

statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

Ezek. 44:25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves;

but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for

sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

Ezek. 44:26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven

days.

Ezek. 44:27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner

court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the

Lord God.

Ezek. 44:28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance; I am their

inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their

possession.

Ezek. 44:29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the

trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

Ezek. 44:30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things and every

oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's; ye shall

also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the

blessing to rest in thine house.

Ezek. 44:31 The priests shall not eat of anything that is dead of itself or

torn, whether it be fowl or beast.

Ezek. Chapter 45

Land apportioned--Prince and priest to make offerings

Ezek. 45:1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance,

ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, a holy portion of the land; the

length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth

shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round

about.

Ezek. 45:2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary, five hundred in length

with five hundred in breadth, square round about and fifty cubits round

about for the suburbs thereof.

Ezek. 45:3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and

twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand; and in it shall be the

sanctuary and the most holy place.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 45:5 And the five and twenty thousand of length and the ten

thousand of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have

for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

Ezek. 45:6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city, five thousand

broad and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the

holy portion; it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

Ezek. 45:7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the

other side of the oblation of the holy portion and of the possession of the

city, before the oblation of the holy portion and before the possession of the

city, from the west side westward and from the east side eastward; and the

length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto

the east border.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 45:9 Thus saith the Lord God: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel;

remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take away

your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 45:10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

Ezek. 45:11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath

may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a

homer; the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

Ezek. 45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five

and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels shall be your maneh.

Ezek. 45:13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer: the sixth part of an

ephah of a homer of wheat; and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of a

homer of barley;

Ezek. 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer

the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is a homer of ten baths; for ten

baths are a homer;

Ezek. 45:15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the

fat pastures of Israel, for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for

peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 45:16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince

in Israel.

Ezek. 45:17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and

meat offerings, and drink offerings in the feasts, and in the new moons, and

in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel; he shall prepare the

sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace

offerings to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

Ezek. 45:18 Thus saith the Lord God: In the first month, in the first day of

the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish and cleanse the

sanctuary;

Ezek. 45:19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering and

put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of

the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

Ezek. 45:20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for

everyone that erreth and for him that is simple; so shall ye reconcile the

house.

Ezek. 45:21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall

have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 45:23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to

the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven

days, and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

Ezek. 45:24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock,

and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil for an ephah.

Ezek. 45:25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall

he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering,

according to the burnt offering, according to the meat offering, and

according to the oil.

Ezek. Chapter 46

Offerings for the people

Ezek. 46:1 Thus saith the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that

looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the

sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be

opened.

Ezek. 46:2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate

without and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare

his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the

threshold of the gate; then he shall go forth, but the gate shall not be shut

until the evening.

Ezek. 46:3 Likewise, the people of the land shall worship at the door of this

gate before the Lord in the sabbaths and in the new moons.

Ezek. 46:4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the Lord

in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without

blemish.

Ezek. 46:5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat

offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and a hin of oil to an

ephah.

Ezek. 46:6 And in the day of the new moon, it shall be a young bullock

without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish.

Ezek. 46:7 And he shall prepare a meat offering: an ephah for a bullock,

and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain

unto, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

Ezek. 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 forth by the way thereof.

Ezek. 46:9 But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in

the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to

worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by

the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate; he

shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go

forth over against it.

Ezek. 46:10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go

in, and when they go forth, shall go forth.

Ezek. 46:11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities, the meat offering shall

be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is

able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

Ezek. 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 looketh toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and

his peace offerings as he did on the sabbath day; then he shall go forth; and

after his going forth, one shall shut the gate.

Ezek. 46:13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a

lamb of the first year without blemish; thou shalt prepare it every morning.

Ezek. 46:14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning,

the sixth part of an ephah and the third part of a hin of oil, to temper with

the fine flour--a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the

Lord.

Ezek. 46:15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and

the oil every morning for a continual burnt offering.

Ezek. 46:16 Thus saith the Lord God: If the prince give a gift unto any of

his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their

possession by inheritance.

Ezek. 46:17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants,

then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after, it shall return to the prince;

but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.

Ezek. 46:18 Moreover, the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance

by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his

sons inheritance out of his own possession, that my people be not scattered,

every man from his possession.

Ezek. 46:19 After, he brought me through the entry, which was at the side

of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the

north; and behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.

Ezek. 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

meat offering, that they bear them not out into the outer court, to sanctify

the people.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 46:22 In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of

forty cubits long and thirty broad; these four corners were of one measure.

Ezek. 46:23 And there was a row of building round about in them, round

about them four; and it was made with boiling places under the rows round

about.

Ezek. 46:24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil,

where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

Ezek. Chapter 47

Healing of the waters--Division of the land

Ezek. 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 forefront of the house stood toward the east; and the waters came

down from under, from the right side of the house, at the south side of the

altar.

Ezek. 47:2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward and

led me about the way without unto the outer gate by the way that looketh

eastward; and behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

Ezek. 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 to the ankles.

Ezek. 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 loins.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 47:6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he

brought me and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 47:8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east

country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea--which being

brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

Ezek. 47:9 And it shall come to pass that everything that liveth, which

moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live; and there shall be a

very great multitude of fish because these waters shall come thither; for

they shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh.

Ezek. 47:10 And it shall come to pass that the fishers shall stand upon it

from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth

nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea,

exceeding many.

Ezek. 47:11 But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not

be healed; they shall be given to salt.

Ezek. 47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that

side, shall grow all trees for meat whose leaf shall not fade; neither shall the

fruit thereof be consumed; it shall bring forth new fruit according to his

months because their waters, they issued out of the sanctuary; and the fruit

thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

Ezek. 47:13 Thus saith the Lord God: This shall be the border, whereby ye

shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall

have two portions.

Ezek. 47:14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another, concerning the

which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers; and this land shall

fall unto you for inheritance.

Ezek. 47:15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side,

from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad--

Ezek. 47:16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of

Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast

of Hauran.

Ezek. 47:17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of

Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is

the north side.

Ezek. 47:18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from

Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the

border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 47:20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a

man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.

Ezek. 47:21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of

Israel.

Ezek. 47:22 And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an

inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which

shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as born in the

country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you

among the tribes of Israel.

Ezek. 47:23 And it shall come to pass that, in what tribe the stranger

sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. Chapter 48

Allocation of the land

Ezek. 48:1 Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the

coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the

border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his

sides east and west, a portion for Dan.

Ezek. 48:2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side,

a portion for Asher.

Ezek. 48:3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the

west side, a portion for Naphtali.

Ezek. 48:4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west

side, a portion for Manasseh.

Ezek. 48:5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west

side, a portion for Ephraim.

Ezek. 48:6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the

west side, a portion for Reuben.

Ezek. 48:7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west

side, a portion for Judah.

Ezek. 48:8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west

side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand

reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side

unto the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

Ezek. 48:9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the Lord shall be of five

and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth.

Ezek. 48:10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation:

toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west

ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and

toward the south five and twenty thousand in length; and the sanctuary of

the Lord shall be in the midst thereof.

Ezek. 48:11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of

Zadok, which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the

children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

Ezek. 48:12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them

a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.

Ezek. 48:13 And over against the border of the priests, the Levites shall

have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth; all

the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

Ezek. 48:14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the

firstfruits of the land; for it is holy unto the Lord.

Ezek. 48:15 And the five thousand that are left in the breadth over against

the five and twenty thousand shall be a profane place for the city, for

dwelling, and for suburbs; and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

Ezek. 48:16 And these shall be the measures thereof: the north side four

thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five

hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west

side four thousand and five hundred.

Ezek. 48:17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two

hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward

the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

Ezek. 48:18 And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy

portion shall be ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward; and it

shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase

thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city.

Ezek. 48:19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of

Israel.

Ezek. 48:20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and

twenty thousand; ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the

possession of the city.

Ezek. 48:21 And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on

the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against

the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and

westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border,

over against the portion for the prince; and it shall be the holy oblation; and

the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.

Ezek. 48:22 Moreover, from the possession of the Levites and from the

possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's,

between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the

prince.

Ezek. 48:23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west

side, Benjamin shall have a portion.

Ezek. 48:24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the

west side, Simeon shall have a portion.

Ezek. 48:25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west

side, Issachar a portion.

Ezek. 48:26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west

side, Zebulun a portion.

Ezek. 48:27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west

side, Gad a portion.

Ezek. 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.

Ezek. 48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of

Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.

Ezek. 48:30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four

thousand and five hundred measures.

Ezek. 48:31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes

of Israel: three gates northward--one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one

gate of Levi.

Ezek. 48:32 And at the east side, four thousand and five hundred; and three

gates--and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

Ezek. 48:33 And at the south side, four thousand and five hundred

measures; and three gates--one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one

gate of Zebulun.

Ezek. 48:34 At the west side, four thousand and five hundred, with their

three gates--one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

Ezek. 48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures; and the name

of the city from that day shall be called Holy, for the Lord shall be there.

Daniel

Dan. Chapter 1

Babylonian captivity of Judah--Youth selected to be taught--Wisdom of

Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego

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 spake unto Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, that

he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and

of the princes,

Dan. 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favored, and skillful

in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and

such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they

might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

Dan. 1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat

and of the wine which he drank--so nourishing them three years, that at the

end thereof they might stand before the king.

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 Abed-nego.

Dan. 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself

with the portion of the king's meat nor with the wine which he drank;

therefore, he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile

himself.

Dan. 1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love 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 hath appointed your meat and your drink. For why should he

see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? Then

shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

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 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us

pulse to eat and water to drink.

Dan. 1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the

countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat; and as

thou seest, deal with thy servants.

Dan. 1:14 So he consented to them in this matter and proved them ten days.

Dan. 1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer

and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the

king's meat.

Dan. 1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat and the wine

that they should drink and gave them pulse.

Dan. 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill

in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and

dreams.

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 communed 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.

Dan. Chapter 2

Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the great image--God's

kingdom--Daniel becomes a ruler in Babylon

Dan. 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,

Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled and his

sleep brake from him.

Dan. 2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the

astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans for to show the king his

dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

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 spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriac, O King, live

forever; tell thy 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 ye will not make known unto me the dream with the

interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be

made a dunghill.

Dan. 2:6 But if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall

receive of me gifts, and rewards, and great honor; therefore, show me the

dream and the interpretation thereof.

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 ye would

gain the time because ye see the thing is gone from me.

Dan. 2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one

decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak

before me till the time be changed; therefore, tell me the dream, and I shall

know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.

Dan. 2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a

man upon the earth that can show 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 requireth, and there is none

other that can show 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, which was 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 changeth the times and the seasons; he removeth kings

and setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise and knowledge to

them that know understanding;

Dan. 2:22 He revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in

the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

Dan. 2:23 I thank thee and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast

given me wisdom and might and hast made known unto me now what we

desired of thee; for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.

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, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have

seen and the interpretation thereof?

Dan. 2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret

which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the

magicians, the soothsayers, show unto the king;

Dan. 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets and maketh

known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy

dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these;

Dan. 2:29 As for thee, O King, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy

bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets

maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

Dan. 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom

that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known

the interpretation to the king and that thou mightest know the thoughts of

thy heart.

Dan. 2:31 Thou, O King, sawest and behold, a great image. This great

image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form

thereof was terrible.

Dan. 2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of

silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

Dan. 2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

Dan. 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which

smote the image upon his feet, that were of iron and clay, and brake them to

pieces.

Dan. 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold

broken to pieces together and became like the chaff of the summer

threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found

for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain and

filled the whole earth.

Dan. 2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof

before the king.

Dan. 2:37 Thou, O King, art a king of kings; for the God of heaven hath

given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

Dan. 2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the

field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand and hath

made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

Dan. 2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee, and

another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

Dan. 2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, forasmuch as

iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that breaketh all

these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

Dan. 2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay

and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the

strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry

clay.

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 whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall

mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to

another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

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 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the

mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the

clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God hath made known to the king

what shall come to pass hereafter; and the dream is certain, and the

interpretation thereof sure.

Dan. 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshiped

Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors

unto him.

Dan. 2:47 The king answered unto Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your

God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing

thou couldest reveal this secret.

Dan. 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and he 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 Abed-nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but

Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

Dan. Chapter 3

Nebuchadnezzar makes a golden image--Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-

nego cast into the fiery furnace--God's deliverance--The king's decree

Dan. 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar, the king, made an image of gold, whose height

was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the

plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Dan. 3:2 Then Nebuchadnezzar, the king, sent to gather together the

princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the

counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the

dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar, the king, had set up.

Dan. 3:3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the

treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces

were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that

Nebuchadnezzar, the king, had set up; and they stood before the image that

Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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 ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,

sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and

worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar, the king, hath set up;

Dan. 3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshipeth 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

cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, 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 Wherefore, at that time certain Chaldeans came near and accused

the Jews.

Dan. 3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O King, live

forever.

Dan. 3:10 Thou, O King, hast made a decree that every man that shall hear

the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all

kinds of music shall fall down and worship the golden image;

Dan. 3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshipeth, that he should be

cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Dan. 3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the

province of Babylon--Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O

King, have not regarded thee; they serve not thy gods nor worship the

golden image which thou hast set up.

Dan. 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, in his rage and fury, commanded to bring

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before

the king.

Dan. 3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego? Do not ye serve my gods nor worship

the golden image which I have set up?

Dan. 3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the

cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music,

ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, well. But if ye

worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery

furnace. And who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

Dan. 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the

king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee 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 thine hand, O King.

Dan. 3:18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O King, that we will not serve

thy gods nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

Dan. 3:19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his

visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; therefore,

he spake and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times

more than it was wont to be heated.

Dan. 3:20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army

to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego and to cast them into the

burning fiery furnace.

Dan. 3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their

hats, and their other garments and were cast into the midst of the burning

fiery furnace.

Dan. 3:22 Therefore, because the king's commandment was urgent and the

furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

Dan. 3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 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 spake, 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 have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like

the Son of God.

Dan. 3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning

fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye

servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came forth of the midst of the fire.

Dan. 3:27 And the princes, governors, and captains, 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 changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

Dan. 3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel and delivered

his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and

yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god except

their own God.

Dan. 3:29 Therefore, I make a decree: That every people, nation, and

language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach,

Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be

made a dunghill; because there is no other God that can deliver after this

sort.

Dan. 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in

the province of Babylon.

Dan. Chapter 4

Nebuchadnezzar tells his dream of a tree cut down--Daniel's interpretation-

-The dream is fulfilled--Nebuchadnezzar praises God

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 high God

hath wrought toward 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 mine 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 the interpretation thereof.

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 thee and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the

visions of my dream that I have seen and the interpretation thereof.

Dan. 4:10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed: I saw and behold,

a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

Dan. 4:11 The tree grew and was strong, and the height thereof reached

unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth;

Dan. 4:12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it

was meat for all; the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls

of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

Dan. 4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a

watcher and a holy one came down from heaven;

Dan. 4:14 He cried aloud and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off his

branches; shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit; let the beasts get away

from under it, and the fowls from his branches;

Dan. 4:15 Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with

a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet

with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of

the earth;

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 matter is by the decree of the watchers and the demand by

the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the

Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he

will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

Dan. 4:18 This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now thou, O

Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise

men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation;

but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.

Dan. 4:19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for

one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake and said,

Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation thereof trouble thee.

Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate

thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

Dan. 4:20 The tree that thou sawest--which grew and was strong, whose

height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth,

Dan. 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was

meat for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose

branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation--

Dan. 4:22 It is thou, O King, that art grown and become strong; for thy

greatness is grown and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end

of the earth.

Dan. 4:23 And whereas 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 the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and

brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of

heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field till seven times

pass over him--

Dan. 4:24 This is the interpretation, O King, and this is the decree of the

Most High, which is come upon my lord, the king:

Dan. 4:25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be

with the beasts of the field; and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen,

and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass

over thee till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men

and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Dan. 4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree

roots, thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee after that thou shalt have known

that the heavens do rule.

Dan. 4:27 Wherefore, O King, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and

break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy

to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.

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 spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have

built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the

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 thee it is spoken: The kingdom

is departed from thee.

Dan. 4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be

with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen; and

seven times shall pass over thee until thou know that the Most High ruleth

in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Dan. 4:33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and

he was driven from men and did eat grass as oxen; and his body was wet

with the dew of heaven till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers and his

nails like birds' claws.

Dan. 4:34 And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine

eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me; and I blessed

the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth 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

doeth according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants

of the earth. And none can stay his hand or say unto him, What doest thou?

Dan. 4:36 At the same time, my reason returned unto me; and for the glory

of my kingdom, mine 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.

Dan. Chapter 5

Daniel interprets the handwriting on the wall--Belshazzar is slain--Darius,

the Median, takes the kingdom

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 princes, his

wives and his concubines, might drink therein.

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

princes, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.

Dan. 5:4 They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of

brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Dan. 5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand and wrote

over against the candlestick 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 loins were loosed and his knees smote

one against another.

Dan. 5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans,

and the soothsayers. And the king spake and said to the wise men of

Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing and show me the interpretation

thereof shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his

neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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 the interpretation thereof.

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, by reason of the words of the king and his lords,

came into the banquet house; and the queen spake and said, O King, live

forever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee nor let thy countenance be

changed;

Dan. 5:11 There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy

gods; and in the days of thy father, light, and understanding, and wisdom--

like the wisdom of the gods--was found in him whom the king

Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the

magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.

Dan. 5:12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and

understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of hard sentences, and

dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel--whom the king named

Belteshazzar--now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

Dan. 5:13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake

and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel which art of the children of the

captivity of Judah, whom the king, my father, brought out of Jewry?

Dan. 5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee,

and that light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

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 the

interpretation thereof; but they could not show the interpretation of the

thing.

Dan. 5:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations

and dissolve doubts. Now if thou canst read the writing and make known to

me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a

chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Dan. 5:17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be

to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto

the king and make known to him the interpretation.

Dan. 5:18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar, thy

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 asses; they fed him with

grass like oxen; and his body was wet with the dew of heaven--till he knew

that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men and that he appointeth

over it whomsoever he will.

Dan. 5:22 And thou, his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart,

though thou knewest all this,

Dan. 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they

have brought the vessels of his house before thee; and thou and thy lords,

thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast

praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone which

see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and

whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

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 thing--MENE: God hath

numbered thy kingdom and finished it.

Dan. 5:27 TEKEL: Thou art weighed in the balances and art found

wanting.

Dan. 5:28 UPHARSIN: Thy 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 Median, took the kingdom, being about

threescore and two years old.

Dan. Chapter 6

Darius makes idolatrous decree--Daniel is cast into the lions' den--Darius

proclaims God's dominion

Dan. 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty

princes, which should be over the whole kingdom,

Dan. 6:2 And over these, three presidents, of whom Daniel was first, that

the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no

damage.

Dan. 6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes

because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over

the whole realm.

Dan. 6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against

Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor

fault, forasmuch as he was faithful; neither was there any error or fault

found in him.

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 princes 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 princes,

the counselors and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal

statute and to make a firm decree that whosoever shall ask a petition of any

god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O King, he shall be cast into the

den of lions.

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 altereth

not.

Dan. 6:9 Wherefore, King Darius signed the writing and the 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 aforetime.

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 spake before the king concerning the

king's decree: Hast thou not signed a decree that every man that shall ask a

petition of any god or man within thirty days, save of thee, O King, shall be

cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true,

according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Dan. 6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which

is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O King, nor

the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

Dan. 6:14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased

with himself and set his heart on Daniel, to deliver him; and he labored till

the going down of the sun to deliver him.

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 establisheth 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 spake and said unto Daniel, Thy

God, whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

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 lamentable voice

unto Daniel; and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the

living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee

from the lions?

Dan. 6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O King, live forever.

Dan. 6:22 My God hath sent his angel and hath shut the lions' mouths, that

they have not hurt me, forasmuch as before him innocency was found in

me; and also before thee, O King, have I done no hurt.

Dan. 6:23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him and commanded that

they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the

den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him because he believed in his

God.

Dan. 6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which

had accused Daniel; and they cast them into the den of lions--them, their

children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them and brake

all their bones in pieces before they 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

steadfast forever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed and his

dominion shall be even unto the end.

Dan. 6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in

heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

Dan. 6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign

of Cyrus, the Persian.

Dan. Chapter 7

Daniel's vision of four beasts and God's everlasting kingdom

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 spake 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 the

wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made

stand upon the feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.

Dan. 7:5 And behold, another beast, a second, like to a bear; and it raised

up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the

teeth of it; and they said thus unto it, Arise; devour much flesh.

Dan. 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo, another, like a leopard, which had upon

the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and

dominion was given to it.

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 brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it;

and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten

horns.

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 cast down, and the Ancient of days

did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the

pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning

fire.

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 spake; 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, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron,

and his nails of brass, which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the

residue with his feet--

Dan. 7:20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other

which came up and before whom three fell, even of that horn that had eyes

and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than

his fellows.

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 judgment 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 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my

cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me; but I

kept the matter in my heart.

Dan. Chapter 8

Daniel's vision of a ram and a he goat--Gabriel interprets the vision

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 Ulai.

Dan. 8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood

before the river a ram which had two horns; and the two horns were high;

but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

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 he goat came from the west

on the face of the whole earth and touched not the ground; and the goat had

a notable horn between his eyes.

Dan. 8:6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen

standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.

Dan. 8:7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with

choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns; and there

was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the

ground and stamped upon him; and there was none that could deliver the

ram out of his hand.

Dan. 8:8 Therefore, the he goat waxed very great; and when he was strong,

the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the

four winds of heaven.

Dan. 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed

exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the

pleasant land.

Dan. 8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down

some of the host and of the stars to the ground and stamped upon them.

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 against the daily sacrifice by reason of

transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced and

prospered.

Dan. 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking; and another saint said unto that

certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily

sacrifice and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and

the host to be trodden underfoot?

Dan. 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto 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 as 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; for

at 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 on my

face toward the ground; but he touched me and set me upright.

Dan. 8:19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the

last end of the indignation; for at the time appointed, the end shall be.

Dan. 8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of

Media and Persia.

Dan. 8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia; and the great horn that

is between his eyes is the first king.

Dan. 8:22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four

kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation but not in his power.

Dan. 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors

are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark

sentences, shall stand up.

Dan. 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he

shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy

the mighty and the holy people.

Dan. 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his

hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart and by peace shall destroy

many; he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be

broken without hand.

Dan. 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is

true; wherefore, shut thou up the vision, for it shall be for many days.

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.

Dan. Chapter 9

Daniel prays for the restoration of Israel--Gabriel prophesies of the seventy

weeks and the Messiah

Dan. 9:1 In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the

Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans--

Dan. 9:2 In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood by books the

number of the years whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, the

prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of

Jerusalem.

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 dreadful 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 thy precepts and from

thy judgments;

Dan. 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants, the prophets, which

spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the

people of the land.

Dan. 9:7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion

of faces, as at this day--to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of

Jerusalem, and unto all Israel that are near and that are far off, through all

the countries whither thou hast driven them because of their trespass that

they have trespassed against thee.

Dan. 9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our

princes, and to our fathers because we have sinned against thee.

Dan. 9:9 To the Lord, our God, belong mercies and forgiveness, 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 thy law, even by departing, that

they might not obey thy voice; therefore, the curse is poured upon us, and

the oath that is written in the law of Moses, the servant of God, because we

have sinned against him.

Dan. 9:12 And he hath confirmed his words which he spake against us and

against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; for

under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon

Jerusalem.

Dan. 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us;

yet made we not our prayer before the Lord, our God, that we might turn

from our iniquities and understand thy truth.

Dan. 9:14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil and brought it

upon us; for the Lord, our God, is righteous in all his works which he doeth;

for we obeyed not his voice.

Dan. 9:15 And now, O Lord, our God, that hast brought thy people forth

out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and hast gotten thee renown, as

at this day, we have sinned; we have done wickedly.

Dan. 9:16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let

thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy

mountain; because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers,

Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

Dan. 9:17 Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant and his

supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is

desolate, for the Lord's sake.

Dan. 9:18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and

behold our desolations and the city which is called by thy name; for we do

not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy

great mercies.

Dan. 9:19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer

not, for thine own sake, O my God; for thy city and thy people are called by

thy name.

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,

touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

Dan. 9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I

am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

Dan. 9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came

forth, and I am come to show thee; for thou art greatly beloved; therefore

understand the matter, and consider the vision.

Dan. 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy

holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to

make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness,

and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.

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 troublous 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 the end thereof 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 oblation to

cease; and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate,

even until the consummation; and that determined shall be poured upon the

desolate.

Dan. Chapter 10

Daniel fasts, sees a vision, and is comforted by an angel

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 bread; neither came flesh 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 mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man

clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz;

Dan. 10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance

of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in

color to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a

multitude.

Dan. 10:7 And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men that were with

me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them so that they fled

to hide themselves.

Dan. 10:8 Therefore, I was left alone and saw this great vision, and there

remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into

corruption, and I retained no strength.

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, and my face toward the

ground.

Dan. 10:10 And behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees

and upon the palms of my hands,

Dan. 10:11 And said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand

the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for unto thee am I now

sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

Dan. 10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day

that thou didst set thine heart to understand and to chasten thyself before thy

God, thy words were heard; and I am come for thy words.

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; and

I remained there with the kings of Persia.

Dan. 10:14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy

people in the latter days; for yet the vision is for many days.

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 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.

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 like the appearance

of a man, and he strengthened me,

Dan. 10:19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not; peace be unto thee;

be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was

strengthened and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

Dan. 10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? And

now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I am gone

forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

Dan. 10:21 But I will show thee that which is noted in the scripture of

truth; and there is none that holdeth with me in these things but Michael,

your prince.

Dan. Chapter 11

Leagues and warfare among various nations

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 thee the truth: Behold, there shall stand up

yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all; and

by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of

Grecia.

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, and not to his posterity

nor according to his dominion which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be

plucked up, even for others besides those.

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 in the end of years, they shall join themselves together; for

the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make

an agreement; but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he

stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and

he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

Dan. 11:7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate,

which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king

of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail,

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 choler, and shall

come forth, and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall

set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

Dan. 11:12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be

lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands, but he shall not be

strengthened by it.

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 riches.

Dan. 11:14 And in those times, there shall many stand up against the king

of the south; also, the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to

establish the vision; but they shall fall.

Dan. 11:15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and

take the most fenced cities; and the arms of the south shall not withstand,

neither his chosen people; neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

Dan. 11:16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own

will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious

land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

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, corrupting her; but she shall not stand on his side,

neither be for him.

Dan. 11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles and shall take

many; but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by

him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.

Dan. 11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land; but

he shall stumble, and fall, and not be found.

Dan. 11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of

the kingdom; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger nor

in battle.

Dan. 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they

shall not give the honor of the kingdom; but he shall come in peaceably and

obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Dan. 11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from

before him and shall be broken, yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Dan. 11:23 And after the league made with him, he shall work deceitfully;

for he shall come up and shall become strong with a small people.

Dan. 11:24 He shall enter peaceably, even upon the fattest places of the

province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his

fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches;

yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strongholds, even 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 forecast devices against him.

Dan. 11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him;

and his army shall overflow, and many shall fall down slain.

Dan. 11:27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they

shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper, for yet the end shall be

at the time appointed.

Dan. 11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his

heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits and return

to his own land.

Dan. 11:29 At the time appointed, he shall return and come toward the

south; but it shall not be as the former or as the latter.

Dan. 11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him; therefore, he

shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant;

so shall he do; he shall even return and have intelligence with them that

forsake the holy covenant.

Dan. 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the

sanctuary of strength and shall take away the daily sacrifice; and they shall

place the abomination that maketh desolate.

Dan. 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall be corrupt

by flatteries; but the people that do know their God shall be strong and do

exploits.

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 spoil,

many days.

Dan. 11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help;

but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

Dan. 11:35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and

to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end, because it is

yet for a time appointed.

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 marvelous

things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be

accomplished; for that that is determined shall be done.

Dan. 11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of

women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above all.

Dan. 11:38 But in his estate shall he honor the God of forces; and a god

whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with

precious stones, and pleasant things.

Dan. 11:39 Thus shall he do in the most strongholds with a strange god,

whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory; and he shall cause

them to rule over many and shall divide the land for gain.

Dan. 11:40 And at the time of the end, shall the king of the south push at

him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with

chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into

the countries, and shall overflow, and pass over.

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 the chief of the children of Ammon.

Dan. 11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon 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 be at his steps.

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 utterly to

make away many.

Dan. 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the

seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none

shall help him.

Dan. Chapter 12

Michael shall deliver the righteous of Israel--Time of the end

Dan. 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which

standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble,

such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time; and at

that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone 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 be 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 thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to

the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be

increased.

Dan. 12:5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood other two--the

one on this side of the bank of the river and the other on that side of the

bank of the river.

Dan. 12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the

waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

Dan. 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters

of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven

and sware by him that liveth forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a

half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter 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 thy 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 tried; 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 maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand

two hundred and ninety days.

Dan. 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three

hundred and five and thirty days.

Dan. 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be; for thou shalt rest and stand

in thy lot at the end of the days.

Hosea

Hosea Chapter 1

Judgment for spiritual adultery--The restoration of Judah and Israel

Hosea 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:

Hosea 1:2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord

said to Hosea, Go take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of

whoredoms; for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from

the Lord.

Hosea 1:3 So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, which

conceived and bare him a son.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 1:5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of

Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

Hosea 1:6 And she conceived again and bare a daughter. And God said

unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon

the house of Israel, but I will utterly take them away.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 1:8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and bare

a son.

Hosea 1:9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my

people, and I will not be your God.

Hosea 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, Ye are not my people, there it

shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

Hosea 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

Judgment for idolatry--God will covenant with his people

Hosea 2:1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

Hosea 2:2 Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife; neither

am I her husband; let her, therefore, put away her whoredoms out of her

sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts,

Hosea 2:3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born,

and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with

thirst.

Hosea 2:4 And I will not have mercy upon her children, for they be the

children of whoredoms.

Hosea 2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them

hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers that give me

my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

Hosea 2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns and make

a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 2:8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil and

multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

Hosea 2:9 Therefore will I return and take away my corn in the time

thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and

my flax given to cover her nakedness.

Hosea 2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,

and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees whereof she hath

said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me. And I will make

them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

Hosea 2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she

burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her

jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.

Hosea 2:14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the

wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

Hosea 2:15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence and the valley of

Achor for a door of hope; and she shall sing there, as in the days of her

youth and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Hosea 2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call

me Ishi and shalt call me no more Baali.

Hosea 2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and

they shall no more be remembered by their name.

Hosea 2:18 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 break the bow, and the sword, and the battle out of

the earth and will make them to lie down safely.

Hosea 2:19 And I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee

unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in

mercies.

Hosea 2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt

know the Lord.

Hosea 2:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord.

I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

Hosea 2:22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and

they shall hear Jezreel.

Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy

upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were

not my people, Thou art my people. And they shall say, Thou art my God.

Hosea Chapter 3

Desolation of Israel comes before restoration

Hosea 3:1 Then said the Lord unto me, Go, yet love a woman beloved of

her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the

children of Israel, who look to other gods and love flagons of wine.

Hosea 3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer

of barley, and a half homer of barley;

Hosea 3:3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou

shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man; so will I

also be for thee.

Hosea 3:4 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;

Hosea 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

People are destroyed for lack of knowledge

Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel; for the Lord

hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth,

nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and

committing adultery they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Hosea 4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and everyone that dwelleth

therein shall languish with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of

heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Hosea 4:4 Yet let no man strive nor reprove another; for thy people are as

they that strive with the priest.

Hosea 4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall

fall with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou

hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest

to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy

children.

Hosea 4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me; therefore will

I change their glory into shame.

Hosea 4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their

iniquity.

Hosea 4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish

them for their ways and reward them their doings.

Hosea 4:10 For they shall eat and not have enough; they shall commit

whoredom and shall not increase because they have left off to take heed to

the Lord.

Hosea 4:11 Whoredom, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.

Hosea 4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth

unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they

have gone a whoring from under their God.

Hosea 4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains and burn incense

upon the hills, under oaks, and poplars, and elms, because the shadow

thereof is good; therefore, your daughters shall commit whoredom, and

your spouses shall commit adultery.

Hosea 4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom,

nor your spouses when they commit adultery; for themselves are separated

with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots; therefore, the people that doth

not understand shall fall.

Hosea 4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend;

and come not ye unto Gilgal; neither go ye up to Beth-aven nor swear, The

Lord liveth.

Hosea 4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer; now the Lord

will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

Hosea 4:18 Their drink is sour; they have committed whoredom

continually; her rulers with shame do love; give ye.

Hosea 4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be

ashamed because of their sacrifices.

Hosea Chapter 5

Israel shall fall because of their iniquities--God will return when they

confess their offense

Hosea 5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give

ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you because ye have

been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.

Hosea 5:2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have

been a rebuker of them all.

Hosea 5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O

Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

Hosea 5:4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God; for the

spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the

Lord.

Hosea 5:5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face; therefore shall

Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

Hosea 5:6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the

Lord, but they shall not find him. He hath withdrawn himself from them.

Hosea 5:7 They have dealt treacherously against the Lord, for they have

begotten strange children; now shall a month devour them with their

portions.

Hosea 5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; cry

aloud at Beth-aven after thee, O Benjamin.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 5:10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound;

therefore, I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

Hosea 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment because he

willingly walked after the commandment.

Hosea 5:12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of

Judah as rottenness.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 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 and go away; I will take away, and none

shall rescue him.

Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place till they acknowledge their

offense and seek my face; in their affliction they will seek me early.

Hosea Chapter 6

God calls Israel to repentance

Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn and will

heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Hosea 6:2 After two days will he revive us; in the third day he will raise us

up, and we shall live in his sight.

Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord; his going

forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as

the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Hosea 6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do

unto thee? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it

goeth away.

Hosea 6:5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them

by the words of my mouth; and thy judgments are as the light that goeth

forth.

Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God

more than burnt offerings.

Hosea 6:7 But they, like men, have transgressed the covenant; there have

they dealt treacherously against me.

Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity and is polluted with

blood.

Hosea 6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of

priests murder in the way by consent; for they commit lewdness.

Hosea 6:10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the

whoredom of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

Hosea 6:11 Also, O Judah, he hath set a harvest for thee when I returned

the captivity of my people.

Hosea Chapter 7

Reproof for manifold sins

Hosea 7:1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim

was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood;

and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

Hosea 7:2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their

wickedness; now their own doings have beset them about; they are before

my face.

Hosea 7:3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes

with their lies.

Hosea 7:4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who

ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough until it be leavened.

Hosea 7:5 In the day of our king, the princes have made him sick with

bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

Hosea 7:6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven while they lie

in wait; their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a

flaming fire.

Hosea 7:7 They are all hot as an oven and have devoured their judges; all

their kings are fallen; there is none among them that calleth unto me.

Hosea 7:8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a

cake not turned.

Hosea 7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not;

yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

Hosea 7:10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face; and they do not

return to the Lord, their God, nor seek him for all this.

Hosea 7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart; they call to

Egypt; they go to Assyria.

Hosea 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 hath heard.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 7:14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart when they

howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and

they rebel against me.

Hosea 7:15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they

imagine mischief against me.

Hosea 7:16 They return, but not to the Most High; they are like a deceitful

bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue; this

shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Hosea Chapter 8

Destruction is prophesied--Israel is scattered among the Gentiles

Hosea 8:1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against

the house of the Lord because they have transgressed my covenant and

trespassed against my law.

Hosea 8:2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

Hosea 8:3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good; the enemy shall pursue

him.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 8:5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled

against them. How long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

Hosea 8:6 For from Israel was it also; the workman made it; therefore, it is

not God; but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind;

it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, the strangers

shall swallow it up.

Hosea 8:8 Israel is swallowed up; now shall they be among the Gentiles as

a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

Hosea 8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself;

Ephraim hath hired lovers.

Hosea 8:10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I

gather them; and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of

princes.

Hosea 8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be

unto him to sin.

Hosea 8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were

counted as a strange thing.

Hosea 8:13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings and eat

it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity and

visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

Hosea 8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker and buildeth temples; and

Judah hath multiplied fenced cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and

it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Hosea Chapter 9

Israel is cast off for their corruption

Hosea 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people; for thou hast gone

a whoring from thy God; thou hast loved a reward upon every corn floor.

Hosea 9:2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new

wine shall fail in her.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord; neither shall they

be pleasing unto him; their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of

mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread for their soul

shall not come into the house of the Lord.

Hosea 9:5 What will ye do in the solemn day and in the day of the feast of

the Lord?

Hosea 9:6 For lo, they are gone because of destruction; Egypt shall gather

them up; Memphis shall bury them; the pleasant places for their silver,

nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

Hosea 9:7 The days of visitation are come; the days of recompense are

come; Israel shall know it; the prophet is a fool; the spiritual man is mad for

the multitude of thine iniquity and the great hatred.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah;

therefore, he will remember their iniquity; he will visit their sins.

Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers

as the first ripe in the fig tree at her first time; but they went to Baal-peor

and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were

according as they loved.

Hosea 9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the

birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

Hosea 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!

Hosea 9:13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place; but

Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

Hosea 9:14 Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give? Give them a

miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Hosea 9:15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them; for the

wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house; I will love

them no more; all their princes are revolters.

Hosea 9:16 Ephraim is smitten; their root is dried up; they shall bear no

fruit; yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of

their womb.

Hosea 9:17 My God will cast them away because they did not hearken unto

him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Hosea Chapter 10

Israel is reproved for idolatry

Hosea 10:1 Israel is an empty vine; he bringeth forth fruit unto himself;

according to the multitude of his fruit, he hath increased the altars;

according to the goodness of his land, they have made goodly images.

Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty; he shall

break down their altars; he shall spoil their images.

Hosea 10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not

the Lord. What then should a king do to us?

Hosea 10:4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a

covenant; thus, judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the

field.

Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of

Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it and the priests thereof

that rejoiced on it--for the glory thereof--because it is departed from it.

Hosea 10:6 It shall also be carried unto Assyria for a present to King Jareb;

Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own

counsel.

Hosea 10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah; there they

stood; the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake

them.

Hosea 10:10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people

shall be gathered against them when they shall bind themselves in their two

furrows.

Hosea 10:11 And Ephraim is as a heifer that is taught and loveth to tread

out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck; I will make Ephraim to

ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness; reap in mercy; break up

your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord till he come and rain

righteousness upon you.

Hosea 10:13 Ye have plowed wickedness; ye have reaped iniquity; ye have

eaten the fruit of lies because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of

thy mighty men.

Hosea 10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy

fortresses shall be spoiled as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of

battle; the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

Hosea 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

Israel's ingratitude--God's mercy

Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him and called my son

out of Egypt.

Hosea 11:2 As they called them, so they went from them; they sacrificed

unto Baalim and burned incense to graven images.

Hosea 11:3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they

knew not that I healed them.

Hosea 11:4 I drew them with the cords of a man, with bands of love; and I

was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto

them.

Hosea 11:5 He shall not return unto the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian

shall be his king because they refused to return.

Hosea 11:6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his

branches, and devour them because of their own counsels.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 11:8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? How shall I deliver thee,

Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim?

My heart is turned toward thee, and my mercies are extended to gather thee.

Hosea 11:9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger; I will not return

to destroy Ephraim, for I am God and not man--the Holy One in the midst

of thee; and I will not enter into the city.

Hosea 11:10 They shall walk after the Lord; he shall roar like a lion; when

he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

Hosea 11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of

the land of Assyria; and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.

Hosea 11:12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of

Israel with deceit; but Judah yet ruleth with God and is faithful with the

saints.

Hosea Chapter 12

Ephraim and Judah are reproved

Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind and followeth after the east wind; he

daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the

Assyrians; and oil is carried into Egypt.

Hosea 12:2 The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah and will punish

Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense

him.

Hosea 12:3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his

strength he had power with God.

Hosea 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 spake

with us,

Hosea 12:5 Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.

Hosea 12:6 Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and judgment, and

wait on thy God continually.

Hosea 12:7 He is a merchant; the balances of deceit are in his hand; he

loveth to oppress.

Hosea 12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich; I have found me out

substance; in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Hosea 12:9 And I that am the Lord, thy God, from the land of Egypt will

yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

Hosea 12:10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied

visions and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

Hosea 12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are vanity; they

sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of

the fields.

Hosea 12:12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for

a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Hosea 12:13 And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by

a prophet was he preserved.

Hosea 12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly; therefore shall

he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto

him.

Hosea Chapter 13

Ephraim's sin--God's anger--Redemption promised

Hosea 13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel;

but when he offended in Baal, he died.

Hosea 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 the craftsmen; they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice

kiss the calves.

Hosea 13:3 Therefore, they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early

dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of

the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Hosea 13:4 Yet I am the Lord, thy God, from the land of Egypt; and thou

shalt know no god but me; for there is no savior beside me.

Hosea 13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

Hosea 13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled,

and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

Hosea 13:7 Therefore, I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard by the way

will I observe them;

Hosea 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps and

will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lion; the

wild beast shall tear them.

Hosea 13:9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

Hosea 13:10 I will be thy king. Where is any other that may save thee in all

thy cities, and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

Hosea 13:11 I gave thee a king in mine anger and took him away in my

wrath.

Hosea 13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

Hosea 13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is

an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth

of children.

Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem

them from death; O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy

destruction; repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Hosea 13:15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall

come; the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness; and his

spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up; he shall spoil

the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

Hosea 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate, for she hath rebelled against

her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces,

and their women with child shall be ripped up.

Hosea Chapter 14

A call to repent and receive God's blessing

Hosea 14:1 O Israel, return unto the Lord, thy God, for thou hast fallen by

thine iniquity.

Hosea 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 render the calves of

our lips.

Hosea 14:3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither

will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee

the fatherless findeth mercy.

Hosea 14:4 I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely; for mine

anger is turned away from him.

Hosea 14:5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily and

cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Hosea 14:6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive

tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Hosea 14:7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive

as the corn and grow as the vine; the scent thereof shall be as the wine of

Lebanon.

Hosea 14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I

have heard him and observed him; I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy

fruit found.

Hosea 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 fall therein.

Joel

Joel Chapter 1

Joel describes God's judgments and calls for a fast

Joel 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:

Joel 1:2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land.

Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

Joel 1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children,

and their children another generation.

Joel 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and

that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which

the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

Joel 1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,

because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number,

whose teeth are as the teeth of a lion; and he hath the cheek teeth of a great

lion.

Joel 1:7 He hath laid my vine waste and barked my fig tree; he hath made it

clean bare and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

Joel 1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her

youth.

Joel 1:9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house

of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn.

Joel 1:10 The field is wasted; the land mourneth, for the corn is wasted; the

new wine is dried up; the oil languisheth.

Joel 1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for

the wheat and for the barley because the harvest of the field is perished.

Joel 1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the

pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree--even all the trees

of the field--are withered because joy is withered away from the sons of

men.

Joel 1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ye ministers of the

altar; come lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God; for the meat

offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast; call a solemn assembly; gather the elders and

all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord, your God, and cry

unto the Lord,

Joel 1:15 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 meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from

the house of our God?

Joel 1:17 The seed is rotten under their clods; the garners are laid desolate;

the barns are broken down, for the corn is withered.

Joel 1:18 How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed

because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

Joel 1:19 O Lord, to thee will I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures

of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

Joel 1:20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee; for the rivers of water

are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Joel Chapter 2

The day of the Lord--Joel calls for repentance--Blessings promised--Spirit

of God to be poured out

Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy

mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord

cometh, for it is nigh at hand--

Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick

darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains. A great people and a

strong, there hath not been ever the like; neither shall be any more after it,

even to the years of many generations.

Joel 2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth;

the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate

wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

Joel 2:4 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 devoureth the stubble, as a strong

people set in battle array.

Joel 2:6 Before their face, the people shall be much pained; all faces shall

gather blackness.

Joel 2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men

of war; and they shall march, everyone on his ways; and they shall not

break their ranks;

Joel 2:8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk, everyone in his

path; and when they fall upon the sword, 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 executeth his word; for the day of the Lord

is great and very terrible. And who can abide it?

Joel 2:12 Therefore, also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all

your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;

Joel 2:13 And rend your heart and not your garments, and repent, and turn

unto the Lord, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and

of great kindness; and he will turn away the evil from you.

Joel 2:14 Therefore repent; and who knoweth but he will return and leave a

blessing behind him, that you may offer a meat 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 suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go

forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Joel 2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch

and the altar; and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine

heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Wherefore

should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Joel 2:18 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 corn, and wine, and oil; and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I

will no more make you a reproach among the heathen;

Joel 2:20 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 east sea

and his hinder part toward the utmost sea; and his stink shall come up, and

his ill savor shall come up because he hath 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, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the

wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit; the fig tree and the vine

do yield their strength.

Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your

God; for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to

come down for you the rain--the former rain, and the latter rain in the first

month.

Joel 2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow

with wine and oil.

Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the

cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which

I sent among you.

Joel 2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of

the Lord, your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and my people

shall never be ashamed.

Joel 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel and that I am

the Lord, your God, and none else; and my people shall never be ashamed.

Joel 2:28 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 come.

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 hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall

call.

Joel Chapter 3

God's judgments against Israel's enemies--His blessings to Israel

Joel 3:1 For behold, in those days and in that time, when I shall bring again

the captivity 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 plead with them there for my people and for

my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations and parted

my land.

Joel 3:3 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 ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all

the coasts of Palestine? Will ye render me a recompense? And if ye

recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon

your own head,

Joel 3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold and have carried

into your temples my goodly pleasant things;

Joel 3:6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye

sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

Joel 3:7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye 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 hath spoken it.

Joel 3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles: Prepare war; wake up the

mighty men; let all the men of war draw near; let them come up;

Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into

spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

Joel 3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather

yourselves together round about; thither cause thy mighty ones to come

down, O Lord.

Joel 3:12 Let the heathen be wakened and come up to the valley of

Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

Joel 3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come get you down;

for the press is full; the fats overflow, for their wickedness is great.

Joel 3:14 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 ye know that I am the Lord, your God, dwelling in Zion,

my holy mountain; then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no

strangers pass through her any more.

Joel 3:18 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 of 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 dwelleth in Zion.

Amos

Amos Chapter 1

God's judgment on Israel's neighbors

Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa,

which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in

the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the

earthquake:

Amos 1:2 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 saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Damascus, and

for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they have

threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;

Amos 1:4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall

devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Amos 1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus and cut off the inhabitant

from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the scepter from the house of

Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the

Lord.

Amos 1:6 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Gaza, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they carried away

captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom;

Amos 1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the

palaces thereof;

Amos 1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that

holdeth the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn mine hand against

Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

Amos 1:9 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they delivered up

the whole captivity to Edom and remembered not the brotherly covenant;

Amos 1:10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour

the palaces thereof.

Amos 1:11 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof because he did pursue his

brother with the sword and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear

perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever;

Amos 1:12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the

palaces of Bozrah.

Amos 1:13 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of the children of

Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof because

they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might

enlarge their border;

Amos 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour

the palaces thereof with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the

day of the whirlwind;

Amos 1:15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes

together, saith the Lord.

Amos Chapter 2

God's wrath against Moab, Judah, and Israel

Amos 2:1 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Moab, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof because he burned the

bones of the king of Edom into lime.

Amos 2:2 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 the midst thereof and will slay

all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.

Amos 2:4 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they have

despised the law of the Lord and have not kept his commandments; and

their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked.

Amos 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces

of Jerusalem.

Amos 2:6 Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel, and for

four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof because they sold the

righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes,

Amos 2:7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor and

turn aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the

same maid, to profane my holy name;

Amos 2:8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by

every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their

god.

Amos 2:9 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 of your sons for prophets, and of your young

men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the

Lord.

Amos 2:12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink and commanded the

prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Amos 2:13 Behold, I am pressed under you as a cart is pressed that is full

of sheaves.

Amos 2:14 Therefore, the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong

shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

Amos 2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift

of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver

himself.

Amos 2:16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away

naked in that day, saith the Lord.

Amos Chapter 3

God's punishment upon Israel prophesied

Amos 3:1 Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children

of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of

Egypt, saying,

Amos 3:2 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 be agreed?

Amos 3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey? Will a young

lion cry out of his den if he have taken nothing?

Amos 3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth where no gin is for him?

Shall one take up a snare from the earth and have taken nothing at all?

Amos 3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city and the people not be afraid?

Shall there be evil in a city and the Lord hath not known it?

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing until he revealeth the secret

unto his servants, the prophets.

Amos 3:8 The lion hath roared. Who will not fear? The Lord God hath

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 the midst thereof and the oppressed in the midst

thereof.

Amos 3:10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up

violence and robbery in their palaces.

Amos 3:11 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God: An adversary there shall be

even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee,

and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

Amos 3:12 Thus saith the Lord: As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of

the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be taken

out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a

couch.

Amos 3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God,

the God of hosts,

Amos 3:14 That, in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel

upon him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar

shall be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and

the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,

saith the Lord.

Amos Chapter 4

God reproves Israel for refusing to return to him

Amos 4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of

Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their

masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Amos 4:2 The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness that, lo, the days shall

come upon you that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity

with fishhooks.

Amos 4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, everyone before his enemy;

and ye shall be cast out of your palaces, saith 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 thus do ye, O ye children of Israel, saith

the Lord God.

Amos 4:6 Therefore, I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your

cities and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto

me, saith the Lord.

Amos 4:7 And also I have withholden the rain from you when there were

yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city and

caused it not to rain upon another city; one piece was rained upon, and the

piece whereupon it rained not withered.

Amos 4:8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, but

they were not satisfied; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

Amos 4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew; when your gardens,

and your vineyards, and your fig trees, and your olive trees increased, the

palmerworm devoured them; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the

Lord.

Amos 4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt;

your young men have I slain with the sword and have taken away your

horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your

nostrils; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

Amos 4:11 I have overthrown some of you as God overthrew Sodom and

Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning; yet have

ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

Amos 4:12 Therefore, thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; and because I will

do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Amos 4:13 For lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind,

and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning

darkness and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, the Lord, the God

of hosts, is his name.

Amos Chapter 5

A call to seek God and live

Amos 5:1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a

lamentation, O house of Israel.

Amos 5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise; she is

forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

Amos 5:3 For thus saith the Lord God: The city that went out by a thousand

shall leave a hundred, and that which went forth by a hundred shall leave

ten to the house of Israel.

Amos 5:4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and

ye shall live.

Amos 5:5 But seek not Bethel nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-

sheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to

naught.

Amos 5:6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live, lest he break out like fire in the

house of Joseph and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

Amos 5:7 Ye, who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off righteousness

in the earth,

Amos 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the

shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night--that

calleth for the waters of the sea and poureth them out upon the face of the

earth; the Lord is his name,

Amos 5:9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the

spoiled shall come against the fortress.

Amos 5:10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that

speaketh uprightly.

Amos 5:11 Forasmuch, therefore, as your treading is upon the poor and ye

take from him burdens of wheat, ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye

shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not

drink wine of them.

Amos 5:12 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 ye may live; and so the Lord, the

God of hosts, shall be with you as ye have spoken.

Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the

gate; it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant

of Joseph.

Amos 5:16 Therefore, the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus:

Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas!

alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning and such as are

skillful of lamentation to wailing.

Amos 5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing, for I will pass through

thee, saith 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 smell in your

solemn assemblies.

Amos 5:22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I

will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat

beasts.

Amos 5:23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not

hear the melody of thy viols.

Amos 5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a

mighty stream.

Amos 5:25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the

wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun,

your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Amos 5:27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond

Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.

Amos Chapter 6

Desolation and captivity to come

Amos 6:1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and trust in the mountain of

Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel

came!

Amos 6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath

the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Be they better than these

kingdoms, or their border greater than your border?

Amos 6:3 Ye 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 themselves upon their

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 viol and invent to themselves

instruments of music, like David;

Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves 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 hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord, the God of

hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob and hate his palaces; therefore will I

deliver up the city with all that is therein.

Amos 6:9 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 burneth him, to

bring out the bones out of the house, and that say unto him that is by the

sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? And he shall say, No. Then

shall he say, Hold thy tongue, for we may not make mention of the name of

the Lord.

Amos 6:11 For behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great

house with breaches and the little house with clefts.

Amos 6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? Will one plow there with oxen?

For ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into

hemlock;

Amos 6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of naught, which say, Have we not

taken to us horns by our own strength?

Amos 6:14 But behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of

Israel, saith the Lord, the God of hosts, and they shall afflict you from the

entering in of Hamath unto the river of the wilderness.

Amos Chapter 7

Grasshoppers, fire, and a plumb line

Amos 7:1 Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me: And behold, he formed

grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and

lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

Amos 7:2 And it came to pass that when they had made an end of eating

the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee. By

whom shall Jacob arise? For he is small.

Amos 7:3 And the Lord said concerning Jacob: Jacob shall repent for this;

therefore, I will not utterly destroy him, saith the Lord.

Amos 7:4 Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me: And behold, the Lord

God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep and did eat up

a part.

Amos 7:5 Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee. By whom shall

Jacob arise? For he is small.

Amos 7:6 And the Lord said concerning Jacob: Jacob shall repent of his

wickedness; therefore, I will not utterly destroy him, saith the Lord God.

Amos 7:7 Thus he showed me: And behold, the Lord stood upon a wall

made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.

Amos 7:8 And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said,

A plumb line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the

midst of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more;

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 hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of

Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.

Amos 7:11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and

Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

Amos 7:12 Also, Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go flee thee away

into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there;

Amos 7:13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's

chapel, and it is the king's court.

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 herdman 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 thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest,

Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of

Isaac.

Amos 7:17 Therefore, thus saith the Lord: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the

city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land

shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land; and Israel

shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

Amos Chapter 8

An end for Israel--A famine of hearing God's word

Amos 8:1 Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me: And behold, a basket

of summer fruit.

Amos 8:2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of

summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my

people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

Amos 8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith

the Lord God; there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall

cast them forth with silence.

Amos 8:4 Hear this, O ye 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 corn,

and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat--making the ephah small, and

the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit--

Amos 8:6 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 hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will

never forget any of their works.

Amos 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn that

dwelleth therein? And it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast

out and drowned as by the flood of Egypt.

Amos 8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I

will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the

clear day;

Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs

into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins and baldness

upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son and the

end thereof as a bitter day.

Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a

famine in the land--not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but of

hearing the words of the Lord;

Amos 8:12 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, Thy god, O Dan,

liveth, and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth, even they shall fall and never

rise up again.

Amos Chapter 9

Israel's desolation--Restoration of the tabernacle and Israel

Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the

lintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head, all of

them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword; he that fleeth of them

shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

Amos 9:2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them;

though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down;

Amos 9:3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will

search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in

the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite

them;

Amos 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence

will I command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set mine eyes

upon them for evil and not for good.

Amos 9:5 And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it

shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly

like a flood and shall be drowned as by the flood of Egypt.

Amos 9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven and hath founded

his troop in the earth--he that calleth for the waters of the sea and poureth

them out upon the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.

Amos 9:7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of

Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt,

and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Amos 9:8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon a sinful kingdom, and

I will destroy it from off the face of the earth--saving that I will not utterly

destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.

Amos 9:9 For lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among

all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve; yet shall not the least grain fall

upon the earth.

Amos 9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say,

The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Amos 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen

and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will

build it as in the days of old,

Amos 9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom and of all the

heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.

Amos 9:13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall

overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the

mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

Amos 9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and

they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; and they shall plant

vineyards and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens and eat

the fruit of them.

Amos 9:15 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, saith the Lord, thy

God.

Obadiah

Obad. Chapter 1

Destruction of Edom--Deliverance in Zion

Obad. 1:1 The vision of Obadiah: Thus saith the Lord God concerning

Edom: We have heard a rumor from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent

among the heathen. Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

Obad. 1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen; thou art

greatly despised.

Obad. 1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in

the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, that saith in his heart, Who

shall bring me down to the ground?

Obad. 1:4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle and though thou set thy

nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

Obad. 1:5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night--how art thou cut

off!--would they not have stolen till they had enough? If the grape gatherers

came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

Obad. 1:6 How are the things of Esau searched out! How are his hidden

things sought up!

Obad. 1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the

border; the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee and

prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee;

there is none understanding in him.

Obad. 1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men

out of Edom and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Obad. 1:9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end

that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

Obad. 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover

thee; and thou shalt be cut off forever.

Obad. 1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that

the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his

gates and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

Obad. 1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in

the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over

the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou

have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Obad. 1:13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in

the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their

affliction in the day of their calamity nor have laid hands on their substance

in the day of their calamity;

Obad. 1:14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off

those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those

of his that did remain in the day of distress.

Obad. 1:15 For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen; as thou

hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy reward shall return upon thine own

head.

Obad. 1:16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the

heathen drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow

down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

Obad. 1:17 But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be

holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

Obad. 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 in them

and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau,

for the Lord hath spoken it.

Obad. 1:19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they

of the plain, the Philistines; and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and

the fields of Samaria; and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

Obad. 1:20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall

possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of

Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

Obad. 1:21 And saviors shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount

of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

Jonah

Jonah Chapter 1

Jonah flees to avoid preaching at Nineveh--He is swallowed by a great fish

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 is 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 the fare thereof 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 into the sea, and there was a

mighty tempest in the sea so that the ship was like 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 was gone down into the sides of the ship, and he lay and

was fast asleep.

Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him and said unto him, What meanest

thou, O sleeper? Arise; call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon

us, that we perish not.

Jonah 1:7 And they said, everyone 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 thee, for whose cause

this evil is upon us. What is thine occupation? And whence comest thou?

What is thy country? And of what people art thou?

Jonah 1:9 And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the

God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

Jonah 1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid and said unto him, Why

hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the

Lord because he had told them.

Jonah 1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the

sea may be calm unto us? For the sea wrought and was tempestuous.

Jonah 1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the

sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you; for I know that for my sake this great

tempest is upon you.

Jonah 1:13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but

they could not, for the sea wrought and was tempestuous against them.

Jonah 1:14 Wherefore, they cried unto the Lord and said, We beseech thee,

O Lord, we beseech thee! Let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not

upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.

Jonah 1:15 So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the sea; and the

sea ceased from her 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

Prayer and deliverance of Jonah

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 mine affliction unto the Lord, and

he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

Jonah 2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep in the midst of the seas; and

the floods compassed me about; all thy billows and thy waves passed over

me.

Jonah 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again

toward thy holy temple.

Jonah 2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the depth

closed me round about; the weeds were wrapped about my head.

Jonah 2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her

bars was about me forever; yet hast thou brought up my life from

corruption, O Lord, my God.

Jonah 2:7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; and

my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

Jonah 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I

will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

Jonah 2:10 And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah

upon the dry land.

Jonah Chapter 3

Jonah preaches at Nineveh--The people repent

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 thee.

Jonah 3:3 So Jonah arose and went unto Nineveh according to the word of

the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

Jonah 3:4 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 him 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, everyone from his evil way and from

the violence that is in their hands.

Jonah 3:9 Who can tell, if we will repent and turn unto God, but he will

turn away from us his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way

and repented; and God turned away the evil that he had said he would bring

upon them.

Jonah Chapter 4

God reproves Jonah for his anger against Nineveh

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 thee, O Lord, was

not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore, I fled before

unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to

anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Jonah 4:3 Therefore, now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me;

for it is better for me to die than to live.

Jonah 4:4 Then said the Lord, Doest thou 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 him 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 gourd and made it to come up over

Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head to deliver him from his grief.

So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

Jonah 4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day;

and it smote the gourd, 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, 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, Doest thou well to be angry for the

gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

Jonah 4:10 Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd--for the

which thou hast not labored, neither madest 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, wherein are

more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their

right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?

Micah

Micah Chapter 1

Micah prophesies the desolation of Samaria and Jerusalem

MIcah 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:

MIcah 1:2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth and all that therein is; and

let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

MIcah 1:3 For behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will

come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

MIcah 1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys

shall be cleft, as wax before the fire and as the waters that are poured down

a steep place.

MIcah 1:5 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?

MIcah 1:6 Therefore, I will make Samaria as a heap of the field and as

plantings of a vineyard; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the

valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

MIcah 1:7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and

all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof

will I lay desolate; for she gathered it of the hire of a harlot, and they shall

return to the hire of a harlot.

MIcah 1:8 Therefore, I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked; I

will make a wailing like the dragons and mourning as the owls.

MIcah 1:9 For her wound is incurable, for it is come unto Judah; he is

come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

MIcah 1:10 Declare ye it not at Gath; weep ye not at all; in the house of

Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

MIcah 1:11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame

naked; the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-

ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.

MIcah 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good; but evil

came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.

MIcah 1:13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift

beast; she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion; for the

transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

MIcah 1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath; the

houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

MIcah 1:15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah; he

shall come unto Adullam, the glory of Israel.

MIcah 1:16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge

thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

Micah Chapter 2

God's reproof and promise to restore Jacob

MIcah 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.

MIcah 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.

MIcah 2:3 Therefore, thus saith the Lord: Behold, against this family do I

devise an evil from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye

go haughtily, for this time is evil.

MIcah 2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament

with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled; he hath changed

the portion of my people. How hath he removed it from me! Turning away,

he hath divided our fields.

MIcah 2:5 Therefore, thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in

the congregation of the Lord.

MIcah 2:6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy; they shall not

prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

MIcah 2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the

Lord straitened? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him

that walketh uprightly?

MIcah 2:8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy; ye pull off the

robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from

war.

MIcah 2:9 The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant

houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory forever.

MIcah 2:10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest; because it is

polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

MIcah 2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I

will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall even be the

prophet of this people.

MIcah 2:12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather

the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the

flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of the

multitude of men.

MIcah 2:13 The breaker is come up before them; they have broken up, and

have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it; and their king shall

pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.

Micah Chapter 3

Cruel leaders and false prophets bring destruction

MIcah 3:1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob and ye princes of

the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment--

MIcah 3:2 Who hate the good and love the evil; who pluck off their skin

from off them and their flesh from off their bones;

MIcah 3:3 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?

MIcah 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 ill in their doings.

MIcah 3:5 Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my

people err, that bite with their teeth and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not

into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:

MIcah 3:6 Therefore, night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a

vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun

shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

MIcah 3:7 Then shall the seers be ashamed and the diviners confounded;

yea, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer of God.

MIcah 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord, and of

judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression and to Israel

his sin.

MIcah 3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob and princes

of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment and pervert all equity.

MIcah 3:10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

MIcah 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof

teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money. Yet will they lean

upon the Lord and say, Is not the Lord among us? None evil can come upon

us.

MIcah 3:12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and

Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high

places of the forest.

Micah Chapter 4

Prophecy of the glory, peace, and power of Zion

MIcah 4:1 But in the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the

house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it

shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

MIcah 4:2 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 of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

MIcah 4:3 And he shall judge among many people and rebuke strong

nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their

spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up a sword against nation;

neither shall they learn war any more.

MIcah 4:4 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

hath spoken it.

MIcah 4:5 For all people will walk, everyone in the name of his god, and

we will walk in the name of the Lord, our God, forever and ever.

MIcah 4:6 In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I

will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;

MIcah 4:7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast

far off a strong nation; and the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion

from henceforth, even forever.

MIcah 4:8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter

of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall

come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

MIcah 4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? Is

thy counselor perished? For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.

MIcah 4:10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a

woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt

dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be

delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

MIcah 4:11 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let

her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

MIcah 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.

MIcah 4:13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thine

horn iron, and I will make thy hooves brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces

many people; and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their

substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Micah Chapter 5

Prophecy of Christ's birth--Remnant of Jacob among the Gentiles--

Judgments upon the heathen

MIcah 5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; he hath laid

siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the

cheek.

MIcah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the

thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be

ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

MIcah 5:3 Therefore will he give them up until the time that she which

travaileth hath brought forth; then the remnant of his brethren shall return

unto the children of Israel.

MIcah 5:4 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.

MIcah 5:5 And this man shall be the peace when the Assyrian shall come

into our land; and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise

against him seven shepherds and eight principal men.

MIcah 5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the

land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof; thus shall he deliver us from the

Assyrian when he cometh into our land and when he treadeth within our

borders.

MIcah 5:7 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 tarrieth not for

man nor waiteth for the sons of man.

MIcah 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, who, if he go through, both treadeth down

and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

MIcah 5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all

thine enemies shall be cut off.

MIcah 5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will

cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots;

MIcah 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land and throw down all thy

strongholds;

MIcah 5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt

have no more soothsayers.

MIcah 5:13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images

out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine

hands.

MIcah 5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will

I destroy thy cities.

MIcah 5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the

heathen such as they have not heard.

Micah Chapter 6

God's requirements for Israel

MIcah 6:1 Hear ye now what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou before the

mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

MIcah 6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, and ye strong

foundations of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with his people,

and he will plead with Israel.

MIcah 6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? And wherein have I

wearied thee? Testify against me.

MIcah 6:4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt and redeemed

thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and

Miriam.

MIcah 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak, king of Moab,

consulted, and what Balaam, the son of Beor, answered him from Shittim

unto Gilgal--that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

MIcah 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before

the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of

a year old?

MIcah 6:7 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?

MIcah 6:8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good. And what doth the

Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk

humbly with thy God?

MIcah 6:9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom

shall see thy name; hear ye the rod and who hath appointed it.

MIcah 6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the

wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

MIcah 6:11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances and with the

bag of deceitful weights?

MIcah 6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence; and the

inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their

mouth.

MIcah 6:13 Therefore, also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making

thee desolate because of thy sin.

MIcah 6:14 Thou shalt eat but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall

be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold but shalt not deliver; and

that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

MIcah 6:15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the

olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not

drink wine.

MIcah 6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the

house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels, that I should make thee a

desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; therefore, ye shall bear the

reproach of my people.

Micah Chapter 7

Israel's rebellion and desolation--God's compassion and pardon

MIcah 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 first ripe fruit.

MIcah 7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth; and there is none

upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his

brother with a net.

MIcah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince

asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his

mischievous desire; so they wrap it up.

MIcah 7:4 The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is sharper than a

thorn hedge; the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall

be their perplexity.

MIcah 7:5 Trust ye not in a friend; put ye not confidence in a guide; keep

the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

MIcah 7:6 For the son dishonoreth the father; the daughter riseth up against

her mother; the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies

are the men of his own house.

MIcah 7:7 Therefore, I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of

my salvation; my God will hear me.

MIcah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; when I fall, I shall arise;

when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

MIcah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned

against him, until he plead my cause and execute judgment for me; he will

bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

MIcah 7:10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it. And shame shall

cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord, thy God? Mine eyes shall

behold her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

MIcah 7:11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the

decree be far removed.

MIcah 7:12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and

from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from

sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

MIcah 7:13 Notwithstanding, the land shall be desolate because of them

that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

MIcah 7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which

dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan

and Gilead, as in the days of old.

MIcah 7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt

will I show unto him marvelous things.

MIcah 7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might; they

shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

MIcah 7:17 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 thee.

MIcah 7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity and

passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not

his anger forever because he delighteth in mercy.

MIcah 7:19 He will turn again; he will have compassion upon us; he will

subdue our iniquities. And thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the

sea.

MIcah 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob and the mercy to

Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Nahum

Nahum Chapter 1

The power, majesty, and goodness of God

Nahum 1:1 The burden of Nineveh: The book of the vision of Nahum, the

Elkoshite:

Nahum 1:2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth and

is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth

wrath for his enemies.

Nahum 1:3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power and will not at all

acquit the wicked; the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm,

and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Nahum 1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the

rivers; Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon

languisheth.

Nahum 1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is

burned at his presence, yea, the world and all that dwell therein.

Nahum 1:6 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.

Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he

knoweth them that trust in him.

Nahum 1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the

place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Nahum 1:9 What do ye imagine against the Lord? He will make an utter

end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

Nahum 1:10 For while they be folded together as thorns and while they are

drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Nahum 1:11 There is one come out of thee that imagineth evil against the

Lord, a wicked counselor.

Nahum 1:12 Thus saith the Lord: Though they be quiet, and likewise

many, yet thus shall they be cut down when he shall pass through. Though I

have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

Nahum 1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee and will burst thy

bonds in sunder.

Nahum 1:14 And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee,

that no more of thy name be sown; out of the house of thy gods will I cut

off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou

art vile.

Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good

tidings, that publisheth peace; O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts; perform thy

vows; for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Nahum Chapter 2

Judgment against Nineveh

Nahum 2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face; keep the

munition; watch the way; make thy loins strong; fortify thy power mightily.

Nahum 2:2 For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the

excellency of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out and marred

their vine branches.

Nahum 2:3 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 fir trees shall be terribly shaken.

Nahum 2:4 The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one

against another in the broad ways; they shall seem like torches; they shall

run like the lightnings.

Nahum 2:5 He shall recount his worthies; they shall stumble in their walk;

they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.

Nahum 2:6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be

dissolved.

Nahum 2:7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive; she shall be brought up,

and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their

breasts.

Nahum 2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water; yet they shall flee

away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

Nahum 2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver; take the spoil of gold; for there is

none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.

Nahum 2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and

the knees smite together; and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of

them all gather blackness.

Nahum 2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions and the feeding place of the

young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp,

and none made them afraid?

Nahum 2:12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and

strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey and his dens with

ravin.

Nahum 2:13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will

burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions;

and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers

shall no more be heard.

Nahum Chapter 3

The miserable ruin of Nineveh

Nahum 3:1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery; the

prey departeth not--

Nahum 3:2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels,

and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

Nahum 3:3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering

spear; and there is a multitude of slain and a great number of carcasses; and

there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses,

Nahum 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored

harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her

whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

Nahum 3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will

discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness,

and the kingdoms thy shame.

Nahum 3:6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,

and will set thee as a gazingstock.

Nahum 3:7 And it shall come to pass that all they that look upon thee shall

flee from thee and say, Nineveh is laid waste. Who will bemoan her?

Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

Nahum 3:8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the

rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and

her wall was from the sea?

Nahum 3:9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put

and Lubim were thy helpers.

Nahum 3:10 Yet was she carried away; she went into captivity; her young

children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets; and they cast

lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

Nahum 3:11 Thou also shalt be drunken; thou shalt be hid; thou also shalt

seek strength because of the enemy.

Nahum 3:12 All thy strongholds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe

figs; if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

Nahum 3:13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates

of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies; the fire shall devour

thy bars.

Nahum 3:14 Draw thee waters for the siege; fortify thy strongholds; go

into clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

Nahum 3:15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it

shall eat thee up like the cankerworm; make thyself many as the

cankerworm; make thyself many as the locusts.

Nahum 3:16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of

heavens; the cankerworm spoileth and fleeth away.

Nahum 3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great

grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day; but when the sun

ariseth, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Nahum 3:18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy nobles shall

dwell in the dust; thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man

gathereth them.

Nahum 3:19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous; all

that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee. For upon whom

hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

Habakkuk

Hab. Chapter 1

Conquest by the Chaldeans

Hab. 1:1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see:

Hab. 1:2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear--even cry out

unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

Hab. 1:3 Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold

grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there are that raise

up strife and contention.

Hab. 1:4 Therefore, the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth,

for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore, wrong

judgment proceedeth.

Hab. 1:5 Behold, ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder

marvelously; for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe,

though it be told you.

Hab. 1:6 For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation,

which shall march through the breadth of the land to possess the dwelling

places that are not theirs.

Hab. 1:7 They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity

shall proceed of themselves.

Hab. 1:8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards and are more fierce

than the evening wolves; and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and

their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth

to eat.

Hab. 1:9 They shall come all for violence; their faces shall sup up as the

east wind, and they shall gather the captivity 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 dust and

take it.

Hab. 1:11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over and offend,

imputing this his power unto his god.

Hab. 1:12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord, my God, mine Holy One?

We shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O

mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

Hab. 1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on

iniquity. Wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously and

holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more

righteous than he,

Hab. 1:14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things,

that have no ruler over them?

Hab. 1:15 They take up all of them with the angle; they catch them in their

net and gather them in their drag; therefore, they rejoice and are glad.

Hab. 1:16 Therefore, they sacrifice unto their net and burn incense unto

their drag because by them their portion is fat and their meat plenteous.

Hab. 1:17 Shall they, therefore, empty their net and not spare continually to

slay the nations?

Hab. Chapter 2

Judgments for numerous gross sins

Hab. 2:1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will

watch to see what he will say unto me and what I shall answer when I am

reproved.

Hab. 2:2 And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision, and make it

plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth 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 tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it

will not tarry.

Hab. 2:4 Behold, his soul, which is lifted up, is not upright in him; but the

just shall live by his faith.

Hab. 2:5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man,

neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death,

and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto

him all people;

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 increaseth that which is not

his--how long?--and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Hab. 2:7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that

shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

Hab. 2:8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the

people shall spoil thee because of men's blood, and for the violence of the

land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Hab. 2:9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that

he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of

evil!

Hab. 2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many

people and hast sinned against thy soul.

Hab. 2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the

timber shall answer it.

Hab. 2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood and establisheth a

city by iniquity.

Hab. 2:13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labor

in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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 giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy

bottle to him and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their

nakedness!

Hab. 2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory; drink thou also, and let thy

foreskin be uncovered; the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto

thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

Hab. 2:17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of

beasts, which made them afraid because of men's blood and for the violence

of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Hab. 2:18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath

graven it--the molten image and a teacher of lies--that the maker of his

work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Hab. 2:19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone,

Arise; it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is

no breath at all in the midst of it.

Hab. 2:20 But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence

before him.

Hab. Chapter 3

Habukkuk's prayer and praise to God

Hab. 3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, upon Shigionoth:

Hab. 3:2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive

thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in

wrath remember mercy.

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 horns coming out of

his hand; and there was the hiding of his power.

Hab. 3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals 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 thine anger

against the rivers? Was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon

thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

Hab. 3:9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the

tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

Hab. 3:10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled; the overflowing of

the water passed by; the deep uttered his voice and lifted up his hands on

high.

Hab. 3:11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; at the light of

thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

Hab. 3:12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation; thou didst

thresh the heathen in anger.

Hab. 3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for

salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of

the wicked by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

Hab. 3:14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages;

they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was as to devour

the poor secretly.

Hab. 3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the

heap of great waters.

Hab. 3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice;

rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest

in the day of trouble; when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade

them with his troops.

Hab. 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in

the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat;

the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the

stalls;

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

hinds' feet; and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the

chief singer on my stringed instruments.

Zephaniah

Zeph. Chapter 1

God's judgment upon Judah--The great day of the Lord

Zeph. 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 Hizkiah, in the

days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah:

Zeph. 1:2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.

Zeph. 1:3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the

heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked;

and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

Zeph. 1:4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah and upon all the

inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this

place; and the name of the Chemarim with the priests;

Zeph. 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops;

and them that worship, and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by

Malcham;

Zeph. 1:6 And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have

not sought the Lord nor inquired for him.

Zeph. 1:7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God; for the day of

the Lord is at hand; for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice; he hath bid his

guests.

Zeph. 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 strange apparel.

Zeph. 1:9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the

threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

Zeph. 1:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there

shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a howling from the

second, and a great crashing from the hills.

Zeph. 1:11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people

are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

Zeph. 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search

Jerusalem with candles and punish the men that are settled on their lees,

that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good; neither will he do evil.

Zeph. 1:13 Therefore, their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a

desolation; they shall also build houses but not inhabit them; and they shall

plant vineyards but not drink the wine thereof.

Zeph. 1:14 The great day of the Lord is near; it is near and hasteth greatly,

even the voice of the day of the Lord; the mighty man shall cry there

bitterly.

Zeph. 1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day

of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of

clouds and thick darkness,

Zeph. 1:16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities and

against the high towers.

Zeph. 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 as the dung.

Zeph. 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.

Zeph. Chapter 2

God's wrath on surrounding nations

Zeph. 2:1 Gather yourselves together; yea, gather together, O nation not

desired,

Zeph. 2:2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff,

before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the

Lord's anger come upon you.

Zeph. 2:3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth which have wrought

his judgment; seek righteousness; seek meekness; it may be ye shall be hid

in the day of the Lord's anger.

Zeph. 2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall

drive out Ashdod at the noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

Zeph. 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 thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

Zeph. 2:6 And the seacoast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds

and folds for flocks.

Zeph. 2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah;

they shall feed thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in

the evening; for the Lord, their God, shall visit them and turn away their

captivity.

Zeph. 2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab and the revilings of the

children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people and

magnified themselves against their border.

Zeph. 2:9 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,

Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah,

even the breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation; the

residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall

possess them.

Zeph. 2:10 This shall they have for their pride because they have

reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of

hosts.

Zeph. 2:11 The Lord will be terrible unto them, for he will famish all the

gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, everyone from his place,

even all the isles of the heathen.

Zeph. 2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

Zeph. 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.

Zeph. 2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of

the nations; both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper

lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the

thresholds, for he shall uncover the cedar work.

Zeph. 2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her

heart, I am, and there is none besides me. How is she become a desolation,

a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone that passeth by her shall hiss and

wag his hand.

Zeph. Chapter 3

Corrupt leaders--The restoration of Israel--The Lord in their midst

Zeph. 3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

Zeph. 3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted

not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.

Zeph. 3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening

wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Zeph. 3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have

polluted the sanctuary; they have done violence to the law.

Zeph. 3:5 The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity;

every morning doth he bring his judgment to light; he faileth not; but the

unjust knoweth no shame.

Zeph. 3:6 I have cut off the nations; their towers are desolate; I made their

streets waste, that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed so that there is

no man, that there is none inhabitant.

Zeph. 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me; thou wilt receive instruction so

their dwelling should not be cut off howsoever I punished them. But they

rose early and corrupted all their doings.

Zeph. 3:8 Therefore, wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I

rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may

assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my

fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Zeph. 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may

all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

Zeph. 3:10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my suppliants, even the

daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

Zeph. 3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein

thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst

of thee them that rejoice in thy pride; and thou shalt no more be haughty

because of my holy mountain.

Zeph. 3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor

people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.

Zeph. 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

and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Zeph. 3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice

with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

Zeph. 3:15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine

enemy; the King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee; thou shalt

not see evil any more.

Zeph. 3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; and to

Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

Zeph. 3:17 The Lord, thy God, in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save;

he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over

thee with singing.

Zeph. 3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly,

who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

Zeph. 3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee; and I will

save her that halteth and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them

praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

Zeph. 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, saith the Lord.

Haggai

Hag. Chapter 1

Instruction to build the house of the Lord--The people delay, then obey

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 Josedech, the high priest, saying:

Hag. 1:2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The

time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built.

Hag. 1:3 Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai, the prophet, saying,

Hag. 1:4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this

house lie waste?

Hag. 1:5 Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider your ways.

Hag. 1:6 Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not

enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is

none warm; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag

with holes.

Hag. 1:7 Thus saith 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, saith the Lord.

Hag. 1:9 Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought

it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine

house that is waste, and ye run, every man unto his own house.

Hag. 1:10 Therefore, the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth

is stayed from her fruit.

Hag. 1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the

mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil,

and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon

cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

Hag. 1:12 Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of

Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the

voice of the Lord, their God, and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as the

Lord, their God, had sent him; and the people did fear before the Lord.

Hag. 1:13 Then spake Haggai, the Lord's messenger, in the Lord's message

unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith 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 Josedech,

the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they

came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

Hag. 1:15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second

year of Darius, the king.

Hag. Chapter 2

The promise of greater glory in God's restored house--Judah and

Zerubbabel to be blessed

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 Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the

people, saying,

Hag. 2:3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? And

how do ye see it now? Is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

Hag. 2:4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O

Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the

land, saith the Lord; and work, for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts;

Hag. 2:5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came

out of Egypt, so my Spirit remaineth among you; fear ye not.

Hag. 2:6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, Yet once, it is a little while, and I

will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

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, saith the Lord of hosts.

Hag. 2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

Hag. 2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former,

saith the Lord of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of

hosts.

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 saith the Lord of hosts, Ask now the priests concerning the

law, saying,

Hag. 2:12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment and with his

skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be

holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Hag. 2:13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch

any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall

be unclean.

Hag. 2:14 Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this

nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and

that which they offer there is unclean.

Hag. 2:15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from

before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord,

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 pressfat for to draw out

fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

Hag. 2:17 I smote you with blasting, and with mildew, and with hail in all

the labors of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.

Hag. 2:18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and

twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of

the Lord's temple was laid, consider it.

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 hath not brought forth; 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 heathen; and I will overthrow the

chariots and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall

come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.

Hag. 2:23 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O

Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make

thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.

Zechariah

Zech. Chapter 1

Repentance enjoined--Mercy and comfort promised--Visions of horses,

horns, and carpenters

Zech. 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,

Zech. 1:2 The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

Zech. 1:3 Therefore, say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn

ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord

of hosts.

Zech. 1:4 Be ye not as your fathers unto whom the former prophets have

cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye now from your evil

ways and from your evil doings; but they did not hear nor hearken unto me,

saith the Lord.

Zech. 1:5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live

forever?

Zech. 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 doings, so hath he dealt with us.

Zech. 1:7 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,

Zech. 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 bottom; and behind him were

there red horses, speckled, and white.

Zech. 1:9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked

with me said unto me, I will show thee what these be.

Zech. 1:10 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.

Zech. 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 sitteth still and is at rest.

Zech. 1:12 Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts,

how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah,

against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

Zech. 1:13 And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good

words and comfortable words.

Zech. 1:14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou,

saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for

Zion with a great jealousy.

Zech. 1:15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease;

for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

Zech. 1:16 Therefore, thus saith the Lord: I am returned to Jerusalem with

mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line

shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

Zech. 1:17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts: My cities through

prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion

and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

Zech. 1:18 Then lifted I up mine eyes and saw, and behold, four horns.

Zech. 1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these?

And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah,

Israel, and Jerusalem.

Zech. 1:20 And the Lord showed me four carpenters.

Zech. 1:21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying,

These are the horns which have scattered Judah so that no man did lift up

his head; but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the

Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

Zech. Chapter 2

Jerusalem measured--Redemption of Zion

Zech. 2:1 I lifted up mine eyes again and looked, and behold, a man with a

measuring line in his hand.

Zech. 2:2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To

measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof and what is the length

thereof.

Zech. 2:3 And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and

another angel went out to meet him,

Zech. 2:4 And said unto him, Run; speak to this young man, saying,

Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of

men and cattle therein;

Zech. 2:5 For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about

and will be the glory in the midst of her.

Zech. 2:6 Ho, ho! Come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the

Lord; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith

the Lord.

Zech. 2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of

Babylon.

Zech. 2:8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory hath he sent me

unto the nations which spoiled you; for he that toucheth you, toucheth the

apple of his eye.

Zech. 2:9 For behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be

a spoil to their servants; and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent

me.

Zech. 2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come, and I will

dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

Zech. 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 thee, and thou shalt

know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

Zech. 2:12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land and

shall choose Jerusalem again.

Zech. 2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord; for he is raised up out of

his holy habitation.

Zech. Chapter 3

Satan rebuked--Promise of the Branch

Zech. 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 resist him.

Zech. 3:2 And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan;

even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee. Is not this a brand

plucked out of the fire?

Zech. 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and stood before

the angel.

Zech. 3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him,

saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said,

Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee

with change of raiment.

Zech. 3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair miter upon his head. So they set a

fair miter upon his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of

the Lord stood by.

Zech. 3:6 And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,

Zech. 3:7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if

thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house and shalt

also keep my courts; and I will give thee places to walk among these that

stand by.

Zech. 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua, the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit

before thee; for they are men wondered at; for behold, I will bring forth my

servant, the BRANCH.

Zech. 3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua--upon one

stone shall be seven eyes; behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith

the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

Zech. 3:10 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man his

neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.

Zech. Chapter 4

Vision of a golden candlestick and two olive trees

Zech. 4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as

a man that is wakened out of his sleep,

Zech. 4:2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked

and behold, a candlestick all of gold with a bowl upon the top of it, and his

seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps which are upon

the top thereof,

Zech. 4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl and

the other upon the left side thereof.

Zech. 4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying,

What are these, my lord?

Zech. 4:5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me,

Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

Zech. 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of

the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might nor by power, but by my

Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

Zech. 4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt

become a plain; and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with

shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

Zech. 4:8 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Zech. 4:9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house;

his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath

sent me unto you.

Zech. 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? For they shall

rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those

seven; they are the servants of the Lord, which run to and fro through the

whole earth.

Zech. 4:11 Then answered I and said unto him, What are these two olive

trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?

Zech. 4:12 And I answered again and said unto him, What be these two

olive branches, which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil

out of themselves?

Zech. 4:13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be?

And I said, No, my lord.

Zech. 4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones that stand before

the Lord of the whole earth.

Zech. Chapter 5

Vision of a flying roll--Wickedness and a house in Babylon

Zech. 5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked; and behold, a

flying roll.

Zech. 5:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a

flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten

cubits.

Zech. 5:3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the

face of the whole earth; for everyone that stealeth shall be cut off as on this

side according to it; and everyone that sweareth shall be cut off as on that

side according to it.

Zech. 5:4 I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into

the house of the thief and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my

name; and it shall remain in the midst of his house and shall consume it

with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Zech. 5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth and said unto me,

Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

Zech. 5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth

forth. He said, moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

Zech. 5:7 And behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead; and this is a

woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

Zech. 5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of

the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Zech. 5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes and looked; and behold, there came

out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like

the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the

heaven.

Zech. 5:10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these

bear the ephah?

Zech. 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 her own base.

Zech. Chapter 6

Vision of four chariots--The Branch to build the temple

Zech. 6:1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked; and behold,

there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the

mountains were mountains of brass.

Zech. 6:2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot,

black horses;

Zech. 6:3 And in the third chariot, white horses; and in the fourth chariot,

grizzled and bay horses.

Zech. 6:4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me,

What are these, my lord?

Zech. 6:5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four

servants of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all

the earth.

Zech. 6:6 The black horses which are therein go forth unto the north

country; and the white go forth after them; and the grizzled go forth toward

the south country.

Zech. 6:7 And the bay went forth and sought to go, that they might walk to

and fro through the earth; and he said, Get ye hence; walk to and fro

through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

Zech. 6:8 Then cried he upon me and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these

that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

Zech. 6:9 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Zech. 6:10 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of

Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon; and come thou the same day, and

go into the house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah;

Zech. 6:11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon

the head of Joshua, the son of Josedech, the high priest,

Zech. 6:12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts,

saying, Behold the man whose name is the BRANCH; and he shall grow up

out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord;

Zech. 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.

Zech. 6:14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to

Jedaiah, and to Hen, the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of

the Lord.

Zech. 6:15 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of

the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you.

And this shall come to pass if ye will diligently obey the voice of the Lord,

your God.

Zech. Chapter 7

Vain fasting--Sin causes scattering

Zech. 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 Chisleu,

Zech. 7:2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regem-

melech, and their men to pray before the Lord,

Zech. 7:3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the

Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month,

separating myself as I have done these so many years?

Zech. 7:4 Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying,

Zech. 7:5 Speak unto all the people of the land and to the priests, saying,

When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those

seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

Zech. 7:6 And when ye did eat and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for

yourselves and drink for yourselves?

Zech. 7:7 Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the

former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the

cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

Zech. 7:8 And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,

Zech. 7:9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment,

and show mercy and compassions, every man to his brother;

Zech. 7:10 And oppress not the widow nor the fatherless, the stranger nor

the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Zech. 7:11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and

stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Zech. 7:12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they

should hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his

Spirit by the former prophets; therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of

hosts.

Zech. 7:13 Therefore, it is come to pass that as he cried, and they would not

hear, so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts;

Zech. 7:14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations

whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man

passed through nor returned; for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

Zech. Chapter 8

The restoration of Jerusalem--Gathering--Many nations shall seek the Lord

Zech. 8:1 Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,

Zech. 8:2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I was jealous for Zion with great

jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

Zech. 8:3 Thus saith the Lord: I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in

the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth and the

mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.

Zech. 8:4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall yet old men and old

women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his

hand for very age.

Zech. 8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing

in the streets thereof.

Zech. 8:6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If it be marvelous in the eyes of the

remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in mine

eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.

Zech. 8:7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will gather my people

from the east country and from the west country;

Zech. 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.

Zech. 8:9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that

hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in

the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that

the temple might be built.

Zech. 8:10 For before these days, there was no hire for man nor any hire for

beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because

of the affliction; for I set all men, everyone, against his neighbor.

Zech. 8:11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the

former days, saith the Lord of hosts.

Zech. 8:12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit,

and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew;

and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

Zech. 8:13 And it shall come to pass that as ye were a curse among the

heathen, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I gather you, and ye

shall be a blessing; fear not, but let your hands be strong.

Zech. 8:14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: As I thought to punish you

when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I

repented not,

Zech. 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem

and to the house of Judah; fear ye not.

Zech. 8:16 These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye, every man, the

truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates.

Zech. 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, saith the

Lord.

Zech. 8:18 And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying,

Zech. 8:19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and

the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall

be to the house of Judah joy, and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore,

love the truth and peace.

Zech. 8:20 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: It shall yet come to pass that there

shall come people and the inhabitants of many cities;

Zech. 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.

Zech. 8:22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the

Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to pray before the Lord.

Zech. 8:23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass

that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall

take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for

we have heard that God is with you.

Zech. Chapter 9

The coming of Christ--God promises defense

Zech. 9:1 The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and

Damascus shall be the rest thereof, when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes

of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.

Zech. 9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby--Tyrus and Zidon, though

it be very wise.

Zech. 9:3 And Tyrus did build herself a stronghold and heaped up silver as

the dust and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Zech. 9:4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in

the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride

of the Philistines.

Zech. 9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth and his

abominations from between his teeth; but he that remaineth, even he, shall

be for our God; and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a

Jebusite.

Zech. 9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army,

because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth; and no

oppressor shall pass through them any more, for now have I seen with mine

eyes.

Zech. 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of

Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh unto thee; he is just and having

salvation, lowly and riding upon an ass--and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

Zech. 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 heathen; and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea and from the

river even to the ends of the earth.

Zech. 9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth

thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

Zech. 9:12 Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope; even today do

I declare that I will render double unto thee,

Zech. 9:13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim,

and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee

as the sword of a mighty man.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 9:15 The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour and

subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink and make a noise as through

wine; and they shall be filled like bowls and as the corners of the altar.

Zech. 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 stones of a crown, lifted up as an

ensign upon his land.

Zech. 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!

Corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

Zech. Chapter 10

God will save and gather his people

Zech. 10:1 Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain, so the Lord

shall make bright clouds and give them showers of rain, to everyone grass

in the field.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 10:3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished

the goats; for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah,

and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

Zech. 10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him

the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

Zech. 10:5 And they shall be as mighty men which tread down their

enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight because

the Lord is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

Zech. 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 place them; for I have

mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off, for I

am the Lord, their God, and will hear them.

Zech. 10:7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart

shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it and be glad;

their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

Zech. 10:8 I will hiss for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them;

and they shall increase as they have increased.

Zech. 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

turn again.

Zech. 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; and place shall not be found for them.

Zech. 10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction and shall

smite the waves in the sea; and all the deeps of the river shall dry up; and

the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall

depart away.

Zech. 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up

and down in his name, saith the Lord.

Zech. Chapter 11

False shepherds cause suffering--The broken covenant--Prophecy of thirty

pieces of silver

Zech. 11:1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Zech. 11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen because the mighty are

spoiled; howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come

down.

Zech. 11:3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds, for their glory

is spoiled--a voice of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of Jordan is

spoiled.

Zech. 11:4 Thus saith the Lord, my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,

Zech. 11:5 Whose possessors slay them and hold themselves not guilty; and

they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich; and their own

shepherds pity them not.

Zech. 11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the

Lord; but lo, I will deliver the men, everyone into his neighbor's hand and

into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand

I will not deliver them.

Zech. 11:7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the

flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other

I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

Zech. 11:8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul

loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

Zech. 11:9 Then said I, I will not feed you; that that dieth, let it die; and

that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat, everyone the

flesh of another.

Zech. 11:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I

might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and

if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

Zech. 11:13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter--a goodly

price that I was prized at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and

cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

Zech. 11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might

break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Zech. 11:15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments

of a foolish shepherd.

Zech. 11:16 For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land which shall not

visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that

is broken, nor feed that that standeth still; but he shall eat the flesh of the fat

and tear their claws in pieces.

Zech. 11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword

shall be upon his arm and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried

up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Zech. Chapter 12

God will defend Judah and Jerusalem against all nations--Jerusalem to

mourn its part in piercing the Lord

Zech. 12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord,

which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth,

and formeth the spirit of man within him:

Zech. 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.

Zech. 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 be gathered together against it.

Zech. 12:4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with

astonishment, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon

the house of Judah and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 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 a sheaf; and they shall

devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left; and

Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy

all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Zech. 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 mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one

that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Zech. 12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the

mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

Zech. 12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart--the family of the

house of David apart and their wives apart, the family of the house of

Nathan apart and their wives apart,

Zech. 12:13 The family of the house of Levi apart and their wives apart, the

family of Shimei apart and their wives apart--

Zech. 12:14 All the families that remain, every family apart and their wives

apart.

Zech. Chapter 13

False prophets--Christ to be revealed to his people--A third will be refined

Zech. 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.

Zech. 13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts,

that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no

more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean

spirit to pass out of the land.

Zech. 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, Thou shalt not

live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord; and his father and his

mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

Zech. 13:4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be

ashamed, everyone of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall

they wear a rough garment to deceive;

Zech. 13:5 But he shall say, I am no prophet; I am a husbandman; for man

taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

Zech. 13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine

hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house

of my friends.

Zech. 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd and against the man that

is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall

be scattered; and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

Zech. 13:8 And it shall come to pass that in all the land, saith the Lord, two

parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

Zech. 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine

them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on

my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people; and they shall

say, The Lord is my God.

Zech. Chapter 14

The day of the Lord--Plagues destroy the wicked--Nations come to worship

the King

Zech. 14:1 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh; and thy spoil shall be

divided in the midst of thee.

Zech. 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the

city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half

of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall

not be cut off from the city.

Zech. 14:3 Then shall the Lord go forth and fight against those nations as

when he fought in the day of battle.

Zech. 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 cleave

in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be

a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north,

and half of it toward the south.

Zech. 14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley

of the mountains shall reach unto Azal; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled

from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah; and the

Lord, my God, shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Zech. 14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be

clear nor dark;

Zech. 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.

Zech. 14:8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from

Jerusalem, half of them toward the former sea and half of them toward the

hinder sea; in summer and in winter shall it be.

Zech. 14:9 And the Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day shall

there be one Lord, and his name one.

Zech. 14:10 All the land shall be turned as a plain, from Geba to Rimmon

south of Jerusalem; and it shall be lifted up and inhabited in her place, from

Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and

from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

Zech. 14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter

destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

Zech. 14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all

the people that have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall consume

away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in

their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

Zech. 14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from

the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold, everyone, on the

hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his

neighbor.

Zech. 14:14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all

the heathen round about shall be gathered together--gold, and silver, and

apparel in great abundance.

Zech. 14:15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the

camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this

plague.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 14:17 And it shall be that whoso will not come up of all the families

of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even

upon them shall be no rain.

Zech. 14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up and come not, that have

no rain, there shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen

that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 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.

Zech. 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 seethe therein; and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in

the house of the Lord of hosts.

Malachi

Mal. Chapter 1

Israel chastised for profane offerings

Mal. 1:1 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi:

Mal. 1:2 I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou

loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord. Yet I loved Jacob;

Mal. 1:3 And I hated Esau and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for

the dragons of the wilderness.

Mal. 1:4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and

build the desolate places, thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I

will throw down; and they shall call them the border of wickedness and the

people against whom the Lord hath indignation forever.

Mal. 1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be

magnified from the border of Israel.

Mal. 1:6 A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master. If then I be a

father, where is mine honor? And if I be a master, where is my fear? saith

the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests that despise my name. And ye say,

Wherein have we despised thy name?

Mal. 1:7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have

we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

Mal. 1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And if ye offer

the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer it now unto thy governor. Will he be

pleased with thee or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto

us; this hath been by your means. Will he regard your persons? saith the

Lord of hosts.

Mal. 1:10 Who is there, even among you, that would shut the doors for

naught? Neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for naught. I have no

pleasure in you, saith 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 heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 1:12 But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is

polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

Mal. 1:13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! And ye have snuffed

at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the

lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering. Should I accept this of your

hand? saith the Lord.

Mal. 1:14 But cursed be the deceiver which hath in his flock a male, and

voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; for I am a great King,

saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

Mal. Chapter 2

Priests and people rebuked for breaking their covenants

Mal. 2:1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

Mal. 2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory

unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you,

and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already because ye

do not lay it to heart.

Mal. 2:3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed and spread dung upon your faces,

even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

Mal. 2:4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you,

that my covenant might be with Levi, saith 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 wherewith 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 keep knowledge, and they should seek

the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to

stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord

of hosts.

Mal. 2:9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all

the people, according as ye have not kept my ways but have been partial in

the law.

Mal. 2:10 Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? Why

do we deal treacherously, every man against his brother, by profaning the

covenant of our fathers?

Mal. 2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed

in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord

which he loved and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

Mal. 2:12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the

scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering

unto the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 2:13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with

tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the

offering any more or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

Mal. 2:14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness

between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt

treacherously; yet is she thy companion and the wife of thy covenant.

Mal. 2:15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit.

And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore, take heed

to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Mal. 2:16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away;

for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts;

therefore, take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Mal. 2:17 Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein

have we wearied him? When ye say, Everyone that doeth evil is good in the

sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them, or, Where is the God of

judgment?

Mal. Chapter 3

The messenger of the covenant--God is unchangeable--Tithes to the

storehouse

Mal. 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way

before me; and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple,

even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall

come, saith the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand

when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap;

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 to judgment; and I will be a swift

witness against the sorcerers; and against the adulterers; and against false

swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the

widow, and the fatherless; and that turn aside the stranger from his right and

fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 3:6 For I am the Lord; I change not; therefore, ye sons of Jacob are

not consumed.

Mal. 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine

ordinances and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto

you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

Mal. 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein

have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Mal. 3:9 Ye are cursed with a curse; for ye have robbed me, even this

whole nation.

Mal. 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat

in mine house; and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will

not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there

shall not be room enough to receive it.

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 her fruit

before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed; for ye shall be a

delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye

say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

Mal. 3:14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and, What profit is it that

we have kept his ordinance and that we have walked mournfully before the

Lord of hosts?

Mal. 3:15 And now, we call the proud happy; yea, they that work

wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Mal. 3:16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and

the Lord hearkened and heard it; and a book of remembrance was written

before him for them that feared the Lord and that thought upon his name.

Mal. 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when

I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son

that serveth him.

Mal. 3:18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the

wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Mal. Chapter 4

Judgment of the wicked--Elijah to unite hearts of fathers and children

Mal. 4:1 For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the

proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble; and the day that

cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them

neither root nor branch.

Mal. 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness

arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves

of the stall.

Mal. 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under

the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

Mal. 4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses, my servant, which I commanded

unto him in 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.

New Testament

Matthew

His Testimony of Christ

Matt. Chapter 1

Genealogy from Abraham until the coming of Christ

Matt. 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the

son of Abraham.

Matt. 1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat

Judas and his brethren; and Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and

Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; and Aram begat Aminadab;

and Aminadab begat Naason; and Naason begat Salmon; and Salmon begat

Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; and

Jesse begat David the king.

Matt. 1:3 And David the king begat Solomon of her whom David had

taken of Urias; and Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and

Abia begat Asa; and Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and

Joram begat Ozias; and Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz;

and Achaz begat Ezekias; and Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat

Amon; and Amon begat Josias; and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren,

about the time they were carried away to Babylon.

Matt. 1:4 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat

Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobable; and Zorobable begat Abiud; and

Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; and Azor begat Sadoc; and

Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; and Eliud begat Eleazar; and

Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Joseph,

the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, as the prophets have

written, who is called Christ.

Matt. 1:5 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen

generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon were

fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon until Christ

were fourteen generations.

Matt. Chapter 2

Birth of Christ

Matt. 2:1 Now, as it is written, the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise.

After his mother, Mary, was espoused to Joseph, before they came together,

she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Matt. 2:2 Then Joseph, her husband, being a just man and not willing to

make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

Matt. 2:3 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the

Lord appeared unto him in a vision, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear

not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of

the Holy Ghost.

Matt. 2:4 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name

Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matt. 2:5 Now this took place that all things might be fulfilled which were

spoken of the Lord by the prophets, saying,

Matt. 2:6 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).

Matt. 2:7 Then Joseph, awaking out of his vision, did as the angel of the

Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife,

Matt. 2:8 And knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son;

and they called his name Jesus.

Matt. Chapter 3

Joseph flees to Egypt—John's mission—Baptism of Jesus

Matt. 3:1 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,

Matt. 3:2 Saying, Where is the child that is born, the Messiah of the Jews?

For we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him.

Matt. 3:3 When Herod the king had heard of the child, he was troubled,

and all Jerusalem with him.

Matt. 3:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the

people together, he demanded of them, saying, Where is the place that is

written of by the prophets, in which Christ should be born? For he greatly

feared, yet he believed not the prophets.

Matt. 3:5 And they said unto him, It is written by the prophets that he

should be born in Bethlehem of Judea, for thus have they said,

Matt. 3:6 The word of the Lord came unto us, saying, And thou Bethlehem,

which lieth in the land of Judea, in thee shall be born a prince, which art not

the least among the princes of Judea; for out of thee shall come the

Messiah, who shall save my people Israel.

Matt. 3:7 Then Herod, when he had called the wise men privily, inquired of

them diligently at what time the star appeared.

Matt. 3:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, Go and search

diligently for the young child; and when ye have found the child, bring me

word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Matt. 3:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star

which they saw in the east went before them until it came and stood over

where the young child was.

Matt. 3:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

Matt. 3:11 And when they were come 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.

Matt. 3:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return

to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

Matt. 3:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord

appeared to Joseph in a vision, saying, Arise, and take the young child and

his mother, and flee into Egypt, and tarry thou there until I bring thee word;

for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Matt. 3:14 And then he arose, and took the young child and the child's

mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

Matt. 3:15 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.

Matt. 3:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men,

was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in

Bethlehem and all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under,

according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

Matt. 3:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the

prophet, saying,

Matt. 3:18 In Ramah there was a voice heard: lamentation, and weeping,

and great mourning—Rachael weeping for the loss of her children, and

would not be comforted because they were not.

Matt. 3:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord

appeared in a vision to Joseph in Egypt,

Matt. 3:20 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.

Matt. 3:21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and

came into the land of Israel.

Matt. 3:22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the stead

of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; but, notwithstanding, being

warned of God in a vision, he went into the eastern part of Galilee;

Matt. 3:23 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.

Matt. 3:24 And it came to pass that Jesus grew up with his brethren, and

waxed strong, and waited upon the Lord for the time of his ministry to

come.

Matt. 3:25 And he served under his father, and he spake not as other men,

neither could he be taught; for he needed not that any man should teach

him.

Matt. 3:26 And after many years, the hour of his ministry drew nigh.

Matt. 3:27 And in those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the

wilderness of Judea,

Matt. 3:28 And saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matt. 3:29 For I am he who was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying,

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord

and make his paths straight.

Matt. 3:30 And the same John had his raiment of camels' hair and a

leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Matt. 3:31 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the

region round about Jordan,

Matt. 3:32 And many were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

Matt. 3:33 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to

his baptism, he said unto them, O, generation of vipers! Who hath warned

you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matt. 3:34 Why is it that ye receive not the preaching of him whom God

hath sent? If ye receive not this in your hearts, ye receive not me; and if ye

receive not me, ye receive not him of whom I am sent to bear record; and

for your sins ye have no cloak.

Matt. 3:35 Repent, therefore, and bring forth fruits meet for repentance;

Matt. 3:36 And think not to say within yourselves, We are the children of

Abraham, and we only have power to bring seed unto our father Abraham;

for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto

Abraham.

Matt. 3:37 And now, also, the axe is laid unto the root of the trees;

therefore, every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down

and cast into the fire.

Matt. 3:38 I indeed baptize you with water, upon your repentance; and

when he of whom I bear record cometh, who is mightier than I, whose

shoes I am not worthy to bear (or whose place I am not able to fill), as I

said, I indeed baptize you before he cometh, that when he cometh, he may

baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire.

Matt. 3:39 And it is he of whom I shall bear record, whose fan shall be in

his hand; and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into

the garner, but in the fullness of his own time will burn up the chaff with

unquenchable fire.

Matt. 3:40 Thus came John, preaching and baptizing in the river of Jordan,

bearing record that he who was coming after him had power to baptize with

the Holy Ghost and fire.

Matt. 3:41 And then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be

baptized of him;

Matt. 3:42 But John refused him, saying, I have need to be baptized of

thee. And why comest thou to me?

Matt. 3:43 And Jesus, answering, said unto him, Suffer me to be baptized

of thee, for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered

him.

Matt. 3:44 And John went down into the water and baptized him.

Matt. 3:45 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of

the water; and John saw, and lo, the heavens were opened unto him; and he

saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon Jesus.

Matt. 3:46 And lo, he heard a voice from heaven saying, This is my

beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.

Matt. Chapter 4

Christ led away by the Spirit—Tempted of the devil—Commencement of

Christ's ministry

Matt. 4:1 Then Jesus was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be with

God.

Matt. 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights and had

communed with God, he was afterwards an hungered and was left to be

tempted of the devil.

Matt. 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of

God, command that these stones be made bread.

Matt. 4:4 But Jesus answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by

bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matt. 4:5 Then Jesus was taken up into the holy city, and the Spirit setteth

him on the pinnacle of the temple.

Matt. 4:6 Then the devil came unto him and said, If thou be the Son of

God, cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge

concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time

thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Matt. 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the

Lord, thy God.

Matt. 4:8 And again, Jesus was in the Spirit; and it taketh him up into an

exceeding high mountain and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world

and the glory of them.

Matt. 4:9 And the devil came unto him again and said, All these things will

I give unto thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Matt. 4:10 Then said Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is

written, Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God, and him only shalt thou

serve. Then the devil leaveth him.

Matt. 4:11 And now Jesus knew that John was cast into prison; and he sent

angels, and behold, they came and ministered unto him.

Matt. 4:12 And Jesus departed into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth in

Zebulun, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the seacoast in

the borders of Nephthalim,

Matt. 4:13 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the

prophet, saying,

Matt. 4:14 The land of Zebulun and the land of Nephthalim, in the way of

the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

Matt. 4:15 The people which sat in darkness saw a great light; and unto

them that sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up.

Matt. 4:16 From that time, Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for

the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matt. 4:17 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren,

Simon, called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea, for

they were fishers.

Matt. 4:18 And he said unto them, I am he of whom it is written by the

prophets. Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Matt. 4:19 And they, believing on his words, left their nets and straightway

followed him.

Matt. 4:20 And going on from thence, he saw two other brethren, James

and John, his brother, the sons of Zebedee, in a ship with Zebedee, their

father, mending their nets; and he called them.

Matt. 4:21 And they immediately left their father in the ship and followed

him.

Matt. 4:22 And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues,

and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of

sickness and all manner of diseases among the people which believed on his

name.

Matt. 4:23 And his fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought unto

him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases, and torments, and

those who were possessed with devils, and those who were lunatic, and

those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

Matt. 4:24 And there followed him great multitudes of people from

Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond Jordan.

Matt. Chapter 5

Christ's teaching on the mount

Matt. 5:1 And Jesus, seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain; and

when he was set down, his disciples came unto him;

Matt. 5:2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Matt. 5:3 Blessed are they who shall believe on me; and again, more

blessed are they who shall believe on your words when ye shall testify that

ye have seen me and that I am.

Matt. 5:4 Yea, blessed are they who shall believe on your words, and come

down into the depth of humility, and be baptized in my name; for they shall

be visited with fire and the Holy Ghost and shall receive a remission of

their sins.

Matt. 5:5 Yea, blessed are the poor in spirit who come unto me; for theirs is

the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 5:6 And again, blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be

comforted.

Matt. 5:7 And blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.

Matt. 5:8 And blessed are all they that do hunger and thirst after

righteousness; for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost.

Matt. 5:9 And blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

Matt. 5:10 And blessed are all the pure in heart; for they shall see God.

Matt. 5:11 And blessed are all the peacemakers; for they shall be called the

children of God.

Matt. 5:12 Blessed are all they that are persecuted for my name's sake; for

theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 5:13 And blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute

you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake;

Matt. Matt. 5:14 For ye shall have great joy and be exceeding glad; for

great shall be your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets

which were before you.

Matt. 5:15 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the salt of the

earth; but if the salt shall lose its savor, wherewith shall the earth be salted?

The salt shall thenceforth be good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be

trodden underfoot of men.

Matt. 5:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the light of

the world; a city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

Matt. 5:17 Behold, do men light a candle and put it under a bushel? Nay,

but on a candlestick; and it giveth light to all that are in the house.

Matt. 5:18 Therefore, let your light so shine before this world, that they

may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Matt. 5:19 Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I

am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

Matt. 5:20 For verily, I say unto you, Heaven and earth must pass away, but

one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law until all be fulfilled.

Matt. 5:21 Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least

commandments and shall teach men so to do, he shall in no wise be saved

in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach these

commandments of the law until it be fulfilled, the same shall be called great

and shall be saved in the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 5:22 For I say unto you, except your righteousness shall exceed that

of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of

heaven.

Matt. 5:23 Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time that

thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the

judgment of God.

Matt. 5:24 But I say unto you that whosoever is angry with his brother

shall be in danger of his judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother,

Raca, or Rabcha, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say

to his brother, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hellfire.

Matt. 5:25 Therefore, if ye shall come unto me, or shall desire to come

unto me, or if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy

brother hath aught against thee,

Matt. 5:26 Leave thou thy gift before the altar, and go thy way unto thy

brother, and first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy

gift.

Matt. 5:27 Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way

with him, lest at any time thine adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the

judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Matt. 5:28 Verily, I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence

until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Matt. 5:29 Behold, it is written by them of old time that thou shalt not

commit adultery.

Matt. 5:30 But I say unto you that whosoever looketh on a woman, to lust

after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Matt. 5:31 Behold, I give unto you a commandment, that ye suffer none of

these things to enter into your heart; for it is better that ye should deny

yourselves of these things, wherein ye will take up your cross, than that ye

should be cast into hell.

Matt. 5:32 Therefore, if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it

from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should

perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matt. 5:33 Or if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee;

for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not

that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matt. 5:34 And now this I speak, a parable concerning your sins;

wherefore, cast them from you, that ye may not be hewn down and cast into

the fire.

Matt. 5:35 It hath been written that whosoever shall put away his wife, let

him give her a writing of divorcement.

Matt. 5:36 Verily, verily, I say unto you that whosoever shall put away his

wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery;

and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Matt. 5:37 Again, it hath been written by them of old time, Thou shalt not

forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths.

Matt. 5:38 But I say unto you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven, for it is

God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem,

for it is the city of the great King; neither shalt thou swear by thy head,

because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matt. 5:39 But let your communication be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for

whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Matt. 5:40 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a

tooth for a tooth.

Matt. 5:41 But I say unto you that ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall

smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Matt. 5:42 And if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat,

let him have it; and if he sue thee again, let him have thy cloak also.

Matt. 5:43 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him a

mile; and whosoever shall compel thee to go with him twain, thou shalt go

with him twain.

Matt. 5:44 Give to him that asketh of thee; and from him that would

borrow of thee, turn not thou away.

Matt. 5:45 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy

neighbor, and hate thine enemy.

Matt. 5:46 But I say unto you, Love your enemies; bless them that curse

you; do good to them that hate you; and pray for them which despitefully

use you and persecute you;

Matt. 5:47 That ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven;

for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain

on the just and on the unjust.

Matt. 5:48 For if ye love only them which love you, what reward have

you? Do not even the publicans the same?

Matt. 5:49 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than

others? Do not even the publicans the same?

Matt. 5:50 Ye are, therefore, commanded to be perfect, even as your Father

who is in heaven is perfect.

Matt. Chapter 6

Christ's teaching on the mount continued

Matt. 6:1 And it came to pass that as Jesus taught his disciples, he said unto

them, Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them;

otherwise, ye have no reward of your Father who is in heaven.

Matt. 6:2 Therefore, when thou doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before

thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may

have glory of men. Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward.

Matt. 6:3 But when thou doest alms, let it be unto thee as thy left hand not

knowing what thy right hand doeth,

Matt. 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in

secret, himself shall reward thee openly.

Matt. 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for

they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the

streets, that they may be seen of men; for, verily, I say unto you, They have

their reward.

Matt. 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet; and when thou

hast shut the door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who

seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matt. 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the hypocrites do;

for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Matt. 6:8 Therefore, be ye not like unto them; for your Father knoweth

what things ye have need of before ye ask him.

Matt. 6:9 Therefore, after this manner shall ye pray, saying,

Matt. 6:10 Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Matt. 6:11 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is done in

heaven.

Matt. 6:12 Give us this day our daily bread.

Matt. 6:13 And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass

against us.

Matt. 6:14 And suffer us not to be led into temptation, but deliver us from

evil.

Matt. 6:15 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever

and ever, Amen.

Matt. 6:16 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, who trespass against you,

your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if ye forgive not men their

trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses.

Matt. 6:17 Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad

countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men

to fast. Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward.

Matt. 6:18 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father who is in secret;

and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Matt. 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and

rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal.

Matt. 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither

moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor

steal.

Matt. 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Matt. 6:22 The light of the body is the eye; if, therefore, thine eye be single

to the glory of God, thy whole body shall be full of light.

Matt. 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of

darkness. If, therefore, the light which is in thee be darkness, how great

shall that darkness be.

Matt. 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. Ye

cannot serve God and mammon.

Matt. 6:25 And again, I say unto you, Go ye into the world and care not for

the world; for the world will hate you, and will persecute you, and will turn

you out of their synagogues.

Matt. 6:26 Nevertheless, ye shall go forth from house to house, teaching

the people; and I will go before you.

Matt. 6:27 And your heavenly Father will provide for you whatsoever

things ye need for food, what ye shall eat, and for raiment, what ye shall

wear or put on.

Matt. 6:28 Therefore, I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye

shall eat or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your bodies, what ye shall put

on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Matt. 6:29 Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not; neither do they

reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye

not much better than they? How much more will he not feed you?

Matt. 6:30 Wherefore, take no thought for these things, but keep my

commandments wherewith I have commanded you.

Matt. 6:31 For which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his

stature?

Matt. 6:32 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the

field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.

Matt. 6:33 And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was

not arrayed like one of these.

Matt. 6:34 Therefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today

is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he not provide

for you if ye are not of little faith.

Matt. 6:35 Therefore, take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What

shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Matt. 6:36 Why is it that ye murmur among yourselves, saying, We cannot

obey thy word, because ye have not all these things, and seek to excuse

yourselves, saying that after all these things do the Gentiles seek.

Matt. 6:37 Behold, I say unto you that your heavenly Father knoweth that

ye have need of all these things.

Matt. 6:38 Wherefore, seek not the things of this world; but seek ye first to

build up the kingdom of God and to establish his righteousness; and all

these things shall be added unto you.

Matt. 6:39 Take, therefore, no thought for the morrow; for the morrow

shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day shall be the

evil thereof.

Matt. Chapter 7

Christ instructs his disciples what to teach unto the world

Matt. 7:1 Now these are the words which Jesus taught his disciples that

they should say unto the people:

Matt. 7:2 Judge not unrighteously, that ye be not judged; but judge

righteous judgment.

Matt. 7:3 For with what judgment ye shall judge, ye shall be judged; and

with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Matt. 7:4 And again, ye shall say unto them, Why is it that thou beholdest

the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in

thine own eye?

Matt. 7:5 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out

of thine eye, and canst not behold a beam in thine own eye?

Matt. 7:6 And Jesus said unto his disciples, Beholdest thou the scribes, and

the Pharisees, and the priests, and the Levites? They teach in their

synagogues, but do not observe the law nor the commandments; and all

have gone out of the way and are under sin.

Matt. 7:7 Go thou and say unto them, Why teach ye men the law and the

commandments, when ye yourselves are the children of corruption?

Matt. 7:8 Say unto them, Ye hypocrites! First cast out the beam out of thine

own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy

brother's eye.

Matt. 7:9 Go ye into the world, saying unto all, Repent, for the kingdom of

heaven has come nigh unto you.

Matt. 7:10 And the mysteries of the kingdom ye shall keep within

yourselves; for it is not meet to give that which is holy unto the dogs;

neither cast ye your pearls unto swine, lest they trample them under their

feet.

Matt. 7:11 For the world cannot receive that which ye, yourselves, are not

able to bear; wherefore, ye shall not give your pearls unto them, lest they

turn again and rend you.

Matt. 7:12 Say unto them, Ask of God; ask, and it shall be given you; seek,

and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Matt. 7:13 For everyone that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth;

and unto him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Matt. 7:14 And then said his disciples unto him, They will say unto us, We

ourselves are righteous and need not that any man should teach us. God, we

know, heard Moses and some of the prophets; but us he will not hear.

Matt. 7:15 And they will say, We have the law for our salvation, and that is

sufficient for us.

Matt. 7:16 Then Jesus answered and said unto his disciples, Thus shall ye

say unto them:

Matt. 7:17 What man among you, having a son, and he shall be standing

out and shall say, Father, open thy house that I may come in and sup with

thee, will not say, Come in, my son; for mine is thine, and thine is mine?

Matt. 7:18 Or what man is there among you, who, if his son ask bread, will

give him a stone?

Matt. 7:19 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

Matt. 7:20 If ye 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?

Matt. 7:21 Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to

you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Matt. 7:22 Repent, therefore, and enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is

the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction; and many there be

who go in thereat.

Matt. 7:23 Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth

unto life; and few there be that find it.

Matt. 7:24 And again, beware of false prophets, who come to you in

sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Matt. 7:25 Ye shall know them by their fruits; for do men gather grapes of

thorns or figs of thistles?

Matt. 7:26 Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt

tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Matt. 7:27 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit; neither can a corrupt

tree bring forth good fruit.

Matt. 7:28 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and

cast into the fire.

Matt. 7:29 Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.

Matt. 7:30 Verily, I say unto you, It is not everyone that saith unto me,

Lord, Lord, that shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth

the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matt. 7:31 For the day soon cometh that men shall come before me to

judgment, to be judged according to their works.

Matt. 7:32 And many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not

prophesied in thy name; and in thy name cast out devils; and in thy name

done many wonderful works?

Matt. 7:33 And then will I say, Ye never knew me; depart from me, ye that

work iniquity.

Matt. 7:34 Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth

them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock;

and the rains 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.

Matt. 7:35 And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth

them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the

sand; and the rains descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and

beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

Matt. 7:36 And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings with

his disciples, the people were astonished at his doctrine;

Matt. 7:37 For he taught them as one having authority from God, and not

as having authority from the scribes.

Matt. Chapter 8

Jesus comes down from the mountain—Does many mighty works—Sends

devils into swine

Matt. 8:1 And when Jesus was come down from the mountain, great

multitudes followed him.

Matt. 8:2 And, behold, there came a leper worshiping him, saying, Lord, if

thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Matt. 8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be

thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Matt. 8:4 And Jesus said unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way,

and show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for

a testimony unto them.

Matt. 8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto

him a centurion, beseeching him and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home

sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

Matt. 8:6 And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him.

Matt. 8:7 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou

shouldest come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant

shall be healed.

Matt. 8:8 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I

say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh;

and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Matt. 8:9 And when they that followed him heard this, they marveled. And

when Jesus heard this, he said unto them that followed,

Matt. 8:10 Verily, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith; no, not in

Israel.

Matt. 8:11 And I say unto you that many shall come from the east and the

west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the

kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 8:12 But the children of the wicked one shall be cast out into outer

darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matt. 8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast

believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the

selfsame hour.

Matt. 8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's

mother laid and sick of a fever.

Matt. 8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose

and ministered unto them.

Matt. 8:16 Now when the evening was come, they brought unto him many

that were possessed with devils; and he cast out the evil spirits with the

word and healed all that were sick,

Matt. 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the

prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses.

Matt. 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave

commandment to depart unto the other side of the sea.

Matt. 8:19 And a certain scribe came unto him and said, Master, I will

follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Matt. 8:20 And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of

the air have nests; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head.

Matt. 8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first

to go and bury my father.

Matt. 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their

dead.

Matt. 8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples came unto

him.

Matt. 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.

Matt. 8:25 And his disciples came unto him and awoke him, saying, Lord,

save us, else we perish.

Matt. 8:26 And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?

Matt. 8:27 Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was

a great calm.

Matt. 8:28 But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that

even the winds and the sea obey him?

Matt. 8:29 And when he was come to the other side, into the country of the

Gergesenes, there met him a man possessed of devils, coming out of the

tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass that way.

Matt. 8:30 And, behold, he cried out, saying, What have we to do with

thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? Art thou come hither to torment us before the

time?

Matt. 8:31 And there was, a good way off from them, a herd of many swine

feeding.

Matt. 8:32 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us

to go into the herd of swine.

Matt. 8:33 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they

went into the herd of swine; and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran

violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.

Matt. 8:34 And they that kept them fled, and went their way into the city,

and told everything which took place and what was befallen the possessed

of the devils.

Matt. 8:35 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when

they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

Matt. Chapter 9

Jesus heals a man with palsy—Rejects the Jews with their baptism—

Parable of wine and bottles

Matt. 9:1 And Jesus entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his

own city.

Matt. 9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying

on a bed; and Jesus, knowing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, Son,

be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee; go thy way and sin no more.

Matt. 9:3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This

man blasphemeth.

Matt. 9:4 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore is it that ye

think evil in your hearts?

Matt. 9:5 For is it not easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee, than to say,

Arise and walk?

Matt. 9:6 But I said this that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power

on earth to forgive sins.

Matt. 9:7 Then Jesus said unto the sick of the palsy, Arise, take up thy bed,

and go unto thy house.

Matt. 9:8 And he immediately arose and departed to his house.

Matt. 9:9 But when the multitude saw it, they marveled and glorified God,

who had given such power unto men.

Matt. 9:10 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named

Matthew, sitting at the place where they received tribute, as was customary

in those days; and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed

him.

Matt. 9:11 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold,

many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and with his

disciples.

Matt. 9:12 And when the Pharisees saw them, they said unto his disciples,

Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?

Matt. 9:13 But when Jesus heard them, he said unto them, They that be

whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

Matt. 9:14 But go ye and learn what this meaneth: I will have mercy and

not sacrifice; for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to

repentance.

Matt. 9:15 And while he was thus teaching, there came to him the disciples

of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast

not?

Matt. 9:16 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-

chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them?

Matt. 9:17 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken

from them; and then shall they fast.

Matt. 9:18 Then said the Pharisees unto him, Why will ye not receive us

with our baptism, seeing we keep the whole law?

Matt. 9:19 But Jesus said unto them, Ye keep not the law. If ye had kept the

law, ye would have received me; for I am he who gave the law.

Matt. 9:20 I receive not you with your baptism because it profiteth you

nothing.

Matt. 9:21 For when that which is new is come, the old is ready to be put

away.

Matt. 9:22 For no man putteth a piece of new cloth on an old garment; for

that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is

made worse.

Matt. 9:23 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles, else the bottles

break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish; but they put new

wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

Matt. 9:24 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a

certain ruler and worshiped him, saying, My daughter is even now dying;

but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

Matt. 9:25 And Jesus arose and followed him, and also his disciples; and

much people thronged him.

Matt. 9:26 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of

blood twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his garment.

Matt. 9:27 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I

shall be whole.

Matt. 9:28 But Jesus turned him about; and when he saw her, he said,

Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the

woman was made whole from that hour.

Matt. 9:29 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the

minstrels and the people making a noise,

Matt. 9:30 He said unto them, Give place; for the maid is not dead, but

sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

Matt. 9:31 But when the people were put forth, he went in and took her by

the hand; and the maid arose.

Matt. 9:32 And the fame of Jesus went abroad into all that land.

Matt. 9:33 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him,

crying and saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

Matt. 9:34 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to

him; and Jesus said unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They

said unto him, Yea, Lord.

Matt. 9:35 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be

it unto you.

Matt. 9:36 And their eyes were opened; and straitly he charged them,

saying, Keep my commandments, and see ye tell no man in this place, that

no man know it.

Matt. 9:37 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in

all that country.

Matt. 9:38 And as they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man

possessed with a devil.

Matt. 9:39 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spake. And the

multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

Matt. 9:40 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out the devils through the

prince of the devils.

Matt. 9:41 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 disease among the people.

Matt. 9:42 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.

Matt. 9:43 Then said he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous,

but the laborers are few.

Matt. 9:44 Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he will send

forth laborers into his harvest.

Matt. Chapter 10

Christ calls the Twelve—Gives them power over unclean spirits—Instructs

the Twelve and sends them forth

Matt. 10:1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave

them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal all manner of

sickness and all manner of disease.

Matt. 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; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and

Matthew, the publican; James, the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose

surname was Thaddeus; Simon, the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also

betrayed him.

Matt. 10:3 These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying,

Matt. 10:4 Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and enter ye not into any

city of the Samaritans.

Matt. 10:5 But rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matt. 10:6 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at

hand.

Matt. 10:7 Heal the sick; cleanse the lepers; raise the dead; cast out devils;

freely ye have received, freely give.

Matt. 10:8 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

Matt. 10:9 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor

yet staves; for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Matt. 10:10 And into whatsoever town or city ye shall enter, inquire who in

it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

Matt. 10:11 And when ye come into a house, salute it; and if the house be

worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace

return to you.

Matt. 10:12 And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words,

when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet for a

testimony against them.

Matt. 10:13 And 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.

Matt. 10:14 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be

ye, therefore, wise servants and as harmless as doves.

Matt. 10:15 But, beware of men; for they will deliver you up to the

councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.

Matt. 10:16 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my

sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

Matt. 10:17 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye

shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak;

for it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in

you.

Matt. 10:18 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.

Matt. 10:19 And ye shall be hated of all the world for my name's sake; but

he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Matt. 10:20 But when they persecute you in one city, flee ye into another;

for verily, I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till

the Son of Man come.

Matt. 10:21 Remember, the disciple is not above his master, nor the servant

above his lord. It is enough that the disciple be as his master, and the

servant as his lord.

Matt. 10:22 If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how

much more shall they call them of his household.

Matt. 10:23 Fear them not, therefore; for there is nothing covered, that

shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

Matt. 10:24 What I tell you in darkness, preach ye in light; and what ye

hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.

Matt. 10:25 And fear not them who are able to 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.

Matt. 10:26 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them

shall not fall to the ground without your Father knoweth it.

Matt. 10:27 And the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not,

therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Matt. 10:28 Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I

confess also before my Father who is in heaven.

Matt. 10:29 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny

before my Father who is in heaven.

Matt. 10:30 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to

send peace, but a sword.

Matt. 10:31 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; and a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Matt. 10:32 He who loveth father and mother more than me is not worthy

of me; and he who loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of

me.

Matt. 10:33 And he who taketh not his cross and followeth after me is not

worthy of me.

Matt. 10:34 He who seeketh to save his life shall lose it; and he who loseth

his life for my sake shall find it.

Matt. 10:35 He who receiveth you, receiveth me; and he who receiveth me,

receiveth him who sent me.

Matt. 10:36 He that receiveth a prophet, in the name of a prophet, shall

receive a prophet's reward.

Matt. 10:37 He that receiveth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous

man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

Matt. 10:38 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.

Matt. Chapter 11

John sends his disciples to Christ—Testimony of Christ concerning John

Matt. 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of

commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach

in their cities.

Matt. 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he

sent two of his disciples;

Matt. 11:3 And they said unto him, Art thou he of whom it is written in the

prophets that he should come, or do we look for another?

Matt. 11:4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John again of

those things which ye do hear and see,

Matt. 11:5 How the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, and the

lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the

poor have the gospel preached unto them.

Matt. 11:6 And blessed is John and whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Matt. 11:7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes

concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? Was it a reed

shaken with the wind? And they answered him, No.

Matt. 11:8 And he said, But what went ye out for to see? Was it a man

clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft raiment are in kings'

houses.

Matt. 11:9 But what went ye out for to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you,

and more than a prophet.

Matt. 11:10 For this is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send my

messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Matt. 11:11 Verily, I say unto you, Among them that are born of women,

there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist; notwithstanding, he that

is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matt. 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom

of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Matt. 11:13 But the days will come when the violent shall have no power;

for all the prophets and the law prophesied that it should be thus until John.

Matt. 11:14 Yea, as many as have prophesied have foretold of these days.

Matt. 11:15 And if ye will receive it, verily, he was the Elias, who was for

to come and prepare all things.

Matt. 11:16 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matt. 11:17 But whereunto shall I liken this generation?

Matt. 11:18 It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto

their fellows, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced;

we have mourned for you, and ye have not lamented.

Matt. 11:19 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He

hath a devil.

Matt. 11:20 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,

Behold, a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and

sinners.

Matt. 11:21 But I say unto you, Wisdom is justified of her children.

Matt. 11:22 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty

works were done, because they repented not.

Matt. 11:23 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For if the

mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,

they would have repented long since in sackcloth and ashes.

Matt. 11:24 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and

Sidon at the day of judgment than for you.

Matt. 11:25 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be

brought down to hell; for if the mighty works which have been done in thee

had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Matt. 11:26 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of

Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee.

Matt. 11:27 And at that time, there came a voice out of heaven. And Jesus

answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast

revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy

sight!

Matt. 11:28 All things are delivered unto me of my Father; and no man

knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save

the Son and they to whom the Son will reveal himself; they shall see the

Father also.

Matt. 11:29 Then spake Jesus, saying, Come unto me, all ye that labor and

are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matt. 11:30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and

lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls; for my yoke is easy,

and my burden is light.

Matt. Chapter 12

Jesus teaches the scribes and Pharisees—Restores a withered hand on the

Sabbath day

Matt. 12:1 At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn;

and his disciples were an hungered and began to pluck the ears of corn and

to eat.

Matt. 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw them, they said unto him, Behold,

thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day.

Matt. 12:3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did when

he was an hungered, and they that were with him? How he entered into the

house of God and did eat the showbread, which was not lawful for him to

eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?

Matt. 12:4 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath days the

priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and ye say they are blameless?

Matt. 12:5 But I say unto you that in this place is one greater than the

temple.

Matt. 12:6 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy and

not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of

Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.

Matt. 12:7 And when he was departed thence, he went into their

synagogues.

Matt. 12:8 And, behold, there was a man which had a withered hand. And

they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days? that they

might accuse him.

Matt. 12:9 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?

Matt. 12:10 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore, it is

lawful to do well on the Sabbath days.

Matt. 12:11 Then said he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand; and he

stretched it forth, and it was restored whole, like unto the other.

Matt. 12:12 Then the Pharisees went out and held a council against him,

how they might destroy him.

Matt. 12:13 But Jesus knew when they took counsel, and he withdrew

himself from thence; and great multitudes followed him; and he healed their

sick and charged them that they should not make him known,

Matt. 12:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the

prophet, saying, Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in

whom my soul is well pleased.

Matt. 12:15 I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall show judgment to

the Gentiles. He shall not strive nor cry; neither shall any man hear his

voice in the streets.

Matt. 12:16 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he

not quench till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Matt. 12:17 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

Matt. 12:18 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind

and dumb; and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake

and saw.

Matt. 12:19 And all the people were amazed and said, Is this the Son of

David?

Matt. 12:20 But when the Pharisees heard that he had cast out the devil,

they said, This man doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of

devils.

Matt. 12:21 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. And if Satan cast out Satan, he

is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

Matt. 12:22 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your

children cast out devils? Therefore, they shall be your judges.

Matt. 12:23 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom

of God is come unto you. For they also cast out devils by the Spirit of God,

for unto them is given power over devils, that they may cast them out.

Matt. 12:24 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?

Matt. 12:25 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not

with me scattereth abroad.

Matt. 12:26 Wherefore, I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy

shall be forgiven unto men who receive me and repent; but the blasphemy

against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven unto men.

Matt. 12:27 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of Man, it

shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it

shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to

come.

Matt. 12:28 Either make the tree good and his fruit good, or else make the

tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by the fruit.

Matt. 12:29 And Jesus said, O ye generation of vipers! How can ye, being

evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth

speaketh.

Matt. 12:30 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth

forth good things; and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth

evil things.

Matt. 12:31 And again I say unto you that every idle word that men shall

speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Matt. 12:32 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou

shalt be condemned.

Matt. 12:33 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered,

saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said

unto them,

Matt. 12:34 An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and

there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonas; for as

Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son

of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matt. 12:35 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in judgment with this

generation and shall condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of

Jonas; and ye behold a greater than Jonas is here.

Matt. 12:36 The queen of the south shall rise up in the day of 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 ye behold a greater

than Solomon is here.

Matt. 12:37 Then came some of the scribes and said unto him, Master, it is

written that every sin shall be forgiven; but ye say, Whosoever speaketh

against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven. And they asked him, saying,

How can these things be?

Matt. 12:38 And he said unto them, When the unclean spirit is gone out of

a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest and finding none; but

when a man speaketh against the Holy Ghost, then he saith, I will return

into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth

him empty, swept, and garnished; for the good spirit leaveth him unto

himself.

Matt. 12:39 Then goeth the evil spirit and taketh with him seven other

spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in and dwell there; and the

last end of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this

wicked generation.

Matt. 12:40 And while he yet talked with the people, behold, his mother

and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

Matt. 12:41 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren

stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

Matt. 12:42 But he answered and said unto the man that told him, Who is

my mother? And who are my brethren?

Matt. 12:43 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples and said,

Behold my mother and my brethren!

Matt. 12:44 And he gave them charge concerning her, saying, I go my way,

for my Father hath sent me. And whosoever shall do the will of my Father

which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Matt. Chapter 13

Jesus teaches the multitude in parables of the sower, the tares, and the

mustard seed

Matt. 13:1 And it came to pass the same day, Jesus went out of the house

and sat by the seaside.

Matt. 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.

Matt. 13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,

Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

Matt. 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the

fowls came and devoured them up.

Matt. 13:5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth;

and forthwith they sprang up; and when the sun was up, they were scorched

because they had no deepness of earth; and because they had no root, they

withered away.

Matt. 13:6 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and

choked them.

Matt. 13:7 But others fell into good ground and brought forth fruit: some a

hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let

him hear.

Matt. 13:8 Then the disciples came and said unto him, Why speakest thou

unto them in parables?

Matt. 13:9 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.

Matt. 13:10 For whosoever receiveth, to him shall be given, and he shall

have more abundance;

Matt. 13:11 But whosoever continueth not to receive, from him shall be

taken away even that he hath.

Matt. 13:12 Therefore, speak I to them in parables because they, seeing, see

not; and hearing, they hear not; neither do they understand.

Matt. 13:13 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias concerning

them, which saith, By hearing, ye shall hear and shall not understand; and

seeing, ye shall see and shall not perceive.

Matt. 13:14 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of

hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest at any time they should see

with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their

hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Matt. 13:15 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they

hear. And blessed are you because these things are come unto you, that you

might understand them.

Matt. 13:16 And verily, I say unto you, Many righteous prophets have

desired to see these days which you see, and have not seen them, and to

hear that which you hear, and have not heard.

Matt. 13:17 Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower.

Matt. 13:18 When anyone heareth the word of the kingdom and

understandeth not, then cometh the wicked one and catcheth away that

which was sown in his heart; this is he who received seed by the wayside.

Matt. 13:19 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he

that heareth the word and readily with joy receiveth it, yet he hath not root

in himself, and endureth but for a while; for when tribulation or persecution

ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Matt. 13:20 He also who received seed among the thorns is he that heareth

the word; and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke

the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Matt. 13:21 But he who received seed into the good ground is he who

heareth the word and understandeth and endureth, which also beareth fruit

and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.

Matt. 13:22 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom

of heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field;

Matt. 13:23 But while he slept, his enemy came, and sowed tares among

the wheat, and went his way.

Matt. 13:24 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then

appeared the tares also.

Matt. 13:25 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,

Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? Whence then hath it tares?

Matt. 13:26 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.

Matt. 13:27 And the servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and

gather them up?

Matt. 13:28 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up

also the wheat with them.

Matt. 13:29 Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of

harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the wheat into my

barn; and the tares are bound in bundles to be burned.

Matt. 13:30 And another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The

kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took

and sowed in his field;

Matt. 13:31 Which indeed is the least of all seeds; but when it is grown, it

is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air

come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Matt. 13:32 Another parable spake he unto them: The kingdom of heaven

is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal

until the whole was leavened.

Matt. 13:33 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitudes in parables;

and without a parable spake he not unto them,

Matt. 13:34 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets,

saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have

been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Matt. 13:35 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house.

And his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the

tares of the field.

Matt. 13:36 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed

is the Son of Man.

Matt. 13:37 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the

kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked.

Matt. 13:38 The enemy that sowed them is the devil.

Matt. 13:39 The harvest is the end of the world, or the destruction of the

wicked.

Matt. 13:40 The reapers are the angels, or the messengers sent of heaven.

Matt. 13:41 As, therefore, the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so

shall it be in the end of this world, or the destruction of the wicked.

Matt. 13:42 For in that day, before the Son of Man shall come, he shall

send forth his angels and messengers of heaven.

Matt. 13:43 And they shall gather out of his kingdom all things which

offend, and them which do iniquity, and shall cast them out among the

wicked; and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Matt. 13:44 For the world shall be burned with fire.

Matt. 13:45 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom

of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matt. 13:46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hid in a

field. And when a man hath found a treasure which is hid, he secureth it

and, straightway, for joy thereof, goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and

buyeth that field.

Matt. 13:47 And again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant-

man, seeking goodly pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great

price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Matt. 13:48 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast

into the sea and gathered of every kind, which, when it was full, they drew

to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad

away.

Matt. 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world.

Matt. 13:50 And the world is the children of the wicked.

Matt. 13:51 The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among

the just, and shall cast them out into the world to be burned. There shall be

wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Matt. 13:52 Then Jesus said unto them, Have ye understood all these

things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

Matt. 13:53 Then said he unto them, Every scribe well instructed in the

things of the kingdom of heaven is like unto a householder: a man,

therefore, which bringeth forth out of his treasure that which is new and old.

Matt. 13:54 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables,

he departed thence.

Matt. 13:55 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them

in their synagogues, insomuch that they were astonished and said, Whence

hath this Jesus this wisdom and these mighty works?

Matt. 13:56 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary?

And his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters,

are they not all with us?

Matt. 13:57 Whence then hath this man all these things? And they were

offended at him.

Matt. 13:58 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save

in his own country and in his own house.

Matt. 13:59 And he did not many mighty works there because of their

unbelief.

Matt. Chapter 14

John the Baptist beheaded—A multitude miraculously fed—Jesus walks on

water

Matt. 14:1 At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus 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.

Matt. 14:2 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in

prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

Matt. 14:3 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

Matt. 14:4 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the

multitude because they counted him as a prophet.

Matt. 14:5 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias

danced before them and pleased Herod.

Matt. 14:6 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she

would ask.

Matt. 14:7 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me

here, John Baptist's head in a charger.

Matt. 14:8 And the king was sorry; nevertheless for the oath's sake, and

them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given.

Matt. 14:9 And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

Matt. 14:10 And his head was brought in a charger and given to the

damsel; and she brought it to her mother.

Matt. 14:11 And his disciples came and took up the body, and buried it, and

went and told Jesus.

Matt. 14:12 When Jesus heard that John was beheaded, he departed thence

by ship into a desert place apart; and when the people had heard of him,

they followed him on foot out of the cities.

Matt. 14:13 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was

moved with compassion towards them, and he healed their sick.

Matt. 14:14 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying,

This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away,

that they may go into the villages and buy themselves victuals.

Matt. 14:15 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them

to eat.

Matt. 14:16 And they said unto him, We have here but five loaves and two

fishes. He said, Bring them hither to me.

Matt. 14:17 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass; and

he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he

blessed and broke, and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples, to

the multitude.

Matt. 14:18 And they did all eat and were filled. And they took up of the

fragments that remained, twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were

about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Matt. 14:19 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a

ship and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes

away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a

mountain, apart, to pray.

Matt. 14:20 And when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the

ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with the waves; for the wind

was contrary.

Matt. 14:21 And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them,

walking on the sea.

Matt. 14:22 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were

troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

Matt. 14:23 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good

cheer; it is I. Be not afraid.

Matt. 14:24 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me

come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come.

Matt. 14:25 And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on

the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was

afraid; and, beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

Matt. 14:26 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught

him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Matt. 14:27 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

Matt. 14:28 Then they that were in the ship came and worshiped him,

saying, Of a truth, thou art the Son of God.

Matt. 14:29 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of

Gennesaret.

Matt. 14:30 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, and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his

garment; and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

Matt. Chapter 15

Christ goes into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon—Great multitudes come to

him—He heals the lame, the blind, and dumb

Matt. 15:1 Then came to Jesus, scribes and Pharisees, which were of

Jerusalem, saying,

Matt. 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For

they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Matt. 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress

the commandment of God by your tradition?

Matt. 15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother; and,

He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death which Moses shall

appoint.

Matt. 15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to father or mother, By

whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, it is a gift from me, and honor

not his father or mother, it is well.

Matt. 15:6 Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by

your tradition.

Matt. 15:7 O ye hypocrites! Well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This

people draw nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

Matt. 15:8 But in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and the

commandments of men.

Matt. 15:9 And he called the multitude and said unto them, Hear and

understand.

Matt. 15:10 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that

which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth the man.

Matt. 15:11 Then came his disciples and said unto him, Knowest thou that

the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?

Matt. 15:12 But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly

Father hath not planted shall be rooted up.

Matt. 15:13 Let them alone; they be blind leaders of the blind; and if the

blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Matt. 15:14 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this

parable.

Matt. 15:15 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

Matt. 15:16 Do ye not yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the

mouth goeth into the belly and is cast into the draught?

Matt. 15:17 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth

from the heart; and they defile the man.

Matt. 15:18 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,

fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies;

Matt. 15:19 These are things which defile a man. But to eat with unwashen

hands defileth not a man.

Matt. 15:20 Then Jesus went thence and departed into the coasts of Tyre

and Sidon.

Matt. 15:21 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts

and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David;

my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Matt. 15:22 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and

besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Matt. 15:23 He answered, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house

of Israel.

Matt. 15:24 Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.

Matt. 15:25 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's

bread and cast it to dogs.

Matt. 15:26 And she said, Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat the crumbs that fall

from the master's table.

Matt. 15:27 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy

faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole

from that very hour.

Matt. 15:28 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of

Galilee, and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

Matt. 15:29 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them some

lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus'

feet; and he healed them, insomuch that the multitude wondered when they

saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the

blind to see. And they glorified the God of Israel.

Matt. 15:30 Then Jesus called his disciples and said, I have compassion on

the multitude because they continue with me now three days and have

nothing to eat; and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the

way.

Matt. 15:31 And his disciples said unto him, Whence should we have so

much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

Matt. 15:32 And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? And

they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

Matt. 15:33 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

Matt. 15:34 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks,

and brake the bread, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples, to the

multitude.

Matt. 15:35 And they did all eat and were filled. And they took up of the

broken meat, seven baskets full.

Matt. 15:36 And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women

and children.

Matt. 15:37 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into

the coasts of Magdala.

Matt. Chapter 16

Jesus warns of the doctrine of Pharisees and Sadducees—Asks his disciples

who men say he is—Delivers keys of the kingdom to Peter

Matt. 16:1 The Pharisees also, with the Sadducees, came, and, tempting

Jesus, desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven.

Matt. 16:2 And he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye

say, The weather is fair, for the sky is red; and in the morning ye say, The

weather is foul today, for the sky is red and lowering.

Matt. 16:3 O hypocrites! Ye can discern the face of the sky; but ye cannot

tell the signs of the times.

Matt. 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and

there shall no sign be given unto it but the sign of the prophet Jonas.

Matt. 16:5 And he left them and departed.

Matt. 16:6 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had

forgotten to take bread.

Matt. 16:7 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven

of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Matt. 16:8 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, He said this

because we have taken no bread.

Matt. 16:9 And when they reasoned among themselves, Jesus perceived it;

and he said unto them, O ye of little faith! Why reason ye among yourselves

because ye have brought no bread?

Matt. 16:10 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of

the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Matt. 16:11 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many

baskets ye took up?

Matt. 16:12 How is it that you do not understand that I spoke not unto you

concerning bread, that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and

of the Sadducees?

Matt. 16:13 Then understood they, how that he bade them not beware of

the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the

Sadducees.

Matt. 16:14 And when Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he

asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?

Matt. 16:15 And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some Elias; and

others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

Matt. 16:16 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

Matt. 16:17 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the

Son of the living God.

Matt. 16:18 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou,

Simon Bar-Jona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but

my Father who is in heaven.

Matt. 16:19 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter; and upon this

rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Matt. 16:20 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven;

and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and

whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Matt. 16:21 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that

he was Jesus, the Christ.

Matt. 16:22 From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples

how that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders, and

chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

Matt. 16:23 Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far

from thee, Lord; this shall not be done unto thee.

Matt. 16:24 But he turned and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan;

thou art an offense unto me; for thou savorest not the things that be of God,

but those that be of men.

Matt. 16:25 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.

Matt. 16:26 And now for a man to take up his cross is to deny himself all

ungodliness, and every worldly lust, and keep my commandments.

Matt. 16:27 Break not my commandments for to save your lives; for

whosoever will save his life in this world shall lose it in the world to come.

Matt. 16:28 And whosoever will lose his life in this world for my sake

shall find it in the world to come.

Matt. 16:29 Therefore, forsake the world and save your souls; 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?

Matt. 16:30 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.

Matt. 16:31 Verily, I say unto you, There be some standing here which

shall not taste of death till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.

Matt. Chapter 17

Christ transfigured upon the mountain

Matt. 17:1 And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John, his

brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain, apart, and was

transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment

was white as the light.

Matt. 17:2 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias, talking

with him.

Matt. 17:3 Then answered Peter and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us

to be here; if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles: one for thee, one

for Moses, and one for Elias.

Matt. 17:4 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them;

and, behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son,

in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Matt. 17:5 And when the disciples heard the voice, they fell on their faces

and were sore afraid.

Matt. 17:6 And Jesus came, and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not

afraid.

Matt. 17:7 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save

Jesus only.

Matt. 17:8 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them,

saying, Tell the vision to no man until the Son of Man be risen again from

the dead.

Matt. 17:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes

that Elias must first come?

Matt. 17:10 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first

come and restore all things, as the prophets have written.

Matt. 17:11 And again I say unto you that Elias has come already,

concerning whom it is written, Behold, I will send my messenger, and he

shall prepare the way before me; and they knew him not and have done

unto him whatsoever they listed.

Matt. 17:12 Likewise shall also the Son of Man suffer of them.

Matt. 17:13 But I say unto you, Who is Elias? Behold, this is Elias, whom I

send to prepare the way before me.

Matt. 17:14 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John

the Baptist, and also of another, who should come and restore all things, as

it is written by the prophets.

Matt. 17:15 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him

a man kneeling down to him and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son; for

he is lunatic and sore vexed; for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into

the water.

Matt. 17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure

him.

Matt. 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse

generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you?

Bring him hither to me.

Matt. 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil, and he departed out of him; and

the child was cured from that very hour.

Matt. 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus, apart, and said, Why could

not we cast him out?

Matt. 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief; for,

verily, I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall

say unto this mountain, Remove to yonder place, and it shall remove; and

nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Matt. 17:21 Howbeit, this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Matt. 17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The

Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of men; and they shall kill him;

and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

Matt. 17:23 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received

tribute came to Peter and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? He said,

Yea.

Matt. 17:24 And when he was come into the house, Jesus rebuked him,

saying,

Matt. 17:25 What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth

take custom, or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?

Matt. 17:26 Peter said unto him, Of strangers. Jesus said unto him, Then

are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou

to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and

when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money; that

take and give unto them for me and thee.

Matt. Chapter 18

The parable of the lord and his servants—Likened unto the kingdom of

heaven

Matt. 18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is

the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

Matt. 18:2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst

of them, and said, Verily, I say unto you, Except ye be converted and

become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 18:3 Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as this little child,

the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 18:4 And whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name

receiveth me.

Matt. 18:5 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in

me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and

he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Matt. 18:6 Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be

that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!

Matt. 18:7 Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast

it from thee; for it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather

than, having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.

Matt. 18:8 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it

is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than, having two

eyes, to be cast into hellfire.

Matt. 18:9 And a man's hand is his friend, and his foot, also; and a man's

eye are they of his own household.

Matt. 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say

unto you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father

who is in heaven.

Matt. 18:11 For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost and to

call sinners to repentance; but these little ones have no need of repentance,

and I will save them.

Matt. 18:12 How think ye? If a man have a hundred sheep and one of them

be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the

mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

Matt. 18:13 And if it so be that he find it, verily, I say unto you, He

rejoiceth more over that which was lost than over the ninety and nine which

went not astray.

Matt. 18:14 Even so, it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven

that one of these little ones should perish.

Matt. 18:15 Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell

him his fault between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou hast

gained thy brother.

Matt. 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two

more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be

established.

Matt. 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

publican.

Matt. 18:18 Verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall

be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed

in heaven.

Matt. 18:19 Again, I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as

touching any thing that they shall ask, that they may not ask amiss, it shall

be done for them of my Father who is in heaven.

Matt. 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there

am I in the midst of them.

Matt. 18:21 Then came Peter to him and said, Lord, how oft shall my

brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

Matt. 18:22 Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee until seven times, but

until seventy times seven.

Matt. 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain

king, who would take account of his servants.

Matt. 18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him

who owed him ten thousand talents.

Matt. 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him

to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be

made.

Matt. 18:26 And the servant besought him, saying, Lord, have patience

with me, and I will pay thee all.

Matt. 18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and

loosed him, and forgave him the debt. The servant, therefore, fell down and

worshiped him.

Matt. 18:28 But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow

servants which owed him a hundred pence; and he laid hands on him and

took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

Matt. 18:29 And his fellow servant fell down at his feet and besought him,

saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

Matt. 18:30 And he would not; but went and cast him into prison till he

should pay the debt.

Matt. 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.

Matt. 18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O

thou wicked servant! I forgave thee all that debt because thou desiredst me;

shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as

I had pity on thee?

Matt. 18:33 And his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors till

he should pay all that was due unto him.

Matt. 18:34 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye

from your hearts forgive not everyone his brother their trespasses.

Matt. Chapter 19

The Pharisees, tempting Christ, ask if it be lawful to put away one's wife

Matt. 19:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he

departed from Galilee and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan.

Matt. 19:2 And great multitudes followed him; and many believed on him,

and he healed them there.

Matt. 19:3 The Pharisees came also unto him, tempting him, and saying

unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Matt. 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read that he

who made man at the beginning made him, male and female,

Matt. 19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother

and shall cleave unto his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh?

Matt. 19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What,

therefore, God hath joined together let not man put asunder.

Matt. 19:7 They said unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a

writing of divorcement and to put her away?

Matt. 19:8 He said unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your

hearts, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was

not so.

Matt. 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except

for fornication, and shall marry another committeth adultery; and whoso

marrieth her that is put away doth commit adultery.

Matt. 19:10 His disciples said unto him, If the case of the man be so with a

wife, it is not good to marry.

Matt. 19:11 But he said unto them, All cannot receive this saying; it is not

for them save to whom it is given.

Matt. 19:12 For there are some eunuchs which were so born from their

mother's womb; and there are some eunuchs which were made eunuchs of

men; and there be eunuchs which have made themselves eunuchs for the

kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive, let him receive my

sayings.

Matt. 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,

saying, There is no need, for Jesus hath said, Such shall be saved.

Matt. 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and

forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Matt. 19:15 And he laid hands on them and departed thence.

Matt. 19:16 And, behold, one came and said, Good master, what good

thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Matt. 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is

none good but one, that is God; but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the

commandments.

Matt. 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear

false witness.

Matt. 19:19 Honor thy father and mother. And, Thou shalt love thy

neighbor as thyself.

Matt. 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept

from my youth up. What lack I yet?

Matt. 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell that thou

hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come

and follow me.

Matt. 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away

sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

Matt. 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.

Matt. 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 the kingdom of God.

Matt. 19:25 When his disciples heard this, they were exceedingly amazed,

saying, Who then can be saved?

Matt. 19:26 But Jesus beheld their thoughts and said unto them, With men

this is impossible; but if they will forsake all things for my sake, with God

whatsoever things I speak are possible.

Matt. 19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have

forsaken all and followed thee. What shall we have therefore?

Matt. 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily, I say unto you that ye who

have followed me shall, in the resurrection, when the Son of Man shall

come sitting on the throne of his glory, ye shall also sit upon twelve thrones,

judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matt. 19:29 And everyone that has forsaken houses, or brethren, 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.

Matt. 19:30 But many of the first shall be last, and the last first.

Matt. Chapter 20

The kingdom of heaven likened unto a man hiring laborers in his vineyard

Matt. 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man, a householder,

who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

Matt. 20:2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he

sent them into his vineyard.

Matt. 20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and found others standing

idle in the market place,

Matt. 20:4 And said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and

whatsoever is right, I will give you; and they went their way.

Matt. 20:5 And again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did

likewise.

Matt. 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others

standing idle, and said unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

Matt. 20:7 They said unto him, Because no man hath hired us.

Matt. 20:8 He said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and

whatsoever is right, ye shall receive.

Matt. 20:9 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard said unto his

steward, Call the laborers and give them their hire, beginning from the last

unto the first.

Matt. 20:10 And when they came that began about the eleventh hour, they

received every man a penny.

Matt. 20:11 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have

received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when

they had received a penny, they murmured against the good man of the

house, saying, These last have wrought one hour only, and thou hast made

them equal unto us, who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.

Matt. 20:12 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no

wrong; didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

Matt. 20:13 Take thine and go thy way; I will give unto this last even as

unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?

Matt. 20:14 Is thine eye evil because I am good?

Matt. 20:15 So the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are called,

but few chosen.

Matt. 20:16 And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples

apart in the way and said unto them,

Matt. 20:17 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be

betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn

him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge,

and to crucify. And the third day he shall rise again.

Matt. 20:18 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her

sons, worshiping Jesus and desiring a certain thing of him.

Matt. 20:19 And he said unto her, What wilt thou that I should do?

Matt. 20:20 And she said unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit,

the one on thy right hand and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.

Matt. 20:21 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye

able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the

baptism that I am baptized with?

Matt. 20:22 They said unto him, We are able.

Matt. 20:23 And he said unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and

be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right

hand and on my left is for whom it is prepared of my Father, but not mine to

give.

Matt. 20:24 And when the ten heard this, they were moved with

indignation against the two brethren.

Matt. 20:25 But Jesus called them and said, Ye know that the princes of the

Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise

authority upon them; but it shall not be so among you.

Matt. 20:26 But whosoever will be great among you, let him be your

minister.

Matt. 20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your

servant,

Matt. 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.

Matt. 20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed

him.

Matt. 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,

Son of David.

Matt. 20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, saying they should hold their

peace; but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of

David.

Matt. 20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye

that I shall do unto you?

Matt. 20:33 They said unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

Matt. 20:34 So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes; and

immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Matt. Chapter 21

Christ rides into Jerusalem on a colt

Matt. 21:1 And when Jesus drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and they were come

to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

Matt. 21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and

straightway ye shall find a colt tied; loose it and bring it unto me; and if any

shall say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of it; and

straightway he will send it.

Matt. 21:3 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken

by the prophet, saying,

Matt. 21:4 Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy king cometh unto thee,

and he is meek, and he is sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass.

Matt. 21:5 And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them, and

brought the colt, and put on it their clothes; and Jesus took the colt and sat

thereon; and they followed him.

Matt. 21:6 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way;

others cut down branches from the trees and strewed in the way.

Matt. 21:7 And the multitudes that went before, and also that followed

after, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who cometh

in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

Matt. 21:8 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved,

saying, Who is this?

Matt. 21:9 And the multitude said, This is Jesus of Nazareth, the prophet of

Galilee.

Matt. 21:10 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them

that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the

moneychangers and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them,

Matt. 21:11 It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but

ye have made it a den of thieves.

Matt. 21:12 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he

healed them.

Matt. 21:13 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful

things that he did, and the children of the kingdom crying in the temple and

saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were sore displeased and said

unto him, Hearest thou what these say?

Matt. 21:14 And Jesus said unto them, Yea. Have ye never read the

scriptures which saith, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, O Lord,

thou hast perfected praise?

Matt. 21:15 And he left them, and went out of the city unto Bethany, and

he lodged there.

Matt. 21:16 Now in the morning, as he returned into the city, he hungered.

Matt. 21:17 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it; and there

was not any fruit on it, but leaves only. And he said unto it, Let no fruit

grow on thee henceforward, forever. And presently the fig tree withered

away.

Matt. 21:18 And when the disciples saw this, they marveled and said, How

soon is the fig tree withered away!

Matt. 21:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, If

ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this to the fig tree, but also,

if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into

the sea, it shall be done.

Matt. 21:20 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, in faith

believing, ye shall receive.

Matt. 21:21 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and

the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching and said, By

what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?

Matt. 21:22 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you

one thing, which if ye tell me, I, likewise, will tell you by what authority I

do these things.

Matt. 21:23 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or of men?

Matt. 21:24 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say,

From heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if

we shall say, Of men, we fear the people. For all people held John as a

prophet. And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell.

Matt. 21:25 And he said, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these

things.

Matt. 21:26 But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the

first, saying, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

Matt. 21:27 He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented

and went.

Matt. 21:28 And he came to the second and said likewise. And he

answered and said, I will serve; and went not.

Matt. 21:29 Whether of these twain did the will of their father?

Matt. 21:30 They said unto him, The first.

Matt. 21:31 Jesus said unto them, Verily, I say unto you that the publicans

and harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.

Matt. 21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness and bare

record of me, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots

believed him; and ye, afterward, when ye had seen me, repented not, that ye

might believe him.

Matt. 21:33 For he that believed not John concerning me cannot believe

me, except he first repent.

Matt. 21:34 And except ye repent, the preaching of John shall condemn

you in the day of judgment. And again, hear another parable; for unto you

that believe not, I speak in parables, that your unrighteousness may be

rewarded unto you.

Matt. 21:35 Behold, there was a certain householder, who planted a

vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built

a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

Matt. 21:36 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants

to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

Matt. 21:37 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and

killed another, and stoned another.

Matt. 21:38 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did

unto them likewise.

Matt. 21:39 But last of all, he sent unto them his son, saying, They will

reverence my son.

Matt. 21:40 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among

themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his

inheritance.

Matt. 21:41 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and

slew him.

Matt. 21:42 And Jesus said unto them, When the Lord, therefore, of the

vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

Matt. 21:43 They said unto him, He will destroy those miserable, wicked

men and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render

him the fruits in their seasons.

Matt. 21:44 Jesus said unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The

stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the

corner; this is the Lord's doings, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

Matt. 21:45 Therefore, say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken

from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

Matt. 21:46 For whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken; but on

whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

Matt. 21:47 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his

parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

Matt. 21:48 And they said among themselves, Shall this man think that he

alone can spoil this great kingdom? And they were angry with him.

Matt. 21:49 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the

multitude because they learned that the multitude took him for a prophet.

Matt. 21:50 And now his disciples came to him; and Jesus said unto them,

Marvel ye at the words of the parable which I spake unto them?

Matt. 21:51 Verily, I say unto you, I am the stone, and those wicked ones

reject me.

Matt. 21:52 I am the head of the corner. These Jews shall fall upon me and

shall be broken.

Matt. 21:53 And the kingdom of God shall be taken from them and shall be

given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof (meaning the Gentiles).

Matt. 21:54 Wherefore, on whomsoever this stone shall fall, it shall grind

him to powder.

Matt. 21:55 And when the Lord, therefore, of the vineyard cometh, he will

destroy those miserable, wicked men, and will let again his vineyard unto

other husbandmen, even in the last days, who shall render him the fruits in

their seasons.

Matt. 21:56 And then understood they the parable which he spake unto

them, that the Gentiles should be destroyed also, when the Lord should

descend out of heaven to reign in his vineyard, which is the earth and the

inhabitants thereof.

Matt. Chapter 22

Parable of the marriage supper

Matt. 22:1 And Jesus answered the people again, and spake unto them in

parables, and said,

Matt. 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, who made a

marriage for his son.

Matt. 22:3 And when the marriage was ready, he sent forth his servants to

call them that were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come.

Matt. 22:4 Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are

bidden, Behold, I have prepared my oxen, and my fatlings have been killed,

and my dinner is ready, and all things are prepared; therefore, come unto the

marriage.

Matt. 22:5 But they made light of the servants and went their ways, one to

his farm, another to his merchandise;

Matt. 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them

spitefully, and slew them.

Matt. 22:7 But when the king heard that his servants were dead, he was

wroth; and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and

burned up their city.

Matt. 22:8 Then said he to his servants, The wedding is ready; but they

who were bidden were not worthy.

Matt. 22:9 Go ye, therefore, into the highways, and as many as ye shall

find, bid to the marriage.

Matt. 22:10 So those servants went out into the highways and gathered

together all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding

was furnished with guests.

Matt. 22:11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a

man who had not a wedding garment.

Matt. 22:12 And he said unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not

having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

Matt. 22:13 Then said the king unto his servants, Bind him hand and foot,

and take and cast him away into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and

gnashing of teeth.

Matt. 22:14 For many are called, but few chosen; wherefore, all do not

have on the wedding garment.

Matt. 22:15 Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might

entangle him in talk.

Matt. 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians,

saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in

truth, neither carest thou for any; for thou regardest not the person of men.

Matt. 22:17 Tell us, therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give

tribute unto Caesar, or not?

Matt. 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, Ye hypocrites!

Why tempt ye me? Show me the tribute money.

Matt. 22:19 And they brought unto him a penny.

Matt. 22:20 He said unto them, Whose image is this, and superscription?

Matt. 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 which are God's.

Matt. 22:22 And when they had heard him say these words, they marveled,

and left him, and went their way.

Matt. 22:23 The same day came the Sadducees to him, who say that there

is no resurrection, and asked him, saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die,

having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto

his brother.

Matt. 22:24 Now there were with us, seven brethren; and the first, when he

had married a wife, deceased; and, having no issue, he left his wife unto his

brother.

Matt. 22:25 Likewise the second also, and the third, and even unto the

seventh.

Matt. 22:26 And last of all the woman died also.

Matt. 22:27 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the

seven? For they all had her.

Matt. 22:28 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the

scriptures nor the power of God.

Matt. 22:29 For in the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given in

marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Matt. 22:30 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read

that which was spoken unto you of God, saying,

Matt. 22:31 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God

of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Matt. 22:32 And when the multitude heard him, they were astonished at his

doctrine.

Matt. 22:33 But when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to

silence, they were gathered together.

Matt. 22:34 Then one of them, a lawyer, tempting him, asked, saying,

Matt. 22:35 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Matt. 22:36 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with

all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Matt. 22:37 This is the first and great commandment.

Matt. 22:38 And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as

thyself.

Matt. 22:39 On these two commandments hang all the law and the

prophets.

Matt. 22:40 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

saying, What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?

Matt. 22:41 They said unto him, The Son of David.

Matt. 22:42 He said unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him

Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand till I

make thine enemies thy footstool?

Matt. 22:43 If David then called him Lord, how is he his son?

Matt. 22:44 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any

man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

Matt. Chapter 23

Christ upbraids scribes for their hypocrisy—Weeps over Jerusalem

Matt. 23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude and to his disciples, saying,

The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.

Matt. 23:2 All, therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe, they will make

you observe and do; for they are ministers of the law, and they make

themselves your judges. But do not ye after their works; for they say, and

do not.

Matt. 23:3 For they bind heavy burdens and lay on men's shoulders, and

they are grievous to be borne; but they will not move them with one of their

fingers.

Matt. 23:4 And all their works they do to be seen of men. They make broad

their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the

uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and

greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi (which is

master).

Matt. 23:5 But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your master, which is

Christ; and all ye are brethren.

Matt. 23:6 And call no one your creator upon the earth, or your heavenly

Father; for one is your creator and heavenly Father, even he who is in

heaven.

Matt. 23:7 Neither be ye called Master; for one is your master, even he

whom your heavenly Father sent, which is Christ; for he hath sent him

among you that ye might have life.

Matt. 23:8 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Matt. 23:9 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased of him; and

he that shall humble himself shall be exalted of him.

Matt. 23:10 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye

shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye neither go in yourselves,

neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Matt. 23:11 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees! For ye are hypocrites! Ye

devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; therefore, ye

shall receive the greater punishment.

Matt. 23:12 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye

compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you

make him twofold more the child of hell than he was before, like unto

yourselves.

Matt. 23:13 Woe unto 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 committeth sin and is a debtor.

Matt. 23:14 You are fools and blind; for which is the greater, the gold or

the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

Matt. 23:15 And ye say, Whosoever sweareth by the altar, it is nothing; but

whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

Matt. 23:16 O fools and blind! For which is the greater, the gift or the altar

that sanctifieth the gift?

Matt. 23:17 Verily, I say unto you, Whoso, therefore, sweareth by it,

sweareth by the altar and by all things thereon.

Matt. 23:18 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it and by

him who dwelleth therein.

Matt. 23:19 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of

God and by him who sitteth thereon.

Matt. 23:20 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay

tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier things

of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done and not

to leave the other undone.

Matt. 23:21 You blind guides, who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel,

who make yourselves appear unto men that ye would not commit the least

sin; and yet you, yourselves, transgress the whole law.

Matt. 23:22 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.

Matt. 23:23 You blind Pharisees! Cleanse first the cup and platter within,

that the outside of them may be clean also.

Matt. 23:24 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are

like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but

are within full of the bones of the dead and of all uncleanness.

Matt. 23:25 Even so, you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but

within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Matt. 23:26 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you

build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous,

Matt. 23:27 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,

Matt. 23:28 Wherefore, you are witnesses unto yourselves of your own

wickedness; and you are the children of them who killed the prophets,

Matt. 23:29 And will fill up the measure then of your fathers; for you,

yourselves, kill the prophets like unto your fathers.

Matt. 23:30 You serpents and generation of vipers! How can you escape

the damnation of hell?

Matt. 23:31 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men,

and scribes; and of them you shall kill and crucify; and of them you shall

scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city;

Matt. 23:32 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the

earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, son of

Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Matt. 23:33 Verily, I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this

generation.

Matt. 23:34 You bear testimony against your fathers when you, yourselves,

are partakers of the same wickedness.

Matt. 23:35 Behold your fathers did it through ignorance, but you do not;

wherefore, their sins shall be upon your heads.

Matt. 23:36 Then Jesus began to weep over Jerusalem, saying,

Matt. 23:37 O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You who will kill the prophets and

will stone them who are sent unto you, how often would I have gathered

your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings;

and ye would not.

Matt. 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate!

Matt. 23:39 For I say unto you that you shall not see me henceforth and

know that I am he of whom it is written by the prophets, until ye shall say,

Matt. 23:40 Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord, in the

clouds of heaven, and all the holy angels with him.

Matt. 23:41 Then understood his disciples that he should come again on the

earth after that he was glorified and crowned on the right hand of God.

Matt. Chapter 24

Christ foretells destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the wicked

Matt. 24:1 And Jesus went out and departed from the temple; and his

disciples came to him for to hear him, saying, Master, show us concerning

the buildings of the temple; as thou hast said, They shall be thrown down

and left unto you desolate.

Matt. 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? And do

you not understand them? Verily, I say unto you, There shall not be left here

upon this temple one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.

Matt. 24:3 And Jesus left them and went upon the mount of Olives.

Matt. 24:4 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto

him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be which thou hast

said concerning the destruction of the temple, and the Jews; and what is the

sign of thy coming and of the end of the world (or the destruction of the

wicked, which is the end of the world)?

Matt. 24:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man

deceive you.

Matt. 24:6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall

deceive many.

Matt. 24:7 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.

Matt. 24:8 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another,

and shall hate one another.

Matt. 24:9 And many false prophets shall arise and shall deceive many.

Matt. 24:10 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax

cold.

Matt. 24:11 But he that remaineth steadfast and is not overcome, the same

shall be saved.

Matt. 24:12 When you, therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation

spoken of by Daniel the prophet, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem,

then you shall stand in the holy place. (Whoso readeth let him understand.)

Matt. 24:13 Then let them who are in Judea flee into the mountains.

Matt. 24:14 Let him who is on the housetop flee and not return to take

anything out of his house.

Matt. 24:15 Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his

clothes.

Matt. 24:16 And woe unto them that are with child and unto them that give

suck in those days!

Matt. 24:17 Therefore, pray ye the Lord that your flight be not in the

winter, neither on the Sabbath day.

Matt. 24:18 For then, in those days, shall be great tribulations on the Jews

and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, such as was not before sent upon

Israel, of God, since the beginning of their kingdom until this time, no, nor

ever shall be sent again upon Israel.

Matt. 24:19 All things which have befallen them are only the beginning of

the sorrows which shall come upon them; and except those days should be

shortened, there should none of their flesh be saved.

Matt. 24:20 But for the elect's sake, according to the covenant, those days

shall be shortened.

Matt. 24:21 Behold, these things I have spoken unto you concerning the

Jews.

Matt. 24:22 And again, after the tribulation of those days which shall come

upon Jerusalem, if any man shall say unto you, Lo! Here is Christ, or there,

believe him not.

Matt. 24:23 For in those days, there shall also arise false Christs and false

prophets and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if

possible, they shall deceive the very elect, who are the elect according to

the covenant.

Matt. 24:24 Behold, I speak these things unto you for the elect's sake.

Matt. 24:25 And you also shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that

ye be not troubled; for all I have told you must come to pass. But the end is

not yet.

Matt. 24:26 Behold, I have told you before, Wherefore, if they shall say

unto you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth, or, Behold, he is in the

secret chambers, believe it not.

Matt. 24:27 For as the light of the morning cometh out of the east, and

shineth even unto the west, and covereth the whole earth, so shall also the

coming of the Son of Man be.

Matt. 24:28 And now I show unto you a parable: Behold, wheresoever the

carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together; so likewise shall mine

elect be gathered from the four quarters of the earth.

Matt. 24:29 And they shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. Behold, I

speak unto you for mine elect's sake.

Matt. 24:30 For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against

kingdom; there shall be famine, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers

places.

Matt. 24:31 And again, because iniquity shall abound, the love of men

shall wax cold; but he that shall not be overcome, the same shall be saved.

Matt. 24:32 And again, this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all

the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come, or the

destruction of the wicked.

Matt. 24:33 And again, shall the abomination of desolation, spoken of by

Daniel the prophet, be fulfilled.

Matt. 24:34 And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun

shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall

fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Matt. 24:35 Verily, I say unto you, This generation, in which these things

shall be shown forth, shall not pass away until all I have told you shall be

fulfilled.

Matt. 24:36 Although the days will come that heaven and earth shall pass

away, yet my word shall not pass away; but all shall be fulfilled.

Matt. 24:37 And as I said before, After the tribulation of those days, and

the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, then shall appear the sign of the

Son of Man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn.

Matt. 24:38 And they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of

heaven with power and great glory.

Matt. 24:39 And whoso treasureth up my words shall not be deceived.

Matt. 24:40 For the Son of Man shall come, and he shall send his angels

before him with the great sound of a trumpet; and they shall gather together

the remainder of his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to

the other.

Matt. 24:41 Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When its branches are yet

tender and it begins to put forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh at

hand.

Matt. 24:42 So likewise mine elect, when they shall see all these things,

they shall know that he is near, even at the doors.

Matt. 24:43 But of that day and hour no one knoweth; no, not the angels of

God in heaven, but my Father only.

Matt. 24:44 But as it was in the days of Noah, so it shall be also at the

coming of the Son of Man.

Matt. 24:45 For it shall be with them as it was in the days which were

before the flood; for until the day that Noah entered into the ark, they were

eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, and knew not until

the flood came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son

of Man be.

Matt. 24:46 Then shall be fulfilled that which is written, that in the last

days,

Matt. 24:47 Two shall be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other

left.

Matt. 24:48 Two shall be grinding at the mill; the one taken and the other

left.

Matt. 24:49 And what I say unto one, I say unto all men: Watch, therefore,

for you know not at what hour your Lord doth come.

Matt. 24:50 But know this, if the good man of the house had known in

what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not

have suffered his house to have been broken up, but would have been ready.

Matt. 24:51 Therefore, be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think

not, the Son of Man cometh.

Matt. 24:52 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath

made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Matt. 24:53 Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when he cometh shall

find so doing;

Matt. 24:54 And verily, I say unto you, He shall make him ruler over all his

goods.

Matt. 24:55 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth

his coming, and shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and

drink with the drunken, the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when

he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut

him asunder, and shall appoint him his portion with the hypocrites; there

shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matt. 24:56 And thus cometh the end of the wicked according to the

prophecy of Moses, saying, They should be cut off from among the people.

But the end of the earth is not yet, but by and by.

Matt. Chapter 25

Parable of the ten virgins—The talents—The judgment

Matt. 25:1 And then, at that day before the Son of Man comes, the

kingdom of heaven shall be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps

and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Matt. 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five of them were foolish.

Matt. 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with

them; but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

Matt. 25:4 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Matt. 25:5 And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold, the bridegroom

cometh! Go ye out to meet him!

Matt. 25:6 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

Matt. 25:7 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our

lamps are gone out.

Matt. 25:8 But the wise answered, saying, Lest there be not enough for us

and you, go you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

Matt. 25:9 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that

were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.

Matt. 25:10 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord,

open unto us.

Matt. 25:11 But he answered and said, Verily, I say unto you, You know me

not.

Matt. 25:12 Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour

wherein the Son of Man cometh.

Matt. 25:13 Now I will liken these things unto a parable.

Matt. 25:14 For it is like as a man traveling into a far country, who called

his own servants and delivered unto them his goods.

Matt. 25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to

another one, to every man according to his several ability, and straightway

went on his journey.

Matt. 25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went, and traded

with the same, and gained other five talents.

Matt. 25:17 And, likewise, he who received two talents, he also gained

other two.

Matt. 25:18 But he who had received one went, and digged in the earth,

and hid his lord's money.

Matt. 25:19 After a long time, the lord of those servants cometh and

reckoneth with them.

Matt. 25:20 And so he that had received the five talents came and brought

other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents;

behold, I have gained, besides them, five talents more.

Matt. 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant;

thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many

things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Matt. 25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord,

thou deliveredst unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two talents

besides them.

Matt. 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant;

thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many

things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Matt. 25:24 Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord,

I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown and

gathering where thou hast not scattered.

Matt. 25:25 And I was afraid, and went, and hid thy talent in the earth; and

lo, here is thy talent; take it from me as thou hast from thine other servants,

for it is thine.

Matt. 25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, O wicked and slothful

servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not and gather where I have

not scattered.

Matt. 25:27 Having known this, therefore, thou oughtest to have put my

money to the exchangers; and at my coming, I should have received mine

own with usury.

Matt. 25:28 I will take, therefore, the talent from you and give it unto him

who hath ten talents.

Matt. 25:29 For unto everyone who hath obtained other talents shall be

given, and he shall have in abundance.

Matt. 25:30 But from him that hath not obtained other talents shall be taken

away even that which he hath received.

Matt. 25:31 And his lord shall say unto his servants, Cast ye the

unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and

gnashing of teeth.

Matt. 25:32 When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the holy

angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory;

Matt. 25:33 And before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall

separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth sheep from the

goats: the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

Matt. 25:34 And he shall sit upon his throne, and the twelve apostles with

him.

Matt. 25:35 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye

blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the

foundation of the world.

Matt. 25:36 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and

ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye

clothed me;

Matt. 25:37 I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came

unto me.

Matt. 25:38 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw

we thee an hungered and fed thee, or thirsty and gave thee drink?

Matt. 25:39 When saw we thee a stranger and took thee in, or naked and

clothed thee?

Matt. 25:40 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

Matt. 25:41 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily, I say

unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my

brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Matt. 25:42 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from

me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matt. 25:43 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty,

and ye gave me no drink;

Matt. 25:44 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed

me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Matt. 25:45 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we

thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,

and did not minister unto thee?

Matt. 25:46 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily, I say unto you,

Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it

not unto me.

Matt. 25:47 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the

righteous into life eternal.

Matt. Chapter 26

The Lord's Supper—Christ betrayed

Matt. 26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings,

he said unto his disciples,

Matt. 26:2 Ye know that after two days is the passover, and then the Son of

Man is betrayed to be crucified.

Matt. 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, and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety and kill him.

Matt. 26:4 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar

among the people.

Matt. 26:5 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the

leper, there came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very

precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he sat in the house.

Matt. 26:6 But when some saw this, they had indignation, saying, Unto

what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for

much and given to the poor.

Matt. 26:7 When they had said thus, Jesus understood them; and he said

unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? For she hath wrought a good work

upon me.

Matt. 26:8 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not

always.

Matt. 26:9 For she hath poured this ointment on my body for my burial.

Matt. 26:10 And in this thing that she hath done, she shall be blessed; for

verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the

whole world, this thing that this woman hath done shall also be told for a

memorial of her.

Matt. 26:11 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the

chief priests and said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto

you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

Matt. 26:12 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Jesus.

Matt. 26:13 Now on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the

disciples came unto Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we

prepare for thee to eat the passover?

Matt. 26:14 And he said, Go into the city to such a man and say unto him,

The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house

with my disciples.

Matt. 26:15 And the disciples did as Jesus appointed them; and they made

ready the passover.

Matt. 26:16 Now when the evening was come, he sat down with the

twelve.

Matt. 26:17 And as they did eat, he said, Verily, I say unto you that one of

you shall betray me.

Matt. 26:18 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of

them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

Matt. 26:19 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in

the dish, the same shall betray me.

Matt. 26:20 But the Son of Man goeth as it is written of him; but woe unto

that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been good for that

man if he had not been born.

Matt. 26:21 Then Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it

I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

Matt. 26:22 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and brake it, and

blessed it, and gave to his disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is in

remembrance of my body which I give a ransom for you.

Matt. 26:23 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,

saying, Drink ye all of it.

Matt. 26:24 For this is in remembrance of my blood of the new testament,

which is shed for as many as shall believe on my name, for the remission of

their sins.

Matt. 26:25 And I give unto you a commandment that ye shall observe to

do the things which ye have seen me do and bear record of me even unto

the end.

Matt. 26:26 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of

the vine until that day when I shall come and drink it anew with you in my

Father's kingdom.

Matt. 26:27 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount

of Olives.

Matt. 26:28 Then said Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of

me this night; for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of

the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Matt. 26:29 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

Matt. 26:30 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be

offended because of thee, I will never be offended.

Matt. 26:31 Jesus said unto him, Verily, I say unto thee that this night,

before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

Matt. 26:32 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I

not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

Matt. 26:33 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane

and said unto the disciples, Sit ye here while I go yonder and pray.

Matt. 26:34 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and

began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Matt. 26:35 Then said he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even

unto death; tarry ye here and watch with me.

Matt. 26:36 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed,

saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me;

nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Matt. 26:37 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and

saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

Matt. 26:38 Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit

indeed is willing; but the flesh is weak.

Matt. 26:39 He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, O my

Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be

done.

Matt. 26:40 And he came and found them asleep again; for their eyes were

heavy.

Matt. 26:41 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third

time, saying the same words.

Matt. 26:42 Then cometh he to his disciples and saith unto them, Sleep on

now and take rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is

betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Matt. 26:43 And after they had slept, he said unto them, Arise, and let us

be going. Behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

Matt. 26:44 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came,

and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief

priests and elders of the people.

Matt. 26:45 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying,

Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast.

Matt. 26:46 And forthwith he came to Jesus and said, Hail, Master! and

kissed him.

Matt. 26:47 And Jesus said unto him, Judas, wherefore art thou come to

betray me with a kiss?

Matt. 26:48 Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

Matt. 26:49 And behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out

his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and

smote off his ear.

Matt. 26:50 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its

place; for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Matt. 26:51 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he

shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

Matt. 26:52 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must

be?

Matt. 26:53 In that same hour said Jesus unto the multitudes, Are ye come

out as against a thief, with swords and staves, for to take me? I sat daily

with you in the temple, teaching, and ye laid no hold on me.

Matt. 26:54 But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might

be fulfilled.

Matt. 26:55 Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

Matt. 26:56 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas

the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

Matt. 26:57 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace,

and went in, and sat with the servants to see the end.

Matt. 26:58 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council sought

false witness against Jesus, to put him to death, but found none.

Matt. 26:59 Yea, though many false witnesses came, they found none that

could accuse him.

Matt. 26:60 At the last came two false witnesses and said, This man said, I

am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.

Matt. 26:61 And the high priest arose and said unto him, Answerest thou

nothing? Knowest thou what these witness against thee?

Matt. 26:62 But Jesus held his peace.

Matt. 26:63 And the high priest answered and said unto him,

Matt. 26:64 I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou

be the Christ, the Son of God.

Matt. 26:65 Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said. Nevertheless, I say unto

you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of

power and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Matt. 26:66 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken

blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have

heard his blasphemy. What think ye?

Matt. 26:67 They answered and said, He is guilty and worthy of death.

Matt. 26:68 Then did they spit in his face and buffet him; and others smote

him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ.

Who is it that smote thee?

Matt. 26:69 Now Peter sat without in the palace; and a damsel came unto

him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

Matt. 26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou

sayest.

Matt. 26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another saw him

and said unto them that were there, This man was also with Jesus of

Nazareth.

Matt. 26:72 And again he denied with an oath, saying, I do not know the

man.

Matt. 26:73 And after a while, came they that stood by and said to Peter,

Surely thou also art one of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee.

Matt. 26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the

man.

Matt. 26:75 And immediately the cock crew.

Matt. 26:76 And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, which he said unto

him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out and

wept bitterly.

Matt. Chapter 27

The crucifixion of Christ

Matt. 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.

Matt. 27:2 And when they had bound him, they led him away and

delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

Matt. 27:3 Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was

condemned, repented himself and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to

the chief priests and elders,

Matt. 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.

Matt. 27:5 And they said unto him, What is that to us? See thou to it; thy

sins be upon thee.

Matt. 27:6 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and

departed, and went, and hanged himself on a tree. And straightway he fell

down, and his bowels gushed out, and he died.

Matt. 27:7 And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, It is not

lawful for to put them in the treasury because it is the price of blood.

Matt. 27:8 And they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field to

bury strangers in. Wherefore, that field was called the field of blood unto

this day.

Matt. 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy, the

prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him

that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value.

Matt. 27:10 And, therefore, they took the pieces of silver and gave them

for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed by the mouth of Jeremy.

Matt. 27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked

him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews?

Matt. 27:12 And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest truly; for thus it is

written of me.

Matt. 27:13 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he

answered nothing.

Matt. 27:14 Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things

they witness against thee?

Matt. 27:15 And he answered him not to his questions; yea, never a word,

insomuch that the governor marveled greatly.

Matt. 27:16 Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the

people a prisoner, whom they would.

Matt. 27:17 And they had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.

Matt. 27:18 Therefore, when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto

them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas or Jesus, which is

called Christ?

Matt. 27:19 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

Matt. 27:20 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent

unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man, for I have

suffered many things this day in a vision because of him.

Matt. 27:21 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that

they should ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

Matt. 27:22 And the governor said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye

that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.

Matt. 27:23 Pilate said unto them, What shall I do with Jesus, which is

called Christ?

Matt. 27:24 And all said unto him, Let him be crucified.

Matt. 27:25 And the governor said, Why? What evil hath he done? But

they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

Matt. 27:26 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but rather that 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 that ye do nothing

unto him.

Matt. 27:27 Then answered all the people and said, His blood come upon

us and our children.

Matt. 27:28 Then released he Barabbas unto them; and when he had

scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Matt. 27:29 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common

hall and gathered unto him the whole band.

Matt. 27:30 And they stripped him and put on him a purple robe.

Matt. 27:31 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 they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Matt. 27:32 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on

the head.

Matt. 27:33 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off

from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify

him.

Matt. 27:34 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by

name; him they compelled to bear his cross.

Matt. 27:35 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha (that

is to say, a place of burial),

Matt. 27:36 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall; and when

he had tasted the vinegar, he would not drink.

Matt. 27:37 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 vesture they did cast lots.

Matt. 27:38 And sitting down, they watched him there.

Matt. 27:39 And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross; and the writing

was,

Matt. 27:40 JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS, in

letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew.

Matt. 27:41 And the chief priests said unto Pilate, It should be written and

set up over his head, his accusation, This is he that said he was Jesus, the

King of the Jews.

Matt. 27:42 But Pilate answered and said, What I have written, I have

written; let it alone.

Matt. 27:43 Then were there two thieves crucified with him: one on the

right hand, and another on the left.

Matt. 27:44 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads and

saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it again in three days,

save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Matt. 27:45 Likewise, also the chief priests, mocking with the scribes and

the elders, said, 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.

Matt. 27:46 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now; if he will save

him, let him save him; for he said, I am the Son of God.

Matt. 27:47 One of the thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast

the same in his teeth. But the other rebuked him, saying, Dost thou not fear

God, seeing thou art under the same condemnation? And this man is just

and hath not sinned; and he cried unto the Lord that he would save him.

Matt. 27:48 And the Lord said unto him, This day thou shalt be with me in

paradise.

Matt. 27:49 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land

unto the ninth hour.

Matt. 27:50 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,

Eli, Eli, lama sabacthani? (That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou

forsaken me?)

Matt. 27:51 Some of them that stood there, when they heard him, said, This

man calleth for Elias.

Matt. 27:52 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled

it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

Matt. 27:53 The rest said, Let him be; let us see whether Elias will come to

save him.

Matt. 27:54 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, saying,

Father, it is finished, thy will is done, yielded up the ghost.

Matt. 27:55 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the

top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

Matt. 27:56 And the graves were opened; and the bodies of the saints

which slept, arose, who were many,

Matt. 27:57 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, went into the

holy city, and appeared unto many.

Matt. 27:58 Now when the centurion and they that were with him,

watching Jesus, heard the earthquake and saw those things which were

done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Matt. 27:59 And many women were there, beholding afar off, which

followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him for his burial, among

whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and

the mother of Zebedee's children.

Matt. 27:60 When the evening was come, there came a rich man of

Arimathea named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple; he went to

Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.

Matt. 27:61 Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

Matt. 27:62 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean

linen cloth 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.

Matt. 27:63 And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, sitting

over against the sepulcher.

Matt. 27:64 Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the

chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we

remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I

will rise again.

Matt. 27:65 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 this last imposture will be worse

than the first.

Matt. 27:66 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way; make it

as sure as you can.

Matt. 27:67 So they went and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone

and setting a watch.

Matt. Chapter 28

The resurrection of Christ—He sends forth his disciples to all nations

Matt. 28:1 In the end of the Sabbath day, as it began to dawn towards the

first day of the week, early in the morning came Mary Magdalene and the

other Mary to see the sepulcher.

Matt. 28:2 And behold, there had been a great earthquake; for two angels

of the Lord descended from heaven, and came, and rolled back the stone

from the door, and sat upon it.

Matt. 28:3 And their countenance was like lightning, and their raiment

white as snow; and for fear of them, the keepers did shake and became as

though they were dead.

Matt. 28:4 And the angels answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye;

for we know that ye seek Jesus who was crucified.

Matt. 28:5 He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come; see the place

where the Lord lay; and go quickly and tell his disciples that he is risen

from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye

see him; lo, I have told you.

Matt. 28:6 And they departed quickly from the sepulcher, with fear and

great joy, and did run to bring his disciples word.

Matt. 28:7 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them,

saying, All hail!

Matt. 28:8 And they came, and held him by the feet, and worshiped him.

Matt. 28:9 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid; go tell my brethren

that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

Matt. 28:10 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came

into the city and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

Matt. 28:11 And when they were assembled with the elders and had taken

counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

Matt. 28:12 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night and stole him

while we slept.

Matt. 28:13 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him

and secure you.

Matt. 28:14 So they took the money and did as they were taught; and this

saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

Matt. 28:15 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a

mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

Matt. 28:16 And when they saw him, they worshiped him; but some

doubted.

Matt. 28:17 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is

given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Matt. 28:18 Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the

name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,

Matt. 28:19 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have

commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, unto the end of the world.

Amen.

Mark

His Testimony of Christ

Mark Chapter 1

John's mission — He baptizes Jesus — Commencement of Jesus' ministry

Mark Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of

God, as it is written in the prophets: Behold, I send my messenger before

thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Mark 1:2 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of

the Lord; make his paths straight.

Mark 1:3 John did baptize in the wilderness and preach the baptism of

repentance for the remission of sins.

Mark 1:4 And there went out unto him all the land of Judea and they of

Jerusalem, and many were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing

their sins.

Mark 1:5 And John was clothed with camels' hair and with a girdle of skin

about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey, and preached, saying,

There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am

not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

Mark 1:6 I indeed have baptized you with water; but he shall not only

baptize you with water, but with fire and the Holy Ghost.

Mark 1:7 And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth

of Galilee and was baptized of John in Jordan.

Mark 1:8 And straightway, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens

opened and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him;

Mark 1:9 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my

beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And John bare record of it.

Mark 1:10 And immediately the Spirit took him into the wilderness.

Mark 1:11 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, Satan seeking to

tempt him, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto

him.

Mark 1:12 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee,

preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God and saying,

Mark 1:13 The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent

ye and believe the gospel.

Mark 1:14 And 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 1:15 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make

you to become fishers of men.

Mark 1:16 And straightway they forsook their nets and followed him.

Mark 1:17 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James, the

son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who also were in the ship mending

their nets.

Mark 1:18 And he called them; and straightway they left their father

Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

Mark 1:19 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the Sabbath

day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

Mark 1:20 And they were astonished at his doctrine; for he taught them as

one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

Mark 1:21 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit;

and he cried out, saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou

Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art,

the Holy one of God.

Mark 1:22 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace and come out of

him.

Mark 1:23 And when the unclean spirit had torn him and cried with a loud

voice, he came out of him.

Mark 1:24 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned

among themselves, saying, What thing is this? What new doctrine is this?

For with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do

obey him.

Mark 1:25 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the

regions round about Galilee.

Mark 1:26 And, forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue,

they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

Mark 1:27 And Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and they

besought him for her.

Mark 1:28 And he came, and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and

immediately the fever left her, and she came and ministered unto them.

Mark 1:29 And at evening after sunset, they brought unto him all that were

diseased and them that were possessed with devils; and all the city was

gathered together at the door.

Mark 1:30 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast

out many devils, and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew

him.

Mark 1:31 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went

out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

Mark 1:32 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

Mark 1:33 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men

seek for thee.

Mark 1:34 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may

preach there also; for, therefore, came I forth.

Mark 1:35 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee and

cast out devils.

Mark 1:36 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and, kneeling

down to him, said, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Mark 1:37 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and

touched him, and said unto him, I will; be thou clean.

Mark 1:38 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy

departed from him, and he was cleansed.

Mark 1:39 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; and

said unto him, See thou say nothing to any man; but go thy way, show

thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses

commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Mark 1:40 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze

abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the

city, but was without in solitary places; and they came to him from every

quarter.

Mark Chapter 2

The preaching of Christ — The word confirmed by signs

Mark 2:1 And again, he entered into Capernaum after many days; and it

was noised abroad that he was in the house.

Mark 2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that

there was no room to receive the multitude, 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 sick of the palsy, which

was borne of four persons.

Mark 2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him, for the press, they

uncovered the roof where he was; and when they had broken it up, they let

down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy,

Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

Mark 2:6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and reasoning

in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can

forgive sins but God only?

Mark 2:7 And immediately, when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so

reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things

in your hearts? Is it not easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be

forgiven thee, than to say, Arise, and take up thy bed and walk?

Mark 2:8 But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth

to forgive sins, he said to the sick of the palsy, I say unto thee, Arise, and

take up thy bed, and go thy way into thy house.

Mark 2:9 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth

before them all, insomuch that they were all amazed, and many glorified

God, saying, We never saw the power of God after this manner.

Mark 2:10 And Jesus went forth again by the seaside, and all the multitude

resorted unto him, and he taught them.

Mark 2:11 And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at

the place where they receive tribute as was customary in those days; and he

said unto him, Follow me; and he arose and followed him.

Mark 2:12 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many

publicans and sinners sat also together with him and his disciples; for there

were many, and they followed him.

Mark 2:13 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans

and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and

drinketh with publicans and sinners?

Mark 2:14 When Jesus heard this, he said unto them, They that are whole

have no need of the physician, but they that are sick.

Mark 2:15 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Mark 2:16 And they came and said unto him, The disciples of John and of

the Pharisees used to fast; and why do the disciples of John and of the

Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

Mark 2:17 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber

fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the

bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Mark 2:18 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken

away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

Mark 2:19 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment;

else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is

made worse.

Mark 2:20 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new

wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be

marred; but new wine must be put into new bottles.

Mark 2:21 And it came to pass that he went through the cornfields on the

Sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of

corn.

Mark 2:22 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do thy disciples

on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Mark 2:23 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did

when he had need and was an hungered, he and they who were with him?

Mark 2:24 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 but for the

priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

Mark 2:25 And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not

man for the Sabbath.

Mark 2:26 Wherefore, the Sabbath was given unto man for a day of rest,

and also that man should glorify God, and not that man should not eat;

Mark 2:27 For the Son of Man made the Sabbath day; therefore, the Son of

Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.

Mark Chapter 3

Choosing of the Twelve — Sin against the Holy Ghost — The brethren of

Christ

Mark 3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man

there which had a withered hand.

Mark 3:2 And they watched him to see whether he would heal him on the

Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

Mark 3:3 And he said unto the man which had a 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 round about on them with anger, being

grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said unto the man, Stretch forth

thy hand.

Mark 3:6 And he stretched out his hand; and his hand was restored whole

as the other.

Mark 3:7 And the Pharisees went forth and straightway took counsel with

the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Mark 3:8 But Jesus withdrew himself, with his disciples, to the sea; and a

great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, and from

Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre

and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard what great things he did,

came unto him.

Mark 3:9 And he spake unto 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, insomuch that they pressed upon him

for to touch him. As many as had plagues and unclean spirits, when they

saw him, fell down before him and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

Mark 3:11 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him

known.

Mark 3:12 And he goeth up into a mountain and calleth whom he would;

and they came unto him.

Mark 3:13 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that

he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses,

and to cast out devils.

Mark 3:14 And Simon he surnamed Peter; and James, the son of Zebedee;

and John, the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is

the sons of thunder; and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and

Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and

Simon, the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him; and they

went into a house.

Mark 3:15 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not

so much as eat bread.

Mark 3:16 And when his friends heard him speak, they went out to lay

hold on him; for they said, He is beside himself.

Mark 3:17 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath

Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils he casteth out devils.

Mark 3:18 Now Jesus knew this, and he called them and said unto them in

parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided

against itself, how can that kingdom stand?

Mark 3:19 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

And if Satan rise up against himself and be divided, he cannot stand, but

speedily hath an end.

Mark 3:20 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 3:21 And then came certain men unto him, accusing him, saying,

Why do ye receive sinners, seeing thou makest thyself the Son of God?

Mark 3:22 But he answered them and said, Verily, I say unto you, All sins

which men have committed, when they repent, shall be forgiven them; for I

came to preach repentance unto the sons of men.

Mark 3:23 And blasphemies, wherewith soever they shall blaspheme, shall

be forgiven them that come unto me and do the works which they see me

do.

Mark 3:24 But there is a sin which shall not be forgiven. He that shall

blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness; but he is in

danger of being cut down out of the world. And they shall inherit eternal

damnation.

Mark 3:25 And this he said unto them because they said, He hath an

unclean spirit.

Mark 3:26 While he was yet with them, and while he was yet speaking,

there came then some of his brethren and his mother, and standing without,

sent unto him, calling unto him.

Mark 3:27 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him,

Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

Mark 3:28 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or who are

my brethren?

Mark 3:29 And he looked round about on them which sat about him and

said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

Mark 3:30 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother,

and my sister, and mother.

Mark Chapter 4

Parables of the sower and mustard seed — Jesus calms the sea

Mark 4:1 And he began again to teach by the seaside; 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.

Mark 4:3 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken; 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; but when the sun

was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Mark 4:6 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked

it; and it yielded no fruit.

Mark 4:7 And other seed fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that

sprang up, and increased, and brought forth, some thirtyfold, some sixty,

and some a hundred.

Mark 4:8 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:9 And when he was alone with the twelve and they that believed in

him, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

Mark 4:10 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the

mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, all things

are done in parables,

Mark 4:11 That seeing, they may see and not perceive; and hearing, they

may hear and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted and

their sins should be forgiven them.

Mark 4:12 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? And how

then will ye know all parables?

Mark 4:13 The sower soweth the word.

Mark 4:14 And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sown; but

when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the word

that was sown in their hearts.

Mark 4:15 And these are they likewise which receive the word on stony

ground, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with

gladness, and have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time; and

afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake,

immediately they are offended.

Mark 4:16 And these are they who receive the word among thorns, such as

hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,

and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word; and it becometh

unfruitful.

Mark 4:17 And these are they who receive the word on good ground, such

as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some

sixty, and some a hundred.

Mark 4:18 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a

bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick? I say unto you,

Nay;

Mark 4:19 For there is nothing hid which shall not be manifested; neither

was anything kept secret, but that it should in due time come abroad. If any

man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:20 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear; for with what

measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you; and unto you that continue to

receive, shall more be given; for he that receiveth, to him shall be given; but

he that continueth not to receive, from him shall be taken even that which

he hath.

Mark 4:21 And he said, So is the kingdom of God; as if a man should cast

seed into the ground, and should sleep and rise, night and day, and the seed

should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how;

Mark 4:22 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then

the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Mark 4:23 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in

the sickle because the harvest is come.

Mark 4:24 And he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? Or

with what comparison shall we compare it?

Mark 4:25 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; but when it is sown, it

groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great

branches, so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

Mark 4:26 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as

they were able to bear; but without a parable spake he not unto them.

Mark 4:27 And when they were alone, he expounded all things unto his

disciples.

Mark 4:28 And the same day, when the even was come, he said unto them,

Let us pass over unto the other side.

Mark 4:29 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him,

even as he was, in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.

Mark 4:30 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat over

into the ship; and he was in the hinder part of the ship asleep on a pillow;

and they awoke him and said unto him, Master, carest thou not that we

perish?

Mark 4:31 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 4:32 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye

have no faith?

Mark 4:33 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

The unclean spirit at the tombs — Healing of Jairus' daughter

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 was come out of the ship, immediately there met

him out of the tombs, a man with an unclean spirit, who had been dwelling

among the tombs.

Mark 5:3 And no man could bind him, no, not with chains; because that he

had been often bound with fetters, and chains, and the chains had been

plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces; neither could any

man tame him.

Mark 5:4 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the

tombs, crying and cutting himself with stones.

Mark 5:5 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran, and worshiped him, and

cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou

Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

For he said unto him, Come out of the man, unclean spirit.

Mark 5:6 And he commanded him, saying, Declare thy name. And he

answered, saying, My name is Legion; for we are many.

Mark 5:7 And he besought him much, that he would not send them away

out of the country.

Mark 5:8 Now there was there, nigh unto the mountains, a great herd of

swine feeding.

Mark 5:9 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine,

that we may enter into them. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave.

Mark 5:10 And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine; and

the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea (they were about two

thousand) and were choked in the sea.

Mark 5:11 And they that fed the swine fled and told the people in the city

and in the country all that was done unto the swine.

Mark 5:12 And they went out to see what it was that was done. And they

came to Jesus and saw him that was possessed with the devil and had the

Legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Mark 5:13 And they that saw the miracle told them that came out, how it

befell him that was possessed with the devil, and how the devil was cast

out, and concerning the swine.

Mark 5:14 And they began immediately to pray him to depart out of their

coasts.

Mark 5:15 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been

possessed with the devil spoke to Jesus and prayed him that he might be

with him.

Mark 5:16 Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, but said unto him, Go home to

thy friends and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee and

hath had compassion on thee.

Mark 5:17 And he departed and began to publish in Decapolis how great

things Jesus had done for him; and all that heard him did marvel.

Mark 5:18 And when Jesus had passed over again by ship unto the other

side, much people gathered unto him; and he was nigh unto the sea.

Mark 5:19 And behold there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue,

Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet and besought him

greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death; come and lay

thy hands on her that she may be healed, and she shall live.

Mark 5:20 And he went with him; and much people followed him and

thronged him.

Mark 5:21 And a certain woman — which had an issue of blood twelve

years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all

that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse — when she

had heard of Jesus, she came in the press behind and touched his garment;

for she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

Mark 5:22 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she

felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

Mark 5:23 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had

gone out of him, turned him about in the press and said, Who touched my

clothes?

Mark 5:24 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude

thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

Mark 5:25 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing;

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 5:26 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole;

go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

Mark 5:27 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the

synagogue's house, a man who said, Thy daughter is dead. Why troublest

thou the Master any further?

Mark 5:28 As soon as he spake, Jesus heard the word that was spoken and

said unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid; only believe.

Mark 5:29 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James,

and John, the brother of James.

Mark 5:30 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and

seeth the tumult and them that wept and wailed greatly.

Mark 5:31 And when he was come in, he said unto them, Why make ye

this ado, and weep? The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed

him to scorn.

Mark 5:32 But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the

mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where

the damsel was lying;

Mark 5:33 And he took the damsel by the hand and said unto her, Talitha

cumi, which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise.

Mark 5:34 And straightway the damsel arose and walked; for she was

twelve years old. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

Mark 5:35 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it and

commanded that something should be given her to eat.

Mark Chapter 6

The Twelve called and sent out — Five loaves and two fishes

Mark 6:1 And he went out from thence 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, were astonished at his words, saying, From

whence hath this man these things?

Mark 6:3 And what wisdom is this that is given unto him, that even such

mighty works are wrought by his hands?

Mark 6:4 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James

and Joses, and of Judah and Simon?

Mark 6:5 And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at

him.

Mark 6:6 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in

his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

Mark 6:7 And he could do no mighty work there, save that he laid his

hands upon a few sick folk and they were healed.

Mark 6:8 And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went round

about the villages, teaching.

Mark 6:9 And he called the twelve, and began to send them forth by two

and two, and gave them power over unclean spirits, and commanded them

that they should take nothing for their journey save a staff only — no scrip,

nor bread, nor money in their purse — but should be shod with sandals, and

not take two coats.

Mark 6:10 And he said unto them, In whatsoever place ye enter into a

house, there abide till ye depart from that place.

Mark 6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye

depart thence, shake off the dust of your feet for a testimony against them.

Mark 6:12 Verily, I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and

Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

Mark 6:13 And they went out and preached that men should repent.

Mark 6:14 And they cast out many devils and anointed with oil many that

were sick, and they were healed.

Mark 6:15 And King Herod heard of Jesus; 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 6:16 Others said that it is Elias; and others said that it is a prophet, or

as one of the prophets.

Mark 6:17 But when Herod heard of him, he said, It is John whom I

beheaded; he is risen from the dead.

Mark 6:18 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 6:19 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have

thy brother's wife.

Mark 6:20 Therefore, Herodias had a quarrel against him and would have

killed him; but she could not.

Mark 6:21 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man, and a

holy man, and one who feared God and observed to worship him; and when

he heard him, he did many things for him and heard him gladly.

Mark 6:22 But when Herod's birthday was come, he made a supper for his

lords, high captains, and the chief priests of Galilee.

Mark 6:23 And when the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced, and

pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel,

Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.

Mark 6:24 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will

give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

Mark 6:25 And she went forth and said unto her mother, What shall I ask?

And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

Mark 6:26 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king and

asked, saying, I will that thou give me, by and by, in a charger, the head of

John the Baptist.

Mark 6:27 And the king was exceeding sorry; but for his oath's sake and

for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

Mark 6:28 And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded

his head to be brought; and he went, and beheaded him in the prison,

Mark 6:29 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel;

and the damsel gave it to her mother.

Mark 6:30 And when John's disciples heard of it, they came, and took up

his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

Mark 6:31 Now the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus and

told him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

Mark 6:32 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a solitary

place and rest a while; for there were many coming and going, and they had

no leisure, not so much as to eat.

Mark 6:33 And they departed into a solitary place by ship, privately.

Mark 6:34 And the people saw them departing; and many knew Jesus, and

ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outran them, and came together unto

him.

Mark 6:35 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people and was moved

with compassion towards them because they were as sheep not having a

shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

Mark 6:36 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto

him and said, This is a solitary place, and now the time for departure is

come; 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 And he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat.

Mark 6:38 And they said unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred

pennyworth of bread and give them to eat?

Mark 6:39 He said unto them, How many loaves have ye? Go and see.

Mark 6:40 And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fishes.

Mark 6:41 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies

upon the green grass.

Mark 6:42 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

Mark 6:43 And when he had taken the five loaves and two fishes, he

looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave to his

disciples to set before the multitude; and the two fishes divided he among

them all.

Mark 6:44 And they did all eat and were filled.

Mark 6:45 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of

the fishes.

Mark 6:46 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand

men.

Mark 6:47 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship

and to go to the other side before him unto Bethsaida, while he sent away

the people.

Mark 6:48 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain

to pray.

Mark 6:49 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea,

and he alone on the land; and he saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind

was contrary unto them.

Mark 6:50 And about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh unto them,

walking upon the sea as if he would have passed by them.

Mark 6:51 And when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it

had been a spirit and cried out;

Mark 6:52 For they all saw him and were troubled.

Mark 6:53 And immediately he talked with them and said unto them, Be of

good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

Mark 6:54 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased;

and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure and wondered.

Mark 6:55 For they considered not of the loaves; for their hearts were

hardened.

Mark 6:56 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of

Gennesaret and drew to the shore.

Mark 6:57 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway the

people knew him, 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 6:58 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or

country, they laid the sick in the streets and besought him that they might

touch if it were but the border of his garment; and as many as touched him

were made whole.

Mark Chapter 7

What defiles a man — Syrophoenician woman's child healed

Mark 7:1 Then came together unto him, the Pharisees and certain of the

scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

Mark 7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled

(that is to say with unwashen) hands, they found fault.

Mark 7:3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews, except they wash hands oft,

eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Mark 7:4 And when they come from the market, except they wash their

bodies, they eat not.

Mark 7:5 And many other things there be, which they have received to

hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables.

Mark 7:6 And the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy

disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with

unwashen hands?

Mark 7:7 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Isaiah prophesied of

you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, but

their heart is far from me. Howbeit, in vain do they worship me, teaching

the doctrines and commandments of men.

Mark 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition

of men: the washing of pots and of cups; and many other such like things ye

do.

Mark 7:9 And he said unto them, Yea, altogether ye reject the

commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Mark 7:10 Full well is it written of you by the prophets, whom ye have

rejected.

Mark 7:11 They testified these things of a truth, and their blood shall be

upon you.

Mark 7:12 Ye have kept not the ordinances of God; for Moses said, Honor

thy father and thy mother; and whoso curseth father or mother, let him die

the death of the transgressor, as it is written in your law; but ye keep not the

law.

Mark 7:13 Ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban, that is

to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, he is of age.

And ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother, making

the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have

delivered; and many such like things do ye.

Mark 7:14 And when he had called all the people, he said unto them,

Hearken unto me, everyone, and understand;

Mark 7:15 There is nothing from without that, entering into a man, can

defile him, which is food; but the things which come out of him, those are

they that defile the man, that proceedeth forth out of the heart.

Mark 7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 7:17 And when he was entered into the house from among the

people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

Mark 7:18 And he said unto them, Are ye without understanding also? Do

ye not perceive that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man

cannot defile him; because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly,

and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Mark 7:19 And he said, That which cometh out of a man defileth the man.

Mark 7:20 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil

thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness,

wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,

foolishness;

Mark 7:21 All these evil things come from within and defile the man.

Mark 7:22 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre

and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would that no man should come

unto him.

Mark 7:23 But he could not deny them, for he had compassion upon all

men.

Mark 7:24 For a woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit,

heard of him, and came, and fell at his feet.

Mark 7:25 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation; and she

besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

Mark 7:26 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children of the kingdom first be

filled; for it is not meet to take the children's bread and to cast it unto the

dogs.

Mark 7:27 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord, thou sayest

truly; yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

Mark 7:28 And he said unto her, For this saying, go thy way; the devil is

gone out of thy daughter.

Mark 7:29 And when she was come to her house, she found that the devil

had gone out, and her daughter was laid upon the bed.

Mark 7:30 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he

came unto the sea of Galilee through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

Mark 7:31 And they 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 7:32 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers

into his ears, and he spit and touched his tongue;

Mark 7:33 And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said unto him,

Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

Mark 7:34 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his

tongue was loosed; and he spake plain.

Mark 7:35 And he charged them that they should tell no man; but the more

he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published him,

Mark 7:36 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all

things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.

Mark Chapter 8

Jesus feeds a multitude — Heals a blind man — Teaches self-denial

Mark 8:1 In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing

to eat, Jesus called his disciples 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; and if I send them away fasting

to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came

from afar.

Mark 8:3 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy

these, so great a multitude, with bread here in the wilderness?

Mark 8:4 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said,

Seven.

Mark 8:5 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground; and he

took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples

to set before the people; and they did set them before the people.

Mark 8:6 And they had a few small fishes; and he blessed them and

commanded to set them also before the people, that they should eat.

Mark 8:7 So they did eat and were filled; and they took up of the broken

bread that was left, seven baskets.

Mark 8:8 And they that had eaten were about four thousand; and he sent

them away.

Mark 8:9 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples and

came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

Mark 8:10 And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with him,

seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

Mark 8:11 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, Why doth this

generation seek after a sign?

Mark 8:12 Verily, I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this

generation, save the sign of the prophet Jonah; for as Jonah was three days

and three nights in the whale's belly, so likewise shall the Son of Man be

buried in the bowels of the earth.

Mark 8:13 And he left them; and, entering into the ship again, he departed

to the other side.

Mark 8:14 Now the multitude 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, and beware of the

leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

Mark 8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, He hath said this

because we have no bread.

Mark 8:17 And when they said this among themselves, Jesus knew it; and

he said unto them,

Mark 8:18 Why reason ye because ye have no bread? Perceive ye not yet,

neither understand ye? Are your hearts yet hardened?

Mark 8:19 Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, hear ye not? And do

ye not remember?

Mark 8:20 When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how

many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They said unto him, Twelve.

Mark 8:21 And when the seven loaves among the four thousand, how

many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

Mark 8:22 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

Mark 8:23 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto

him, and besought him to touch him.

Mark 8:24 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the

town; and when he had spit upon his eyes and put his hands upon him, he

asked him if he saw aught?

Mark 8:25 And he looked up and said, I see men as trees walking.

Mark 8:26 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 8:27 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the

town nor tell what is done to any in the town.

Mark 8:28 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of

Caesarea Philippi; and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,

Whom do men say that I am?

Mark 8:29 And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and

others, One of the prophets.

Mark 8:30 And he said unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

Mark 8:31 And Peter answered and said unto him, Thou art the Christ, the

Son of the living God.

Mark 8:32 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.

Mark 8:33 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer

many things, and be rejected of the elders, and the chief priests, and scribes,

and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Mark 8:34 And he spoke that saying openly. And Peter took him and began

to rebuke him.

Mark 8:35 But when he had turned about and looked upon his disciples, he

rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou savorest not the

things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

Mark 8:36 And when he had called the people, 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 8:37 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; or whosoever will

save his life, shall be willing to lay it down for my sake; and if he is not

willing to lay it down for my sake, he shall lose it.

Mark 8:38 But whosoever shall be willing to lose his life for my sake, and

the gospel's, the same shall save it.

Mark 8:39 For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world

and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Mark 8:40 Therefore, deny yourselves of these, and be not ashamed of me.

Mark 8:41 Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this

adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be

ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Mark 8:42 And they shall not have part in that resurrection when he

cometh.

Mark 8:43 For verily, I say unto you that he shall come. And he that layeth

down his life for my sake and the gospel's shall come with him and shall be

clothed with his glory in the cloud, on the right hand of the Son of Man.

Mark 8:44 And he said unto them again, Verily, I say unto you that there be

some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death till they have

seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Mark Chapter 9

Transfiguration — Elias — Offending members to be cut off

Mark 9:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John, who

asked him many questions concerning his sayings; and Jesus leadeth them

up into a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured

before them.

Mark 9:2 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow, so

white as no fuller on earth could whiten them.

Mark 9:3 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses, or in other

words, John the Baptist and Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.

Mark 9:4 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to

be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for thee, and one for Moses,

and one for Elias; for he knew not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

Mark 9:5 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 9:6 And suddenly, when they had looked round about with great

astonishment, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only, with themselves.

And immediately they departed.

Mark 9:7 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 9:8 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with

another what the rising from the dead should mean.

Mark 9:9 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must

first come?

Mark 9:10 And he answered and told them, saying, Elias verily cometh

first, and prepareth all things, and teacheth you of the prophets, how it is

written of the Son of Man, that he must suffer many things and be set at

naught.

Mark 9:11 Again I say unto you that Elias is indeed come; but they have

done unto him whatsoever they listed, and even as it is written of him. And

he bore record of me, and they received him not. Verily, this was Elias.

Mark 9:12 And when he came to the disciples, he saw a great multitude

about them and the scribes questioning with them.

Mark 9:13 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were

greatly amazed, and, running to him, saluted him.

Mark 9:14 And Jesus asked the scribes, What questioned ye with them?

Mark 9:15 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have

brought unto thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit that is a devil; and when

he seizeth him, he teareth him; and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth,

and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they might cast him out,

and they could not.

Mark 9:16 Jesus spake unto him and said, O faithless generation! How

long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto me.

And they brought him unto Jesus.

Mark 9:17 And when the man saw him, immediately he was torn by the

spirit; and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming.

Mark 9:18 And Jesus asked his father, How long a time is it since this

came unto him? And his father said, When a child;

Mark 9:19 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire and into the waters to

destroy him. But if thou canst, I ask thee to have compassion on us and help

us.

Mark 9:20 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt believe all things I shall say

unto you, this is possible to him that believeth.

Mark 9:21 And immediately the father of the child cried out and said with

tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Mark 9:22 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he

rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, I charge thee to come out of him

and enter no more into him.

Mark 9:23 Now the dumb and deaf spirit cried, and rent him sore, and

came out of him; and he was as one dead, insomuch that many said, He is

dead.

Mark 9:24 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up; and he arose.

Mark 9:25 When Jesus was come into the house, his disciples asked him

privately, Why could not we cast him out?

Mark 9:26 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing but

by prayer and fasting.

Mark 9:27 And they departed thence and passed through Galilee privately;

for he would not that any man should know it.

Mark 9:28 And 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 9:29 But they understood not that saying and were afraid to ask him.

Mark 9:30 And he came to Capernaum; and being in the house, he asked

them, Why was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

Mark 9:31 But they held their peace, being afraid; for by the way they had

disputed among themselves, who was the greatest among them.

Mark 9:32 Now Jesus sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them,

If any man desire to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.

Mark 9:33 And he took a child and sat in the midst of them; and when he

had taken the child in his arms, he said unto them,

Mark 9:34 Whosoever shall humble himself like one of these children and

receiveth me, ye shall receive in my name.

Mark 9:35 And whosoever shall receive me receiveth not me only, but him

that sent me, even the Father.

Mark 9:36 And John spake unto him, saying, Master, we saw one casting

out devils in thy name, and he followed not us; and we forbade him because

he followed not us.

Mark 9:37 But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no man which shall

do a miracle in my name that can speak evil of me. For he that is not against

us is on our part.

Mark 9:38 And whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my

name, because ye belong to Christ, verily, I say unto you, He shall not lose

his reward.

Mark 9:39 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe

in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck

and he were cast into the sea.

Mark 9:40 Therefore, if thy hand offend thee, cut it off; or if thy brother

offend thee, and confess not, and forsake not, he shall be cut off. It is better

for thee to enter into life maimed, than, having two hands, to go into hell.

Mark 9:41 For it is better for thee to enter into life without thy brother,

than for thee and thy brother to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall

be quenched, where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched.

Mark 9:42 And again, if thy foot offend thee, cut it off; for he that is thy

standard, by whom thou walkest, if he become a transgressor, he shall be

cut off.

Mark 9:43 It is better for thee to enter halt into life, than, having two feet,

to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.

Mark 9:44 Therefore, let every man stand or fall by himself and not for

another, or not trusting another.

Mark 9:45 Seek unto my Father, and it shall be done in that very moment

what ye shall ask, if ye ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive.

Mark 9:46 And if thine eye which seeth for thee, him that is appointed to

watch over thee to show thee light, become a transgressor and offend thee,

pluck him out.

Mark 9:47 It is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one

eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hellfire.

Mark 9:48 For it is better that thyself should be saved, than to be cast into

hell with thy brother, where their worm dieth not and where the fire is not

quenched.

Mark 9:49 For everyone shall be salted with fire; and every sacrifice shall

be salted with salt; but the salt must be good.

Mark 9:50 For if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it

(the sacrifice)? Therefore, it must needs be that ye have salt in yourselves

and have peace one with another.

Mark Chapter 10

Divorce — Blessing of children — Deceitfulness of riches — Reward of the

saints — Self-denial and self-exaltation — Blind Bartimeus

Mark 10:1 And he arose from thence and cometh into the coasts of Judea

by the farther side of Jordan; and the people resorted unto him again; and as

he was accustomed to teach, he also 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? This they said, thinking to tempt him.

Mark 10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses

command you?

Mark 10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement

and to put her away.

Mark 10:5 Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your

hearts 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

cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh; so then they are no

more twain, but one flesh; what therefore God hath joined together, let not

man put asunder.

Mark 10:8 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same

matter.

Mark 10:9 And he said unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and

marry another committeth adultery against her.

Mark 10:10 And if a woman shall put away her husband and be married to

another, she committeth adultery.

Mark 10:11 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch

them; and the disciples rebuked those that brought them.

Mark 10:12 But when Jesus saw and heard them, he was much displeased

and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid

them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

Mark 10:13 Verily, I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the

kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

Mark 10:14 And he took them up in his arms, and put his hands upon

them, and blessed them.

Mark 10:15 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one

running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do

that I may inherit eternal life?

Mark 10:16 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? None is

good but one; that is God.

Mark 10:17 Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery;

do not kill; do not steal; do not bear false witness; defraud not; honor thy

father and mother.

Mark 10:18 And the man answered and said unto him, Master, all these

have I observed from my youth.

Mark 10:19 Then Jesus, beholding him, loved him and said unto him, One

thing thou lackest;

Mark 10:20 Go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor;

and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and

follow me.

Mark 10:21 And the man was sad at that saying and went away grieved;

for he had great possessions.

Mark 10:22 And Jesus looked round about and said unto his disciples,

How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of my Father!

Mark 10:23 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus

spake again and said unto them, Children, how hard is it for them who trust

in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

Mark 10:24 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than

for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Mark 10:25 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among

themselves, Who then can be saved?

Mark 10:26 And Jesus, looking upon them, said, With men that trust in

riches, it is impossible, but not impossible with men who trust in God and

leave all for my sake; for with such, all these things are possible.

Mark 10:27 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all and

have followed thee.

Mark 10:28 And Jesus answered and said, Verily, I say unto you, There is

no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or

wife, or children, or lands for my sake and the gospel's,

Mark 10:29 But he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses,

and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with

persecutions, and in the world to come, eternal life.

Mark 10:30 But there are many who make themselves first that shall be

last, and the last first.

Mark 10:31 This he said, rebuking Peter; and they were in the way going

up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before, and they were amazed; and as they

followed, they were afraid.

Mark 10:32 And he took again the twelve and began to tell them what

things should happen unto him.

Mark 10:33 And Jesus said, 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, came unto him,

saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall

desire.

Mark 10:36 And he said unto them, What will ye that I should do unto

you?

Mark 10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy

right hand and the other on thy left hand in thy glory.

Mark 10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye

drink of the cup that I drink of and be baptized with the baptism that I am

baptized with?

Mark 10:39 And they said unto him, We can.

Mark 10:40 And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that

I drink of and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to

sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but they shall

receive it for whom it is prepared.

Mark 10:41 And when the ten heard, they began to be much displeased

with James and John.

Mark 10:42 But Jesus called them and said unto them, Ye know that they

who are appointed to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them;

and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

Mark 10:43 But it shall not be so among you; but whosoever will be great

among you shall be your minister.

Mark 10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest 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 Bartimeus, the son of

Timeus, sat by the highway side begging.

Mark 10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to

cry out and say, Jesus, 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 exceedingly, saying, 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; arise; he

calleth thee.

Mark 10:50 And he, casting away his garment, arose and came to Jesus.

Mark 10:51 And Jesus said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto

thee?

Mark 10:52 And the blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive

my sight.

Mark 10:53 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee

whole.

Mark 10:54 And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in

the way.

Mark Chapter 11

Christ enters Jerusalem — Drives out moneychangers — Teaches

forgiveness

Mark 11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and

Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples and

said unto them,

Mark 11:2 Go your way into the village over against you; and as soon as ye

have entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat; loose

him and bring him to me.

Mark 11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the

Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

Mark 11:4 And they went their way and found the colt tied by the door

without, in a place where two ways met; and they loosed him.

Mark 11:5 And certain of them who stood by said unto the disciples, Why

loose ye 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 it;

and Jesus sat upon it.

Mark 11:8 And many spread their garments in the way; and others cut

down branches of trees and strewed them in the way.

Mark 11:9 And they that went before him and they that followed after

cried, saying,

Mark 11:10 Hosanna! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord;

Mark 11:11 That bringeth the kingdom of our father David;

Mark 11:12 Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in

the highest!

Mark 11:13 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And

when he had looked round about upon all things and blessed the disciples,

the eventide was come; and he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

Mark 11:14 And on the morrow when they came from Bethany, he was

hungry; and, seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to it with his

disciples; and as they supposed, he came to it to see if he might find

anything thereon.

Mark 11:15 And when he came to it, there was nothing but leaves; for as

yet the figs were not ripe.

Mark 11:16 And Jesus spake and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee

hereafter, forever. And his disciples heard him.

Mark 11:17 And they came to Jerusalem. And Jesus went into the temple,

and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and

overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of them who sold

doves,

Mark 11:18 And would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel

through the temple.

Mark 11:19 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house

shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? But ye have made it a den

of thieves.

Mark 11:20 And the scribes and chief priests heard him and sought how

they might destroy him; for they feared him because all the people were

astonished at his doctrine.

Mark 11:21 And when even was come, he went out of the city.

Mark 11:22 And in the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree

dried up from the roots.

Mark 11:23 And Peter, calling to remembrance, said unto him, Master,

behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

Mark 11:24 And Jesus spake and said unto him, Have faith in God.

Mark 11:25 For verily, I say unto you that whosoever shall say unto this

mountain, Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea, and shall not

doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall

come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith fulfilled.

Mark 11:26 Therefore, I say unto you, Whatsoever things ye desire, when

ye pray, believe that ye receive, and ye shall have whatsoever ye ask.

Mark 11:27 And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have aught against

any, that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your

trespasses.

Mark 11:28 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in

heaven forgive your trespasses.

Mark 11:29 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 and said unto him,

Mark 11:30 By what authority doest thou these things, and who gave thee

this authority to do these things?

Mark 11:31 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you

one question; answer me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do

these things.

Mark 11:32 Was the baptism of John from heaven, or of men? Answer me.

Mark 11:33 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say,

From heaven, he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

Mark 11:34 But if we shall say, Of men, we shall offend the people.

Therefore they feared the people; for all people believed John, that he was a

prophet indeed.

Mark 11:35 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell.

Mark 11:36 And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Neither do I tell you by

what authority I do these things.

Mark Chapter 12

Parable of the vineyard — Tribute money — Marriage in the resurrection

— The great commandment — The widow's mite

Mark 12:1 And Jesus began to speak unto them by parables, saying,

Mark 12:2 A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged

the wine vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into

a far country.

Mark 12:3 And at the season, he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he

might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

Mark 12:4 And they caught the servant, and beat him, and sent him away

empty.

Mark 12:5 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 12:6 And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many

others, beating some and killing some.

Mark 12:7 Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved, he sent him also

last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Mark 12:8 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir;

come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

Mark 12:9 And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed

him.

Mark 12:10 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? Lo, he will

come, and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

Mark 12:11 Again, have ye not read this scripture: The stone which the

builders rejected is become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's

doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

Mark 12:12 And now they were angry when they heard these words; and

they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people;

Mark 12:13 For they knew that he had spoken the parable against them;

and they left him and went their way.

Mark 12:14 And they sent unto him certain of the Pharisees and Herodians

to catch him in his words.

Mark 12:15 And when they were come, they said unto him, Master, we

know that thou art true and carest for no man; for thou regardest not the

person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth.

Mark 12:16 Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? Shall we give, or

shall we not give?

Mark 12:17 But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt

ye me? Bring me a penny that I may see it.

Mark 12:18 And they brought the penny; and he said unto them, Whose

image and superscription is this?

Mark 12:19 And they said unto him, Caesar's.

Mark 12:20 And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Render to Caesar the

things which are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

Mark 12:21 And they marveled at it.

Mark 12:22 Then came unto him the Sadducees, who say there is no

resurrection and they asked him, saying,

Mark 12:23 Master, Moses wrote unto us in his law, If a man's brother die,

and leave a wife, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife

and raise up seed unto his brother.

Mark 12:24 Now there were seven brethren; the first took a wife, and

dying left no seed.

Mark 12:25 And the second took her and died; neither left he any seed; and

the third likewise.

Mark 12:26 And the seven had her and left no seed; last of all, the woman

died also.

Mark 12:27 In the resurrection, therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife

shall she be of them; for the seven had her to wife?

Mark 12:28 And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Ye do err, therefore,

because ye know not and understand not the scriptures, neither the power of

God.

Mark 12:29 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor

are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God who are in heaven.

Mark 12:30 And as touching the dead, that they rise: Have ye not read in

the book of Moses, how in the bush, God spake unto him, saying,

Mark 12:31 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God

of Jacob?

Mark 12:32 He is not, therefore, the God of the dead, but the God of the

living; for he raiseth them up out of their graves. Ye, therefore, do greatly

err.

Mark 12:33 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 12:34 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments

is: Hearken and hear, O Israel; the Lord, our God, is one Lord;

Mark 12:35 And thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and

with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.

Mark 12:36 This is the first commandment. And the second is like this:

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment

greater than these.

Mark 12:37 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the

truth; for there is one God, and there is none other but him.

Mark 12:38 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 12:39 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto

him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.

Mark 12:40 And no man after that durst ask him, saying, Who art thou?

Mark 12:41 And Jesus spake and said, while he taught in the temple, How

say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?

Mark 12:42 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said unto

my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy

footstool.

Mark 12:43 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he

his son?

Mark 12:44 And the common people heard him gladly; but the high priest

and the elders were offended at him.

Mark 12:45 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes,

who love to go in long clothing, and have salutations in the market places,

and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts;

Mark 12:46 Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long

prayers; these shall receive greater damnation.

Mark 12:47 And after this, Jesus sat over against the treasury and beheld

how the people cast money into the treasury; and many who were rich cast

in much.

Mark 12:48 And there came a certain poor widow, and she cast in two

mites, which make a farthing.

Mark 12:49 And Jesus called his disciples and said unto them, Verily, I say

unto you that this poor widow hath cast more in than all they who have cast

into the treasury;

Mark 12:50 For all the rich did cast in of their abundance; but she,

notwithstanding her want, did cast in all that she had, yea, even all her

living.

Mark Chapter 13

Destruction of Jerusalem — Christ's second coming

Mark 13:1 And as Jesus went out of the temple, his disciples came to him

for to hear him, saying, Master, show us concerning the buildings of the

temple.

Mark 13:2 And he said unto them, Behold ye these stones of the temple,

and all this great work, and buildings of the temple?

Mark 13:3 Verily, I say unto you, They shall be thrown down and left unto

the Jews desolate.

Mark 13:4 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things, and do ye

not understand them?

Mark 13:5 Verily, I say unto you, There shall not be left here upon this

temple one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.

Mark 13:6 And Jesus left them and went upon the mount of Olives.

Mark 13:7 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto

him privately, saying,

Mark 13:8 Tell us when shall these things be which thou hast said,

concerning the destruction of the temple and the Jews?

Mark 13:9 And what is the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world

(or the destruction of the wicked, which is the end of the world)?

Mark 13:10 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no

man deceive you; for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and

shall deceive many.

Mark 13:11 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill

you; and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Mark 13:12 And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another;

and many false prophets shall arise and shall deceive many;

Mark 13:13 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax

cold; but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Mark 13:14 When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation

spoken of by Daniel the prophet concerning the destruction of Jerusalem,

then ye shall stand in the holy place. (Whoso readeth let him understand.)

Mark 13:15 Then let them who be in Judea flee into the mountains;

Mark 13:16 And let him who is on the housetop flee and not return to take

anything out of his house;

Mark 13:17 Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his

clothes.

Mark 13:18 And woe unto them who are with child and unto them who

give suck in those days.

Mark 13:19 Therefore, pray ye the Lord that your flight be not in the

winter, neither on the Sabbath day.

Mark 13:20 For then, in those days, shall be great tribulation on the Jews

and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, such as was not before sent upon

Israel, of God, since the beginning of their kingdom (for it is written their

enemies shall scatter them) until this time; no, nor ever shall be sent again

upon Israel.

Mark 13:21 All these things are the beginning of sorrows.

Mark 13:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no

flesh be saved; but for the elect's sake, according to the covenant, those

days shall be shortened.

Mark 13:23 Behold, these things I have spoken unto you concerning the

Jews.

Mark 13:24 And then immediately after the tribulation of those days,

which shall come upon Jerusalem, if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is

Christ, or there, believe him not.

Mark 13:25 For in those days there shall also arise false christs and false

prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if

possible, they shall deceive the very elect, who are the elect according to

the covenant.

Mark 13:26 Behold, I speak these things unto you for the elect's sake.

Mark 13:27 And ye also shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye

be not troubled; for all I have told you must come to pass, but the end is not

yet.

Mark 13:28 Behold, I have told you before, Wherefore, if they shall say

unto you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth, or, Behold, he is in the

secret chambers, believe it not.

Mark 13:29 For as the light of the morning cometh out of the east, and

shineth even unto the west, and covereth the whole earth, so shall also the

coming of the Son of Man be.

Mark 13:30 And now I show unto you a parable. Behold, wheresoever the

carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together;

Mark 13:31 So, likewise, shall mine elect be gathered from the four

quarters of the earth.

Mark 13:32 And they shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. Behold, I

speak unto you for mine elect's sake.

Mark 13:33 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against

kingdom;

Mark 13:34 There shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in

divers places.

Mark 13:35 And again, because iniquity shall abound, the love of men

shall wax cold; but he who shall not be overcome, the same shall be saved.

Mark 13:36 And again, this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all

the world, for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come, or the

destruction of the wicked.

Mark 13:37 And again, shall the abomination of desolation spoken of by

Daniel the prophet be fulfilled.

Mark 13:38 And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun

shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall

fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Mark 13:39 Verily, I say unto you, This generation in which these things

shall be shown forth shall not pass away till all I have told you shall be

fulfilled.

Mark 13:40 Although the days will come that heaven and earth shall pass

away, yet my words shall not pass away, but all shall be fulfilled.

Mark 13:41 And as I said before, After the tribulation of those days, and

the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, then shall appear the sign of the

Son of Man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn;

Mark 13:42 And they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of

heaven with power and great glory.

Mark 13:43 And whoso treasureth up my word shall not be deceived.

Mark 13:44 For the Son of Man shall come; and he shall send his angels

before him with the great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together

his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mark 13:45 Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When his branches are yet

tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh at hand.

Mark 13:46 So likewise, mine elect, when they shall see all these things,

they shall know that he is near, even at the doors.

Mark 13:47 But of that day and hour no one knoweth, no, not the angels of

God in heaven, but my Father only.

Mark 13:48 But as it was in the days of Noah, so it shall be also at the

coming of the Son of Man; for it shall be with them as it was in the days

which were before the flood.

Mark 13:49 Until the day that Noah entered into the ark, they were eating

and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, and knew not until the flood

came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man

be.

Mark 13:50 Then shall be fulfilled that which is written, that in the last

days, two shall be in the field; one shall be taken and the other left.

Mark 13:51 Two shall be grinding at the mill; the one taken, and the other

left.

Mark 13:52 And what I say unto one, I say unto all men.

Mark 13:53 Watch, therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord doth

come.

Mark 13:54 But know this, if the good man of the house had known in

what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not

have suffered his house to have been broken up, but would have been ready.

Mark 13:55 Therefore, be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye think

not, the Son of Man cometh.

Mark 13:56 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath

made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Mark 13:57 Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall

find so doing.

Mark 13:58 And verily, I say unto you, He shall make him ruler over all

his goods.

Mark 13:59 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth

his coming, and shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and

drink with the drunken,

Mark 13:60 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh

not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him

asunder, and shall appoint him his portion with the hypocrites.

Mark 13:61 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth; and thus cometh

the end.

Mark Chapter 14

Christ anointed by a woman — Passover — Christ's betrayal

Mark 14:1 After two days was the passover and the feast of unleavened

bread.

Mark 14:2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might

take Jesus by craft and put him to death.

Mark 14:3 But they said among themselves, Let us not take him on the

feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Mark 14:4 And Jesus, being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as

he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of

spikenard, very precious; and she brake the box and poured the ointment on

his head.

Mark 14:5 There were some among the disciples who had indignation

within themselves and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 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 unto them, Let her alone. Why trouble ye her?

For she hath wrought a good work on me.

Mark 14:7 Ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will, ye

may do them good; but me ye have not always.

Mark 14:8 She has done what she could, and this which she has done unto

me shall be had in remembrance in generations to come, wheresoever my

gospel shall be preached; for verily, she has come beforehand to anoint my

body to the burying.

Mark 14:9 Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be

preached throughout the whole world, what she hath done shall be spoken

of also for a memorial of her.

Mark 14:10 And now, the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed

the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and

prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?

Mark 14:11 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples and said unto them,

Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of

water; follow him;

Mark 14:12 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the good man of the

house, The Master saith, Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the

passover with my disciples?

Mark 14:13 And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and

prepared; there make ready for us.

Mark 14:14 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 14:15 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.

Mark 14:16 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily, I say unto you,

One of you who eateth with me shall betray me.

Mark 14:17 And they all began to be very sorrowful and began to say unto

him, one by one, Is it I? And another said, Is it I?

Mark 14:18 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve

who dippeth with me in the dish.

Mark 14:19 The Son of Man indeed goeth as it is written of him; but woe

to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! Good were it for that man

if he had never been born.

Mark 14:20 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and brake,

and gave to them, and said, Take it and eat.

Mark 14:21 Behold, this is for you to do in remembrance of my body; for

as oft as ye do this, ye will remember this hour that I was with you.

Mark 14:22 And he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it

to them; and they all drank of it.

Mark 14:23 And he said unto them, This is in remembrance of my blood

which is shed for many, and the new testament which I give unto you; for of

me ye shall bear record unto all the world.

Mark 14:24 And as oft as ye do this ordinance, ye will remember me in

this hour that I was with you and drank with you of this cup, even the last

time in my ministry.

Mark 14:25 Verily, I say unto you, Of this ye shall bear record; for I will

no more drink of the fruit of the vine with you until that day that I drink it

new in the kingdom of God.

Mark 14:26 And now they were grieved and wept over him.

Mark 14:27 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount

of Olives.

Mark 14:28 And Jesus said unto them, All ye shall be offended because of

me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall

be scattered.

Mark 14:29 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

Mark 14:30 And he said unto Judas Iscariot, What thou doest, do quickly;

but beware of innocent blood.

Mark 14:31 Nevertheless, Judas Iscariot, even one of the twelve, went unto

the chief priests to betray Jesus unto them; for he turned away from him and

was offended because of his words.

Mark 14:32 And when the chief priests heard of him, they were glad and

promised to give him money; and he sought how he might conveniently

betray Jesus.

Mark 14:33 But Peter said unto Jesus, Although all men shall be offended

with thee, yet I will never be offended.

Mark 14:34 And Jesus said unto him, Verily, I say unto thee that this day,

even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

Mark 14:35 But he spake the more vehemently: If I should die with thee,

yet will I not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

Mark 14:36 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane,

which was a garden; and the disciples began to be sore amazed, and to be

very heavy, and to complain in their hearts, wondering if this be the

Messiah.

Mark 14:37 And Jesus, knowing their hearts, said to his disciples, Sit ye

here while I shall pray.

Mark 14:38 And he taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and

rebuked them, and said unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even

unto death; tarry ye here and watch.

Mark 14:39 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 14:40 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee;

take away this cup from me; nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.

Mark 14:41 And he cometh and findeth them sleeping, and said unto Peter,

Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one hour?

Mark 14:42 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

Mark 14:43 And they said unto him, The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh

is weak.

Mark 14:44 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same

words.

Mark 14:45 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, for their

eyes were heavy; neither knew they what to answer him.

Mark 14:46 And he cometh to them the third time and said unto them,

Sleep on now and take rest; it is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son

of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Mark 14:47 And after they had finished their sleep, he said, Rise up; let us

go; lo, he who betrayeth me is at hand.

Mark 14:48 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the

twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the

chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders.

Mark 14:49 And he who betrayed him had given them a token, saying,

Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away

safely.

Mark 14:50 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him and

said, Master, Master, and kissed him.

Mark 14:51 And they laid their hands on him and took him.

Mark 14:52 And one of them, who stood by, drew his sword, and smote a

servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Mark 14:53 But Jesus commanded him to return his sword, saying, He

who taketh the sword shall perish with the sword. And he put forth his

finger and healed the servant of the high priest.

Mark 14:54 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out as

against a thief, with swords and staves to take me?

Mark 14:55 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me

not; but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

Mark 14:56 And the disciples, when they heard this saying, all forsook him

and fled.

Mark 14:57 And there followed him a certain young man, a disciple,

having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold

on him; and he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked, and saved

himself out of their hands.

Mark 14:58 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 14:59 And Peter followed him afar off, even unto the palace of the

high priest; and he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire.

Mark 14:60 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness

against Jesus, to put him to death, but found none,

Mark 14:61 Though many bare false witness against him; yet their witness

agreed not together.

Mark 14:62 And there arose certain men and bare false witness against

him, saying, 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 14:63 But neither did their witness agree together.

Mark 14:64 And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus,

saying,

Mark 14:65 Answerest thou nothing? Knowest thou not what these witness

against thee?

Mark 14:66 But he held his peace and answered nothing.

Mark 14:67 Again the high priest asked him and said unto him, Art thou

the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

Mark 14:68 And Jesus said, I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting

on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Mark 14:69 Then the high priest rent his clothes and said, What need we

any further witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy. What think ye?

Mark 14:70 And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

Mark 14:71 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to

buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy;

Mark 14:72 And the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

Mark 14:73 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of

the maids of the high priest,

Mark 14:74 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon

him and said, Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

Mark 14:75 But he denied, saying, I know not; neither understand I what

thou sayest.

Mark 14:76 And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

Mark 14:77 And a maid saw him again and began to say to them who

stood by, This is one of them.

Mark 14:78 And he denied it again.

Mark 14:79 And a little after, they who stood by said again to Peter, Surely

thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilean; thy speech agreeth thereto. But

he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye

speak.

Mark 14:80 And the second time the cock crew;

Mark 14:81 And Peter called to mind the words which Jesus said unto him,

Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

Mark 14:82 And he went out, and fell upon his face, and wept bitterly.

Mark Chapter 15

Christ's trial, crucifixion, and burial

Mark 15:1 And straightway in the morning, the chief priests held a

consultation with the elders and scribes;

Mark 15:2 And the whole council condemned him, and bound him, and

carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

Mark 15:3 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

Mark 15:4 And Jesus answering, said unto him, I am, even as thou sayest.

Mark 15:5 And the chief priests accused him of many things; but he

answered nothing.

Mark 15:6 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing?

Behold how many things they witness against thee.

Mark 15:7 But Jesus yet answered nothing, so that Pilate marveled.

Mark 15:8 Now it was common at the feast for Pilate to release unto them

one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

Mark 15:9 And there was a man named Barabbas, bound with them who

had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the

insurrection.

Mark 15:10 And the multitude, crying aloud, began to desire him to deliver

Jesus unto them.

Mark 15:11 But Pilate answered unto them, saying, Will ye that I release

unto you the King of the Jews?

Mark 15:12 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

Mark 15:13 But the chief priests moved the people that he should rather

release Barabbas unto them, as he had before done unto them.

Mark 15:14 And Pilate spake again and said unto them, What will ye then

that I shall do with him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

Mark 15:15 And they cried out again, Deliver him unto us to be crucified.

Away with him! Crucify him!

Mark 15:16 Then Pilate said unto them, Why? What evil hath he done?

Mark 15:17 But they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him!

Mark 15:18 And now Pilate, willing to content the people, released

Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be

crucified.

Mark 15:19 And the soldiers led him away into the hall called Praetorium;

and they called together the whole band;

Mark 15:20 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of

thorns, and put it upon his head,

Mark 15:21 And began to salute him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Mark 15:22 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon

him, and, bowing their knees, worshiped him.

Mark 15:23 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 15:24 And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by,

coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his

cross.

Mark 15:25 And they brought him unto the place called Golgotha, which

is, being interpreted, the place of a burial.

Mark 15:26 And they gave him to drink, vinegar mingled with gall; and

when he had tasted the vinegar, he would not drink.

Mark 15:27 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments,

casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

Mark 15:28 And it was the third hour when they crucified him.

Mark 15:29 And Pilate wrote his accusation and put it upon the cross: THE

KING OF THE JEWS.

Mark 15:30 There were certain of the chief priests, who stood by, that said

unto Pilate, Write that he said, I am the King of the Jews.

Mark 15:31 But Pilate said unto them, What I have written, I have written.

Mark 15:32 And with him they crucified two thieves, the one on his right

hand, the other on his left.

Mark 15:33 And the scripture was fulfilled which said, And he was

numbered with the transgressors.

Mark 15:34 And they who passed by railed on him, wagging their heads

and saying, Ah, thou who destroyest the temple and buildest it in three

days, save thyself and come down from the cross.

Mark 15:35 Likewise also, the chief priests, mocking, said among

themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

Mark 15:36 Let Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that

we may see and believe.

Mark 15:37 And one of them who was crucified with him reviled him also,

saying, If thou art the Christ, save thyself and us.

Mark 15:38 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over

the whole land until the ninth hour.

Mark 15:39 And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,

Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani, which is, being interpreted, My God, my God,

why hast thou forsaken me?

Mark 15:40 And some of them who stood by, when they heard him, said,

Behold, he calleth Elias.

Mark 15:41 And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a

reed, and gave him to drink; others spake, saying, Let him alone; let us see

whether Elias will come to take him down.

Mark 15:42 And Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the ghost.

Mark 15:43 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to

the bottom.

Mark 15:44 And when the centurion, who stood over against him, saw that

he so cried out and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly, this man is the Son of

God.

Mark 15:45 There were also women looking on afar off, among whom was

Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James the younger and of Joses,

and Salome, who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him and

ministered unto him, and many other women who came with him unto

Jerusalem.

Mark 15:46 And now, when the even was come, because it was the

preparation day, that is the day before the Sabbath,

Mark 15:47 Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor who also waited

for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved

the body of Jesus. And Pilate marveled and asked him if he were already

dead.

Mark 15:48 And calling the centurion, he asked him if he had been any

while dead.

Mark 15:49 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to

Joseph.

Mark 15:50 And Joseph 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 15:51 And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, beheld

where he was laid.

Mark Chapter 16

Christ's resurrection — Great commission given

Mark 16:1 And when the Sabbath was passed, Mary Magdalene, and Mary,

the mother of James, and Salome 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; and they said among

themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the

sepulcher?

Mark 16:3 But when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away

(for it was very great) and two angels sitting thereon, clothed in long white

garments; and they were affrighted.

Mark 16:4 But the angels said unto them, Be not affrighted; ye seek Jesus

of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen; he is not here. Behold the place

where they laid him,

Mark 16:5 And go your way. Tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth

before you into Galilee; there shall you see him as he said unto you.

Mark 16:6 And they, entering into the sepulcher, saw the place where they

laid Jesus.

Mark 16:7 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 16:8 Now when Jesus was risen, early on the first day of the week,

he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

Mark 16:9 And she went and told them who had been with him, as they

mourned and wept.

Mark 16:10 And they, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen

of her, believed not.

Mark 16:11 After that, he appeared in another form unto two of them as

they walked and went into the country;

Mark 16:12 And they went and told it unto the residue; neither believed

they them.

Mark 16:13 Afterward, he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat and

upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they

believed not them who had seen him after he was risen.

Mark 16:14 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the

gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:15 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that

believeth not shall be damned.

Mark 16:16 And these signs shall follow them that believe:

Mark 16:17 In my name shall they cast out devils; 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;

Mark 16:19 They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Mark 16:20 So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received

up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God.

Mark 16:21 And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord

working with them and confirming the word, with signs following. Amen.

Luke

His Testimony of Christ

Luke Chapter 1

Birth of John — His mission — The annunciation of the Savior

Luke Luke 1:1 As I am a messenger of Jesus Christ, and knowing that

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 thee, in order, most excellent

Theophilus,

Luke 1:4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein

thou hast been instructed.

Luke 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest

named Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife, being of the

daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth,

Luke 1:6 Were both righteous before God, walking in all the

commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless;

Luke 1:7 And they had no child. Elizabeth was barren, and they were both

well stricken in years.

Luke 1:8 And while he executed the priest's office before God, in the order

of his priesthood,

Luke 1:9 According to the law (his lot was to burn incense when he went

into the temple of the Lord),

Luke 1:10 The whole multitude of the people were praying without 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 Zacharias saw the angel, he was troubled; and fear

fell upon him.

Luke 1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias, for thy prayer

is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his

name John.

Luke 1:14 Thou shalt 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 Ghost,

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 the Lord in the spirit and power of Elias,

to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the disobedient to the

wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

Luke 1:18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this?

For I am an old man, and my wife is well stricken in years.

Luke 1:19 And the angel, answering, said unto him, I am Gabriel, who

stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speak unto thee and to show

thee these glad tidings.

Luke 1:20 And behold, thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak until the

day that these things shall be performed, because thou believedst not my

words which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Luke 1:21 And the people waited for Zacharias 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 as soon as the days of his ministration 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 hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked

on me, to take away my reproach from 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, thou virgin, who

art highly favored of the Lord. The Lord is with thee, for thou art chosen

and blessed among women.

Luke 1:29 And when she saw the angel, she was troubled at his saying and

pondered in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

Luke 1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found

favor with God.

Luke 1:31 And behold, thou shalt conceive, and bring forth a son, and shalt

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 can this be?

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, Of the Holy Ghost

and the power of the Highest. Therefore, also, that holy child that shall be

born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Luke 1:36 And behold, thy cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son

in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who is called barren.

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing can be impossible.

Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me

according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Luke 1:39 And in those days, Mary went into the hill country with haste,

into a city of Judea,

Luke 1:40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth.

Luke 1:41 And it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of

Mary, the babe leaped in her womb.

Luke 1:42 And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost, and she spake out

with a loud voice and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is

the fruit of thy womb.

Luke 1:43 And why is it that this blessing is upon me, that the mother of

my Lord should come to me? For lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation

sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

Luke 1:44 And blessed art thou who believed, for those things which were

told thee by the angel of the Lord shall be fulfilled.

Luke 1:45 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

Luke 1:46 And my spirit rejoiceth in God my Savior.

Luke 1:47 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden; for

behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

Luke 1:48 For he who is mighty hath done to me great things; and I will

magnify his holy name,

Luke 1:49 For his mercy on those who fear him from generation to

generation.

Luke 1:50 He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the

proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Luke 1:51 He hath put down the mighty from their high seats and exalted

them of low degree.

Luke 1:52 He hath filled the hungry with good things; but the rich he hath

sent empty away.

Luke 1:53 He hath helped his servant Israel in remembrance of mercy,

Luke 1:54 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed forever.

Luke 1:55 And Mary abode with Elizabeth about three months and

returned to her own house.

Luke 1:56 And now Elizabeth's full time came that she should be

delivered; and she brought forth a son.

Luke 1:57 And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had

showed great mercy unto her; and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 1:58 And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to

circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his

father.

Luke 1:59 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called

John.

Luke 1:60 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is

called by this name.

Luke 1:61 And they made signs to his father and asked him how he would

have him called.

Luke 1:62 And he asked for a writing table and wrote, saying, His name is

John, and they all marveled.

Luke 1:63 And his mouth was opened immediately, and he spake with his

tongue and praised God.

Luke 1:64 And fear came on all who dwelt round about them. And all these

sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea.

Luke 1:65 And all they who heard them laid them up in their hearts,

saying, What manner of child shall this be? And the hand of the Lord was

with him.

Luke 1:66 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost and

prophesied, saying,

Luke 1:67 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and

redeemed his people,

Luke 1:68 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of his

servant David,

Luke 1:69 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, ever since the

world began,

Luke 1:70 That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of

all those who hate us,

Luke 1:71 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember

his holy covenant,

Luke 1:72 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

Luke 1:73 That he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the

hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,

Luke 1:74 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our

lives.

Luke 1:75 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest, for

thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

Luke 1:76 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by baptism for

the remission of their sins,

Luke 1:77 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring

from on high hath visited us,

Luke 1:78 To give light to them who sit in darkness and the shadow of

death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Luke 1:79 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the

deserts until the day of his showing unto Israel.

Luke Chapter 2

Birth of Christ — The shepherds' vision — Simeon and Anna prophesy

Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree

from Caesar Augustus, that all his empire should be taxed.

Luke 2:2 This same taxing was when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.

Luke 2:3 And all went to be taxed, everyone in 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, she 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 none to give

room for them in the inns.

Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country, shepherds abiding in the

field, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

Luke 2:9 And lo, an angel of the Lord appeared unto them, and the glory of

the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.

Luke 2:10 But 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 is the way you shall find the babe: he is wrapped in

swaddling clothes and is 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, goodwill to

men.

Luke 2:15 And it came to pass, when 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, they made known abroad the saying

which was told them concerning this child.

Luke 2:18 All they who 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 which they had heard and seen, as they were manifested unto

them.

Luke 2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of

the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel

before he was conceived.

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 which

openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

Luke 2:24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is written in the

law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.

Luke 2:25 And behold, there was a man at Jerusalem, whose name was

Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation

of Israel; and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

Luke 2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost that he should

not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

Luke 2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents

brought in the child, even Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

Luke 2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

Luke 2:29 Lord, now lettest thy servant depart in peace, according to thy

word.

Luke 2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

Luke 2:31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people,

Luke 2:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.

Luke 2:33 And Joseph and Mary marveled at those things which were

spoken of the child.

Luke 2:34 And Simeon blessed them and said unto Mary, 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 spear shall pierce through him to the wounding of thine

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 great age and had lived with a husband

only seven years, whom she married in her youth.

Luke 2:37 And she lived a widow 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 spake of him to all those who 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 waxed strong in spirit, being 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,

after the custom, to 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 that

he tarried;

Luke 2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a

day's journey; and they sought him among his kindred and acquaintance.

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 after three days, they found him in the

temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors; and they were hearing him and

asking him questions.

Luke 2:47 And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and

answers.

Luke 2:48 And when his parents saw him, they were amazed; and his

mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? Behold, thy

father and I have sought thee, sorrowing.

Luke 2:49 And he said unto them, Why is it that ye sought me? Know ye

not that I must be about my Father's business?

Luke 2:50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

Luke 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was

subject unto them. And 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

John preaches of Christ to the multitude — Baptism of Christ — Genealogy

of Christ

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 Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and

Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests,

Luke 3:2 Now in this same year, the word of God came unto John, the son

of Zacharias, 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 prophet Esaias; and these are

the words, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the

way of the Lord and make his paths straight.

Luke 3:5 For behold, and lo, he shall come, as it is written in the book of

the prophets: to take away the sins of the world and to bring salvation unto

the heathen nations; to gather together those who are lost, who are of the

sheepfold of Israel,

Luke 3:6 Yea, even the dispersed and afflicted; and also to prepare the way

and make possible the preaching of the gospel unto the Gentiles;

Luke 3:7 And to be a light unto all who sit in darkness, unto the uttermost

parts of the earth; to bring to pass the resurrection from the dead; and to

ascend up on high, to dwell on the right hand of the Father,

Luke 3:8 Until the fullness of time, and the law and the testimony shall be

sealed, and the keys of the kingdom shall be delivered up again unto the

Father;

Luke 3:9 To administer justice unto all; to come down in judgment upon all

and to convince all the ungodly of their ungodly deeds, which they have

committed; and all this in the day that he shall come.

Luke 3:10 For it is a day of power; yea, every valley shall be filled, and

every mountain and hill shall be brought low; the crooked shall be made

straight, and the rough ways made smooth;

Luke 3:11 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

Luke 3:12 Then said John to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of

him, crying against them with a loud voice, saying, O generation of vipers,

who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Luke 3:13 Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not

to say within yourselves, Abraham is our father; we have kept the

commandments of God, and none can inherit the promises but the children

of Abraham; for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up

children unto Abraham.

Luke 3:14 And now also, the axe is laid unto the root of the trees; every

tree, therefore, which bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down and

cast into the fire.

Luke 3:15 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

Luke 3:16 He answered and said unto them, He who hath two coats, let

him impart to him who hath none; and he who hath meat, let him do

likewise.

Luke 3:17 Then came also publicans to be baptized and said unto him,

Master, what shall we do?

Luke 3:18 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is

appointed unto you.

Luke 3:19 For it is well known unto you, Theophilus, that after the manner

of the Jews and according to the custom of their law in receiving money

into the treasury, that out of the abundance which was received was

appointed unto the poor, every man his portion;

Luke 3:20 And after this manner did the publicans also, wherefore, John

said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

Luke 3:21 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what

shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse

any falsely, and be content with your wages.

Luke 3:22 And as the people were in expectation and all men mused in

their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not,

Luke 3:23 John answered, saying unto all, I indeed baptize you with water;

but there cometh one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not

worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire,

Luke 3:24 Whose fan is in his hand; and he will thoroughly purge his floor

and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire

unquenchable.

Luke 3:25 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the

people.

Luke 3:26 But Herod, the tetrarch, being reproved of him for Herodias, his

brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

Luke 3:27 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

Luke 3:28 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that

Jesus also came unto John; and being baptized of him, and praying, the

heaven was opened;

Luke 3:29 And the Holy Ghost descended in bodily shape like a dove upon

him; and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son;

in thee I am well pleased.

Luke 3:30 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, having

lived with his father, being, as was supposed of the world, the son of

Joseph, who was from the loins of Heli,

Luke 3:31 Who was from the loins of Matthat, who was the son of Levi,

who was a descendant of Melchi, and of Janna, and of Joseph,

Luke 3:32 And of Mattathias, and of Amos, and of Naum, and of Esli, and

of Nagge,

Luke 3:33 And of Maath, and of Mattathias, and of Semei, and of Joseph,

and of Juda,

Luke 3:34 And of Joanna, and of Resa, and of Zorobabel, and of Salathiel,

who was the son of Neri,

Luke 3:35 Who was a descendant of Melchi, and of Addi, and of Cosam,

and of Elmodam, and of Er,

Luke 3:36 And of Jose, and of Eliezer, and of Joram, and of Matthat, and

of Levi,

Luke 3:37 And of Simeon, and of Juda, and of Joseph, and of Jonan, and of

Eliakim,

Luke 3:38 And of Melea, and of Menan, and of Mattatha, and of Nathan,

and of David,

Luke 3:39 And of Jesse, and of Obed, and of Booz, and of Salmon, and of

Naasson,

Luke 3:40 And of Aminadab, and of Aram, and of Esrom, and of Phares,

and of Juda,

Luke 3:41 And of Jacob, and of Isaac, and of Abraham, and of Thara, and

of Nachor,

Luke 3:42 And of Saruch, and of Ragau, and of Phalec, and of Heber, and

of Sala,

Luke 3:43 And of Cainan, and of Arphaxad, and of Shem, and of Noah,

and of Lamech,

Luke 3:44 And of Mathusala, and of Enoch, and of Jared, and of Maleleel,

and of Cainan,

Luke 3:45 And of Enos, and of Seth, and of Adam, who was formed of

God, and the first man upon the earth.

Luke Chapter 4

Christ led by the Spirit into the wilderness — Tempted of Satan — Christ

preaches in Nazareth and Galilee

Luke 4:1 And Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan

and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.

Luke 4:2 And after forty days, the devil came unto him to tempt him. And

in those days, he did eat nothing; and when they were ended, he afterwards

hungered.

Luke 4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command

this stone that it be made bread.

Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written that man shall not

live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Luke 4:5 And the Spirit taketh him up into a high mountain, and he beheld

all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Luke 4:6 And the devil came unto him and said unto him, All this power

will I give unto thee, and the glory of them; for they are delivered unto me;

and to whomsoever I will, I give them.

Luke 4:7 If thou, therefore, wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

Luke 4:8 Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan; for

it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God, and him only shalt thou

serve.

Luke 4:9 And the Spirit brought him to Jerusalem and set him on a

pinnacle of the temple. And the devil came unto him and said unto him, If

thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence;

Luke 4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to

keep thee; and in his hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou

dash thy foot against a stone.

Luke 4:11 And Jesus, answering, said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt not

tempt the Lord, thy God.

Luke 4:12 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed

from him for a season.

Luke 4:13 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee.

Luke 4:14 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 of all who

believed on his name.

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

Esaias. 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 hath anointed me

to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted,

to preach deliverance to the captives and the 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

he sat down.

Luke 4:21 And the eyes of all those who were in the synagogue were

fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture

fulfilled in your ears.

Luke 4:22 And all bare him witness and wondered at the gracious words

which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Luke 4:23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb,

Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have heard was done in Capernaum,

do also here in thy 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 the truth: many widows were in Israel in the days

of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and great

famine was throughout all the land;

Luke 4:26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta of

Sidon, unto a woman who was a widow.

Luke 4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus, the

prophet; and none of them were cleansed, save 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, whereon the 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 day.

Luke 4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine; for his words were

with power.

Luke 4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an

unclean devil; and he cried out with a loud voice,

Luke 4:34 Saying, Let us alone. What have we to do with thee, Jesus of

Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, The

Holy One of God.

Luke 4:35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace and come out of him.

And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him and

hurt him not.

Luke 4:36 And they were all amazed and spake among themselves, saying,

What a word is this! For with authority and power he commandeth the

unclean spirits, and they come out.

Luke 4:37 And the fame of him went out in every place round about.

Luke 4:38 And he arose, and went out of the synagogue, and entered into

Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever;

and they besought him for to heal 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 who had any sick, with

divers diseases, brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one

of them and healed them.

Luke 4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out and saying, Thou

art Christ, the Son of God. And he, rebuking them, suffered them not to

speak; for they knew that he was Christ.

Luke 4:42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a solitary place;

and the people sought him, and came unto him, and desired him that he

should not depart from them.

Luke 4:43 But 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

Great draught of fishes — Calling of Peter, James, John, and Levi — Christ

heals the palsy — Parable of new wine and old bottles

Luke 5:1 And it came to pass, 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 on the lake; but the fishermen were

gone out of them and were wetting their nets.

Luke 5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and

prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down

and taught the people out of the ship.

Luke 5:4 Now, when he had done speaking, he said to Simon, Launch out

into the deep and let down your net for a draught.

Luke 5:5 And Simon, answering, said unto him, Master, we have toiled all

the night and have taken nothing; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down

the net.

Luke 5:6 And when they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of

fishes; and their net brake.

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 the multitude of fishes, 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 who were with him, at the draught

of the fishes which they had taken.

Luke 5:10 And so were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who

were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not from

henceforth, for thou shalt 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 thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Luke 5:13 And he put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be

thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

Luke 5:14 And he charged him to tell no man, but said unto him, Go and

show thyself to the priests, and offer for thy 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 doctors 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 taken with a

palsy; and they sought to bring him in and to lay him before Jesus.

Luke 5:19 And when they found that they could not bring him in for the

multitude, they went upon the housetop and let him down through the tiling,

with his couch, into the midst before Jesus.

Luke 5:20 Now he saw their faith and said unto the man, Thy sins are

forgiven thee.

Luke 5:21 And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is

this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

Luke 5:22 But Jesus perceived their thoughts, and he said unto them, What

reason ye in your hearts?

Luke 5:23 Does it require more power to forgive sins than to make the sick

rise up and walk?

Luke 5:24 But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon

earth to forgive sins, I said it. And he said unto the sick of the palsy, I say

unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go unto thy house.

Luke 5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that

whereon 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 publican named

Levi, sitting at the place where they received custom; 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 him a great feast in his own house; and there

was a great company of publicans and of others who sat down with them.

Luke 5:30 But the scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples,

saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Luke 5:31 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 thine eat

and drink?

Luke 5:34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bride

chamber 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 spake also a parable unto them, saying, No man putteth

a piece of new cloth upon an old garment; if so, then the new maketh a rent

and agreeth not with the old.

Luke 5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles, else the new wine

will burst the bottles and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

Luke 5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are

preserved.

Luke 5:39 No man also, having drunk old wine, desireth new; for he saith,

The old is better.

Luke Chapter 6

Sabbath made for man — Calling of the Twelve — Instructions on duty —

Parable of the house on a rock

Luke 6:1 And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after this, that he went

through the cornfield; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn and did eat,

rubbing them in their hands.

Luke 6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that

which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath days?

Luke 6:3 Jesus, answering them, said, Have ye not read so much as this,

what David did when he himself was an hungered, 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 who were with him, which is not lawful

to eat, but for the priests alone?

Luke 6:5 And he said unto them that 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?

Luke 6:10 And, looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man,

Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored whole as

the other.

Luke 6:11 And they were filled with madness and communed 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 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 Alpheus, 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 Judea,

and Jerusalem, and from the seacoasts of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear

him and to be healed of their diseases,

Luke 6:18 And they who were vexed with unclean spirits; and they were

healed.

Luke 6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him; for there went

virtue out of him and healed them all.

Luke 6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said, Blessed are

the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of God.

Luke 6:21 Blessed are they who hunger now, for they shall be filled.

Blessed are they who weep now, for they shall laugh.

Luke 6:22 Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall

separate you from among them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your

name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

Luke 6:23 Rejoice ye in that day and leap for joy; for behold, your reward

shall be great in heaven; for in the like manner did their fathers unto the

prophets.

Luke 6:24 But woe unto you who are rich! For ye have received your

consolation.

Luke 6:25 Woe unto you who are full! For ye shall hunger. Woe unto you

who laugh now! For ye 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 my words, Love your enemies; do

good to them who hate you.

Luke 6:28 Bless them who curse you, and pray for them who despitefully

use you and persecute you.

Luke 6:29 And unto him who smiteth thee on the cheek, offer also the

other; or, in other words, it is better to offer the other than to revile again.

And him who taketh away thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also.

Luke 6:30 For it is better that thou suffer thine enemy to take these things

than to contend with him. Verily, I say unto you, Your heavenly Father who

seeth in secret shall bring that wicked one into judgment.

Luke 6:31 Therefore, give to every man who asketh of thee; and of him

who taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

Luke 6:32 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them

likewise.

Luke 6:33 For if ye love them only who love you, what reward have you?

For sinners also do even the same.

Luke 6:34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what reward

have you? For sinners also lend to sinners to receive as much again.

Luke 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for

nothing again; and your reward shall be great; and ye shall be the children

of the Highest; for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Luke 6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Luke 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall

not be condemned; forgive, and ye 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

bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured

to you again.

Luke 6:39 And he spake a parable unto them: Can the blind lead the blind?

Shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Luke 6:40 A disciple is not above his master; but everyone that is perfect

shall be as his master.

Luke 6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote which is in thy brother's eye,

but perceivest not the beam which is in thine own eye?

Luke 6:42 Again, how canst thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the

mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam which is

in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite! Cast out first the beam from thine own

eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote which is in thy

brother's eye.

Luke 6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a

corrupt tree bring forth good fruit;

Luke 6:44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For of 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 bringeth forth

that which is good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart

bringeth forth that which is evil; for of the abundance of the heart his mouth

speaketh.

Luke 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I

say?

Luke 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth

them, I will show you to whom he is like.

Luke 6:48 He is like a man who built a house, and digged deep, and laid

the foundation on a rock; and when the flood arose, the stream beat

vehemently upon that house and could not shake it; for it was founded upon

a rock.

Luke 6:49 But he who heareth and doeth 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

The centurion's servant — Widow's son raised — Christ's testimony of John

— Woman anoints Christ and is commended by him

Luke 7:1 Now when he had ended all these sayings in the audience of the

people, he entered into Capernaum.

Luke 7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto 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 instantly,

saying that he was worthy for whom he should do this;

Luke 7:5 For he loveth our nation, and hath 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 thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.

Luke 7:7 Wherefore, neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee;

but say the 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 goeth; and to another, Come, and

he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Luke 7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned

him about, and said unto the people who followed him, I say unto you, I

have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Luke 7:10 And they who were sent, returning to the house, found the

servant whole who had been sick.

Luke 7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called

Nain; and many of his disciples went with him and much people.

Luke 7:12 Now, when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there

was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a

widow; and many people of the city were with her.

Luke 7:13 And now, the Lord saw her and had compassion on her, and he

said unto her, Weep not.

Luke 7:14 And he came and touched the bier; and they who bare it stood

still, and he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

Luke 7:15 And he who 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 that

a great prophet is risen up among us and that God hath visited his people.

Luke 7:17 And this rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea and

throughout all the region round about.

Luke 7:18 And the disciples of John showed him of all these things.

Luke 7:19 And John, calling two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus,

saying, Art thou he that should come, or look we for another?

Luke 7:20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath

sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who should come, or look we for

another?

Luke 7:21 And in the same hour, he cured many of infirmities, and plagues,

and of evil spirits; and unto many blind he gave sight.

Luke 7:22 Then Jesus, answering, said unto them, Go your way and tell

John what things ye have seen and heard: how that the blind see, the lame

walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the

poor the gospel is preached.

Luke 7:23 And blessed are they who 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 ye out into the

wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the wind? or a man clothed in soft

raiment?

Luke 7:25 Behold, they who are gorgeously appareled and live delicately

are in kings' courts.

Luke 7:26 But what went ye out for to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you,

And much more than a prophet.

Luke 7:27 This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send my

messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Luke 7:28 For I say unto you, Among those who are born of women, there

is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the

kingdom of God is greater than he.

Luke 7:29 And all the people who heard him, and the publicans, justified

God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God

against themselves, not being baptized of him.

Luke 7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto 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 for you, and ye have not

danced; we have mourned for you, and ye have not wept.

Luke 7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking

wine; and ye say he hath a devil.

Luke 7:34 The Son of Man is come, eating and drinking; and ye say,

Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and

sinners!

Luke 7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.

Luke 7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with

him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and sat down to meat.

Luke 7:37 And behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she

knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box

of ointment,

Luke 7:38 And stood at his feet 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 ointment.

Luke 7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had bidden him saw this, he spake

within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known

who or what manner of woman this is who toucheth him; for she is a sinner.

Luke 7:40 And Jesus, answering, said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat

to say unto thee. And he said, Master, say on.

Luke 7:41 And Jesus said, There was a certain creditor, who had two

debtors; the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

Luke 7:42 And when he found 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 the man to whom he

forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

Luke 7:44 And he turned to the woman and said unto Simon, Seest thou

this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gavest me no water for my feet;

but she hath washed my feet with tears and wiped them with the hairs of her

head.

Luke 7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss; but this woman, since the time I came

in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

Luke 7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but this woman hath

anointed my feet with ointment.

Luke 7:47 Wherefore, I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are

forgiven; for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same

loveth little.

Luke 7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

Luke 7:49 And they who sat at meat with him began to say within

themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?

Luke 7:50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in

peace.

Luke Chapter 8

Parable of the sower — Brethren of Christ — Christ stills the tempest and

raises Jairus' daughter — Swine drowned

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 who were ordained of him 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 devils;

Luke 8:3 And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward; and Susanna;

and many others, who ministered unto him with their substance.

Luke 8:4 And when much people were gathered together and were come to

him out of every city, he spake by a parable, saying,

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 others fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit a

hundredfold.

Luke 8:9 And when he had said these things, he cried, He who hath ears to

hear, let him hear. 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 That which fell by the wayside are they who hear; and the devil

cometh and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should

believe and be saved.

Luke 8:13 That which fell on the rock are they who, when they hear,

receive the word with joy; and they have no root, but for a while believe

and in a time of temptation fall away.

Luke 8:14 And that which fell among the thorns are they who, when they

have heard, go forth and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of

life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

Luke 8:15 But that which fell on the good ground are they who receive the

word in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep what they

hear, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Luke 8:16 For no man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a

vessel or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they who

enter in may see the light.

Luke 8:17 For nothing is secret which shall not be made manifest, neither

hid which shall not be made known and go abroad.

Luke 8:18 Take heed, therefore, how ye hear; for whosoever receiveth, to

him shall be given; and whosoever receiveth not, from him shall be taken

even that which he seemeth to have.

Luke 8:19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren and could not

speak to him for the multitude.

Luke 8:20 And some who stood by said unto him, Thy mother and thy

brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

Luke 8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my

brethren are those 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 unto 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 filled with fear and were in danger.

Luke 8:24 And they came to him and awoke him, saying, Master, Master,

we perish. Then he arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the waters;

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 commandeth even the winds and waters, and they obey him.

Luke 8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over

against Galilee.

Luke 8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a

certain man, who had devils for a long time; and he would wear no clothes,

neither abode in a 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 thee, Jesus, thou Son of God

most high? I beseech thee torment me not.

Luke 8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the

man.) For ofttimes it had caught him; and he was kept bound with chains

and in fetters; and he brake the bands and was driven of the devil into the

wilderness.

Luke 8:30 Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said,

Legion; because many devils were entered into him.

Luke 8:31 And there was there a herd of many swine, feeding on the

mountain.

Luke 8:32 And they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into

the swine, and he suffered them.

Luke 8:33 And they besought him also, that he would not command them

to go out into the deep. And he said unto them, Come out of the man.

Luke 8:34 Then went the devils out of the man and entered into the swine;

and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and were

choked.

Luke 8:35 When they who fed the swine saw what was done, they fled, and

went, and told the people in the city and in the country.

Luke 8:36 Then they went out to see what was done, and came to Jesus,

and found the man out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet

of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Luke 8:37 They also who saw the miracle told them by what means he who

was possessed of the devils was healed.

Luke 8:38 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes,

round about, besought Jesus to depart from them; for they were taken with

great fear. And Jesus went up into the ship and returned back again.

Luke 8:39 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought

him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

Luke 8:40 Return to thine own house and show how great things God hath

done unto thee. And he went his way and published throughout the whole

city how great things Jesus had done unto him.

Luke 8:41 And it came to pass that when Jesus was returned, the people

received him; for they were all waiting for him.

Luke 8:42 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 8:43 For he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she

lay a-dying. But as he went, the people thronged him.

Luke 8:44 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 8:45 Came behind Jesus and touched the border of his garment; and

immediately her issue of blood staunched.

Luke 8:46 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and

they who were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press

upon thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

Luke 8:47 And Jesus said, Someone hath touched me; for I perceive that

virtue is gone out of me.

Luke 8:48 And when the woman found that she was not hid, she came

trembling; and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all

the people for what cause she had touched him and how she was healed

immediately.

Luke 8:49 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith

hath made thee whole; go in peace.

Luke 8:50 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the

synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the

Master.

Luke 8:51 But Jesus heard him, and he said unto the ruler of the

synagogue, Fear not; believe only, and she shall be made whole. And when

he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James,

and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.

Luke 8:52 And all wept and bewailed her; but he said, Weep not; for she is

not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she

was dead.

Luke 8:53 And he put them all out and took her by the hand; and he called,

saying, Maid, arise.

Luke 8:54 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway; and he

commanded to give her meat.

Luke 8:55 And her parents were astonished; but he charged them that they

should tell no man what was done.

Luke Chapter 9

Christ instructs his apostles and sends them forth — Miracle of five loaves

and two fishes — The transfiguration — Moses and Elias appear

Luke 9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and he gave them

power and authority over all devils 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

staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats

apiece.

Luke 9:4 And into whatsoever house ye enter, there abide until ye depart

thence.

Luke 9:5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city,

shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

Luke 9:6 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 Jesus; and

he was perplexed because that it was said of some that John was risen from

the dead;

Luke 9:8 And of some, that Elias 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 returned, told Jesus all that they had

done. And he took them and went aside privately into a solitary place

belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

Luke 9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him; and he

received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed

them who 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 victuals; for we are here

in a solitary place.

Luke 9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We

have but five loaves and two fishes; and except we should go and buy meat,

we can provide no more food for all this multitude.

Luke 9:14 For they were in number about five thousand men. And Jesus

said unto his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

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 them, and brake, 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

the fragments which remained, twelve baskets.

Luke 9:18 And it came to pass, as he went alone with his disciples to pray,

he asked them, saying, Who say the people that I am?

Luke 9:19 They, answering, said, Some say John the Baptist; but others say

Elias; and others that one of the old prophets is risen again.

Luke 9:20 He said unto them, But who say ye that I am? Peter, answering,

said, The Christ, the Son of God.

Luke 9:21 And he straitly charged them and commanded them to tell no

man of him,

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 unto 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 must be willing to lose it for my

sake; and whosoever will be willing to lose his life for my sake, the same

shall save it.

Luke 9:25 For what doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and yet

he receive him not whom God hath ordained, and he lose his own soul, and

he himself be a castaway?

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

kingdom, clothed in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels.

Luke 9:27 Verily, I tell you of a truth: There are some standing here who

shall not taste of death until they see the kingdom of God coming in power.

Luke 9:28 And it came to pass eight days after these sayings, that he took

Peter, and John, and James and went up into a mountain to pray.

Luke 9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was changed;

and his raiment became white and glittering.

Luke 9:30 And behold, there came and talked with him two men, even

Moses and Elias,

Luke 9:31 Who appeared in glory and spake of his death and also his

resurrection, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.

Luke 9:32 But Peter and they who were with him were heavy with sleep;

and when they were awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood

with him.

Luke 9:33 And after the two men departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus,

Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles: one for

thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias; not knowing what he said.

Luke 9:34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud and overshadowed

them all; 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 these

things they kept close, and they told no man in those days any of the things

which they had seen.

Luke 9:37 And it came to pass on the next day, when they were come down

from the hill, much people met him.

Luke 9:38 And behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I

beseech thee, look upon my son; for he is mine only child.

Luke 9:39 And lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it

teareth him, that he foameth, and bruising him hardly, departeth from him.

Luke 9:40 And I besought thy 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 suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

Luke 9:42 And as he was coming, the devil threw him down and tore him

again. 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, everyone, at all the things which Jesus did, he said

unto his disciples,

Luke 9:44 Let these sayings sink down into your hearts; 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 of that saying.

Luke 9:46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, who of them should

be greatest.

Luke 9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thoughts of their hearts, took a child

and set him in the midst,

Luke 9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my

name receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him who sent

me; for he who is least among you all, the same shall be great.

Luke 9:49 And John spake and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils

in thy name; and we forbade him because he followeth not with us.

Luke 9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid not any; for he who 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 the Samaritans would not receive him because his face was

turned as though he would go to Jerusalem.

Luke 9:54 And when his disciples, James and John, saw that they would

not receive him, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come

down from heaven and consume them, even as Elias did?

Luke 9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what

manner of spirit ye 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 as they went in the way, a certain man said

unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Luke 9:58 And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of

the air have nests; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head.

Luke 9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer

me first to go and bury my father.

Luke 9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead; but go thou

and preach the kingdom of God.

Luke 9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first

go and bid them farewell who are 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

Seventy appointed and instructed — Their testimony — The good Samaritan

— Mary and Martha

Luke 10:1 After these things, the Lord appointed other seventy also, and

sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he

himself would come.

Luke 10:2 And he said unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the

laborers few; pray ye, 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 scrip, nor shoes; nor salute any man by

the way.

Luke 10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace 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 into whatsoever house they receive you, 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 ye enter and they receive you, eat such

things as are set before you,

Luke 10:9 And heal the sick who are therein, and say, The kingdom of God

is come nigh unto you.

Luke 10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you not, go

your ways out into the streets of the same and say,

Luke 10:11 Even the very dust of your city which cleaveth on us, we do

wipe off against you; notwithstanding, be sure of this, that the kingdom of

God is nigh unto you.

Luke 10:12 But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable in the day of

judgment for Sodom than for that city.

Luke 10:13 Then began he to upbraid the people, in every city wherein his

mighty works were done, who received him not, saying,

Luke 10:14 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For if the

mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in

you, they would have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:15 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of

judgment than for you.

Luke 10:16 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be

cast down to hell.

Luke 10:17 And he said unto his disciples, He that heareth you heareth me;

and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth

him who sent me.

Luke 10:18 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the

devils are subject to us through thy name.

Luke 10:19 And he said unto them, As lightning falleth from heaven, I

beheld Satan also falling.

Luke 10:20 Behold, I will give unto you power over serpents, and

scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any

means hurt you.

Luke 10:21 Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject

unto you; but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.

Luke 10:22 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank thee, O

Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from them

who think they are wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes;

even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Luke 10:23 All things are delivered to me of my Father; and no man

knoweth that the Son is the Father, and the Father is the Son, but him to

whom the Son will reveal it.

Luke 10:24 And he turned him unto the disciples and said privately,

Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see,

Luke 10:25 For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see

those things which ye see and have not seen them, and to hear those things

which ye hear and have not heard them.

Luke 10:26 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him,

saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 10:27 He said unto him, What is written in the law? How readest

thou?

Luke 10:28 And he, answering, said, Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God,

with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with

all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.

Luke 10:29 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right; this do, and

thou shalt live.

Luke 10:30 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is

my neighbor?

Luke 10:31 And Jesus, answering, said, A certain man went down from

Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his

raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Luke 10:32 And by chance, there came down a certain priest that way; and

when he saw him, he passed by on the other side of the way.

Luke 10:33 And likewise, a Levite, when he was at the place, came, and

looked upon him, and passed by on the other side of the way; for they

desired in their hearts that it might not be known that they had seen him.

Luke 10:34 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was;

and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

Luke 10:35 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 10:36 And on the morrow, when he departed, he took money, and

gave to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou

spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

Luke 10:37 Who now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him

who fell among the thieves?

Luke 10:38 And he said, He who showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus

unto him, Go and do likewise.

Luke 10:39 Now it came to pass, as they went, they entered into a certain

village; and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Luke 10:40 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and

heard his words.

Luke 10:41 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to

him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve

alone? Bid her, therefore, that she help me.

Luke 10:42 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou

art careful and troubled about many things;

Luke 10:43 But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part,

which shall not be taken away from her.

Luke Chapter 11

The Lord's prayer — The state of one to whom an evil spirit returns — The

key of knowledge

Luke 11:1 And it came to pass, as Jesus 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 ye pray, say, Our Father who art in

heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done as in

heaven, so in earth.

Luke 11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.

Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who is

indebted to us. And let us not be led into temptation; but deliver us from

evil; for thine is the kingdom and power. Amen.

Luke 11:5 And he said unto them, Your heavenly Father will not fail to

give unto you whatsoever ye ask of him. And he spake a parable, saying,

Luke 11:6 Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at

midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves,

Luke 11:7 For a friend of mine has come to me in his journey, and I have

nothing to set before him;

Luke 11:8 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not; the

door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give

thee.

Luke 11:9 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he

is his friend, yet because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as

many as he needeth.

Luke 11:10 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye

shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Luke 11:11 For everyone who asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh,

findeth; and to him who knocketh, it shall be opened.

Luke 11:12 If a son shall ask bread of any of you who is a father, will he

give him a stone? or, if a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Luke 11:13 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Luke 11:14 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your

children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give good gifts,

through the Holy Spirit, to them who ask him.

Luke 11:15 And he was casting a devil out of a man, and he was dumb.

And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the

people wondered.

Luke 11:16 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through

Beelzebub, the chief of the devils.

Luke 11:17 And others, tempting, sought of him a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:18 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom

divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided cannot

stand, but falleth.

Luke 11:19 If Satan also be divided against himself, how can his kingdom

stand? I say this because you say I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

Luke 11:20 And if I, by Beelzebub, cast out devils, by whom do your sons

cast out devils? Therefore, shall they be your judges.

Luke 11:21 But if I, with the finger of God, cast out devils, no doubt the

kingdom of God has come upon you.

Luke 11:22 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in

peace;

Luke 11:23 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and

overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusteth and

divideth his goods.

Luke 11:24 He that is not with me is against me; and he who gathereth not

with me scattereth.

Luke 11:25 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, it walketh

through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, it saith, I will return unto

mine house whence I came out.

Luke 11:26 And when it cometh, it findeth the house swept and garnished.

Luke 11:27 Then goeth the evil spirit and taketh seven other spirits more

wicked than himself; and they enter in and dwell there; and the last end of

that man is worse than the first.

Luke 11:28 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman

of the company lifted up her voice and said unto him, Blessed is the womb

which bare thee and the paps which thou hast sucked.

Luke 11:29 And he said, Yea, and blessed are all they who hear the word of

God and keep it.

Luke 11:30 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

them but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

Luke 11:31 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so also shall the

Son of Man be to this generation.

Luke 11:32 The queen of the south shall rise up in the day of judgment

with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the

utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a

greater than Solomon is here.

Luke 11:33 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the day of judgment with

this generation and shall condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of

Jonas; and behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Luke 11:34 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret

place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in

may see the light.

Luke 11:35 The light of the body is the eye; therefore, when thine eye is

single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy

body also is full of darkness.

Luke 11:36 Take heed, therefore, that the light which is in thee be not

darkness.

Luke 11:37 If thy whole body, therefore, is full of light, having no part

dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle

lighteneth a room, and doth give the light in all the room.

Luke 11:38 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with

him; and he went in and sat down to meat.

Luke 11:39 And when the Pharisee saw him, he marveled that he had not

first washed before dinner.

Luke 11:40 And the Lord said unto him, Now do you Pharisees make clean

the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward parts are full of

ravening and wickedness.

Luke 11:41 O fools, did not he, who made that which is without, make that

which is within also?

Luke 11:42 But if ye would rather give alms of such things as ye have and

observe to do all things which I have commanded you, then would your

inward parts be clean also.

Luke 11:43 But I say unto you, Woe be unto you, Pharisees! For ye tithe

mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love

of God; these ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone.

Luke 11:44 Woe unto you, Pharisees! For you love the uppermost seats in

the synagogues and greetings in the markets.

Luke 11:45 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are as

graves which appear not, and the men who walk over are not aware of

them.

Luke 11:46 Then answered one of the lawyers and said unto him, Master,

thus saying, thou reproachest us also.

Luke 11:47 And he said, Woe unto you, lawyers, also! For ye lade men

with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens

with one of your fingers.

Luke 11:48 Woe unto you! For you build the sepulchers of the prophets,

and your fathers killed them.

Luke 11:49 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers;

for they, indeed, killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.

Luke 11:50 Therefore, also said the wisdom of God, I will send them

prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall slay and persecute,

Luke 11:51 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the

foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, from the blood

of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the

temple.

Luke 11:52 Verily, I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

Luke 11:53 Woe unto you, lawyers! For ye have taken away the key of

knowledge, the fullness of the scriptures; ye enter not in yourselves into the

kingdom; and those who were entering in, ye hindered.

Luke 11:54 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and

Pharisees began to be angry and to urge vehemently, endeavoring to

provoke him to speak of many things,

Luke 11:55 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his

mouth, that they might accuse him.

Luke Chapter 12

Instructions to the disciples — Sin against the Holy Ghost — Foolish rich

man — Christ's appearings — The faithful servant

Luke 12:1 In the meantime, when there was gathered together an

innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon

another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the

leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 12:2 For there is nothing covered which shall not be revealed, neither

hid which shall not be known.

Luke 12:3 Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be

heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall

be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Luke 12:4 And I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of them who kill

the body and after that have no more that they can do;

Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear; fear him, who, after

he hath killed, hath 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; ye 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 who denieth me before men shall be denied before the

angels of God.

Luke 12:10 Now his disciples knew that he said this because they had

spoken evil against him before the people; for they were afraid to confess

him before men.

Luke 12:11 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, He knoweth our

hearts, and he speaketh to our condemnation, and we shall not be forgiven.

But he answered them and said unto them,

Luke 12:12 Whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man and

repenteth, it shall be forgiven him; but unto him who blasphemeth against

the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him.

Luke 12:13 And again, I say unto you, They shall bring you unto the

synagogues and before magistrates and powers. When they do this, take ye

no thought how, or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

Luke 12:14 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye

ought to say.

Luke 12:15 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my

brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

Luke 12:16 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider

over you?

Luke 12:17 And he said unto them, Take heed and beware of covetousness;

for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he

possesseth.

Luke 12:18 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a

certain rich man brought forth plentifully;

Luke 12:19 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do because

I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

Luke 12:20 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns and

build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

Luke 12:21 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up

for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke 12:22 But God said unto him, Thou fool! This night thy soul shall be

required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast

provided?

Luke 12:23 So shall it be with him who layeth up treasure for himself and

is not rich toward God.

Luke 12:24 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore, I say unto you, Take

no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, neither for the body, what ye

shall put on.

Luke 12:25 For the life is more than meat and the body than raiment.

Luke 12:26 Consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap, which

neither have storehouse nor barn; nevertheless, God feedeth them. Are ye

not better than the fowls?

Luke 12:27 And who of you by taking thought can add to his stature one

cubit?

Luke 12:28 If ye, then, be not able to do that which is least, why take ye

thought for the rest?

Luke 12:29 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 12:30 If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field and

tomorrow is cast in the oven, how much more will he provide for you if ye

are not of little faith?

Luke 12:31 Therefore, seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink,

neither be ye of doubtful mind;

Luke 12:32 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and

your Father who is in heaven knoweth that ye have need of these things.

Luke 12:33 And ye are sent unto them to be their ministers, and the laborer

is worthy of his hire; for the law saith that a man shall not muzzle the ox

that treadeth out the corn.

Luke 12:34 Therefore, seek ye to bring forth the kingdom of God, and all

these things shall be added unto you.

Luke 12:35 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to

give you the kingdom.

Luke 12:36 This he spake unto his disciples, saying, Sell that ye have and

give alms; provide not for yourselves bags which wax old, but rather

provide a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief

approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Luke 12:37 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Luke 12:38 Let your loins be girded about and have your lights burning,

Luke 12:39 That ye yourselves may be like unto men who wait for their

Lord when he will return from the wedding, that, when he cometh and

knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Luke 12:40 Verily, I say unto you, Blessed are those servants whom the

Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching; for he shall gird himself, and

make them sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Luke 12:41 For behold, he cometh in the first watch of the night, and he

shall also come in the second watch, and again he shall come in the third

watch.

Luke 12:42 And verily, I say unto you, He hath already come, as it is

written of him; and again, when he shall come in the second watch or come

in the third watch, blessed are those servants, when he cometh, that he shall

find so doing;

Luke 12:43 For the Lord of those servants shall gird himself, and make

them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Luke 12:44 And now, verily, I say these things unto you that ye may know

this: that the coming of the Lord is as a thief in the night.

Luke 12:45 And it is like unto a man who is a householder, who, if he

watcheth not his goods, the thief cometh in an hour of which he is not

aware, and taketh his goods, and divideth them among his fellows.

Luke 12:46 And they said among themselves, If the good man of the house

had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and

not have suffered his house to be broken through, and the loss of his goods.

Luke 12:47 And he said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, Be ye, therefore,

ready also; for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

Luke 12:48 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto

us, or unto all?

Luke 12:49 And the Lord said, I speak unto those whom the Lord shall

make rulers over his household, to give his children their portion of meat in

due season.

Luke 12:50 And they said, Who then is that faithful and wise servant?

Luke 12:51 And the Lord said unto them, It is that servant who watcheth,

to impart his portion of meat in due season.

Luke 12:52 Blessed be that servant whom his Lord shall find, when he

cometh, so doing.

Luke 12:53 Of a truth I say unto you that he will make him ruler over all

that he hath.

Luke 12:54 But the evil servant is he who is not found watching. And if

that servant is not found watching, he will say in his heart, My Lord

delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the

maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken.

Luke 12:55 The Lord of that servant will come in a day he looketh not for,

and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him down, and will

appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

Luke 12:56 And that servant who knew his Lord's will and prepared not for

his Lord's coming, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with

many stripes.

Luke 12:57 But he who knew not his Lord's will and did commit things

worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few. For unto whomsoever much is

given, of him shall much be required; and to whom the Lord has committed

much, of him will men ask the more.

Luke 12:58 For they are not well pleased with the Lord's doings; therefore,

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what is it to you if I will that it be

already kindled?

Luke 12:59 But I have a baptism to be baptized with. And how am I

straitened until it be accomplished?

Luke 12:60 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you,

Nay, but rather division.

Luke 12:61 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house, divided:

three against two and two against three.

Luke 12:62 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 12:63 And he said also unto the people, When ye see a cloud rise out

of the west, ye say straightway, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

Luke 12:64 And when the south wind blows, ye say, There will be heat;

and it cometh to pass.

Luke 12:65 O hypocrites! Ye can discern the face of the sky and of the

earth. But how is it that ye do not discern this time?

Luke 12:66 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

Luke 12:67 Why goest thou to thine adversary for a magistrate when thou

art in the way with thine enemy? Why not give diligence that thou mayest

be delivered from him, lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver

thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison?

Luke 12:68 I tell thee, Thou shalt not depart thence till thou hast paid the

very last mite.

Luke Chapter 13

Parable of the fig tree — Woman cured of infirmity — Kingdom of God like

a grain of mustard and leaven — Christ weeps over Jerusalem

Luke 13:1 And there were present at that time some who spake unto him of

the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Luke 13:2 And Jesus said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were

sinners above all the Galileans because they suffered such things?

Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay. But except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Luke 13:4 Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew

them — think ye that they were sinners above all men who dwelt in

Jerusalem?

Luke 13:5 I tell you, Nay. But except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Luke 13:6 He spake also this parable: A certain husbandman had a fig tree

planted in his vineyard. He came and sought fruit thereon and found none.

Luke 13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these

three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down.

Why cumbereth it the ground?

Luke 13:8 And he, answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year

also, till I shall dig about and dung it.

Luke 13:9 And if it bear fruit, the tree is saved; and if not, after that thou

shalt cut it down. And many other parables spake he unto the people.

Luke 13:10 And after this, as he was teaching in one of the synagogues on

the Sabbath,

Luke 13:11 Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity

eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise straighten up.

Luke 13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called and said unto her, Woman,

thou art loosed from thine infirmities.

Luke 13:13 And he laid hands on her; and immediately she was made

straight and glorified God.

Luke 13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue was filled with indignation,

because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people,

There are six days in which men ought to work; in them, therefore, come

and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.

Luke 13:15 The Lord then said unto him, O hypocrite! Doth not each one

of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him

away to watering?

Luke 13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham,

whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond

on the Sabbath day?

Luke 13:17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were

ashamed; and all his disciples rejoiced for all the glorious things which

were done by him.

Luke 13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? And

whereunto shall I resemble it?

Luke 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and cast into his

garden; and it grew and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged

in the branches of it.

Luke 13:20 And again, he said, Whereunto 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 And there said one unto him, Lord, are there few only that be

saved? And he answered him and said,

Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for I say unto you, Many

shall seek to enter in and shall not be able; for the Lord shall not always

strive with man.

Luke 13:25 Therefore, when once the Lord of the kingdom is risen up and

hath shut the door of the kingdom, then ye shall stand without and knock at

the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us. But the Lord shall answer and

say unto you, I will not receive you, for ye know not from whence ye are.

Luke 13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy

presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

Luke 13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, Ye know not from whence ye are;

depart from me, all workers of iniquity.

Luke 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth among you when

ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the

kingdom of God, and you are thrust out.

Luke 13:29 And verily, I say unto you, They shall come from the east and

the west, and from the north and the south, and shall sit down in the

kingdom of God;

Luke 13:30 And behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are

first which shall be last and shall be saved therein.

Luke 13:31 And as he was thus teaching, there came to him certain of the

Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence; for Herod will

kill thee.

Luke 13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye and tell Herod, Behold, I cast

out devils and do cures today and tomorrow; and the third day I shall be

perfected.

Luke 13:33 Nevertheless, I must walk today, and tomorrow, and the third

day; for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

Luke 13:34 This he spake, signifying of his death. And in this very hour he

began to weep over Jerusalem,

Luke 13:35 Saying, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou who killest the prophets

and stonest them who are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered

thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

Luke 13:36 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. And verily, I say

unto you, Ye shall not know me until ye have received from the hand of the

Lord a just recompense for all your sins, until the time come when ye shall

say, Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord.

Luke Chapter 14

Jesus heals the dropsy on the Sabbath — Parables of the wedding and great

supper — Forsaking all for Christ

Luke 14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the

chief Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath day, that they watched him.

Luke 14:2 And behold, there was a certain man before him who had the

dropsy.

Luke 14:3 And Jesus spake 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 the man, and healed

him, and let him go,

Luke 14:5 And spake unto them again, saying, Which of you shall have an

ass or an ox fallen into a pit and will not straightway pull him out on the

Sabbath day?

Luke 14:6 And they could not answer him to these things.

Luke 14:7 And he put forth a parable unto them concerning those who

were bidden to a wedding; for he knew how they chose out the chief rooms

and exalted themselves one above another; wherefore, he spake unto them,

saying,

Luke 14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in

the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him;

Luke 14:9 And he who bade thee, with him who is more honorable, come

and say to thee, Give this man place, and thou begin with shame to take the

lowest room.

Luke 14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room,

that when he who bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up

higher; then shalt thou have honor of God in the presence of them who sit at

meat with thee.

Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he who

humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Luke 14:12 Then said he also concerning him who bade to the wedding:

When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy

brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee

again and a recompense be made thee.

Luke 14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the

lame, the blind,

Luke 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee;

for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Luke 14:15 And when one of them who sat at meat with him heard these

things, he said unto him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom

of God.

Luke 14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and

bade many,

Luke 14:17 And sent his servants at suppertime to say to them who 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 needs go and see

it; I pray thee have me excused.

Luke 14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to

prove them; I pray thee have me excused.

Luke 14:20 And another said, I have married a wife; 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 servants, Go out quickly

into the streets and lanes of the city and bring hither the poor, and the

maimed, the halt, and the blind.

Luke 14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded,

and yet there is room.

Luke 14:23 The Lord said unto his servant, Go out into the highways and

hedges and compel men 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 when he had finished these sayings, he departed thence;

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 brethren, and sisters, or husband, yea and his

own life also, or in other words, is afraid to lay down his life for my sake,

he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me

cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:28 Wherefore, settle this in your hearts, that ye will do the things

which I shall teach and command you.

Luke 14:29 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down

first and counteth the cost, whether he have money to finish his work?

Luke 14:30 Lest, unhappily, after he has laid the foundation and is not able

to finish his work, all who behold begin to mock him,

Luke 14:31 Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.

And this he said, signifying there should not any man follow him unless he

was able to continue, saying,

Luke 14:32 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth

not down first and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet

him who cometh against him with twenty thousand;

Luke 14:33 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an

embassage and desireth conditions of peace.

Luke 14:34 So likewise, whosoever of you forsaketh not all that he hath, he

cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:35 Then certain of them came to him, saying, Good Master, we

have Moses and the prophets; and whosoever shall live by them, shall he

not have life?

Luke 14:36 And Jesus answered, saying, Ye know not Moses, neither the

prophets; for if ye had known them, ye would have believed on me; for to

this intent they were written. For I am sent that ye might have life.

Therefore I will liken it unto salt which is good;

Luke 14:37 But if the salt has lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

Luke 14:38 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; men cast it

out. He who hath ears to hear, let him hear. These things he said, signifying

that which was written verily must all be fulfilled.

Luke Chapter 15

Parables of the lost sheep, ten pieces of silver, and prodigal son

Luke 15:1 Then drew near unto him many of the publicans and sinners to

hear him.

Luke 15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man

receiveth sinners and eateth with them.

Luke 15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

Luke 15:4 What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of

them, doth not leave the ninety and nine and go into the wilderness after

that which is lost until he find it?

Luke 15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders,

rejoicing.

Luke 15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and

neighbors and saith 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 repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need

no repentance.

Luke 15:8 Either, what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one

piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till

she find it?

Luke 15:9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and

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 who repenteth.

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 which falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

Luke 15:13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together,

and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with

riotous living.

Luke 15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty 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 fain have filled his belly with the husks which

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 thee,

Luke 15:19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son; make me as one

of thy 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 thy sight and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

Luke 15:22 But the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the best robe,

and put it on him, and put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet,

Luke 15:23 And bring hither 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

nigh 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, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath

killed the fatted calf because he hath received him safe and sound.

Luke 15:28 And he was angry and would not go in; therefore, came his

father out and entreated him.

Luke 15:29 And he, answering, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I

serve thee; neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and thou

never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends;

Luke 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, who hath devoured thy

living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Luke 15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me; and all that I

have is thine.

Luke 15:32 It was meet that we should make merry and be glad; for this

thy brother was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found.

Luke Chapter 16

Parable of the wise steward — Adultery — Rich man and Lazarus

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 thee? Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest be no longer

steward.

Luke 16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? For my

lord taketh away from me the stewardship. I cannot dig; to beg I am

ashamed.

Luke 16:4 I am resolved 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, and said unto the

first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

Luke 16:6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him,

Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Luke 16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he

said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy 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 wiser in their generation than

the children of light.

Luke 16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon

of unrighteousness, that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting

habitations.

Luke 16:10 He who is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much;

and he who is unjust in the least is also unjust in much.

Luke 16:11 If, therefore, ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous

mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Luke 16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's,

who shall give unto 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.

Ye 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, Ye are they who justify yourselves

before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is highly

esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 16:16 And they said unto him, We have the law and the prophets; but

as for this man, we will not receive him to be our ruler; for he maketh

himself to be a judge over us.

Luke 16:17 Then said Jesus unto them, The law and the prophets testify of

me; yea, and all the prophets who have written, even until John, have

foretold of these days.

Luke 16:18 Since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every

man who seeketh truth presseth into it.

Luke 16:19 It is easier for heaven and earth to pass than for one tittle of the

law to fail.

Luke 16:20 And why teach ye the law, and deny that which is written, and

condemn him whom the Father hath sent to fulfill the law, that ye might all

be redeemed?

Luke 16:21 O fools! For you have said in your hearts, There is no God.

And you pervert the right way; and the kingdom of heaven suffereth

violence of you; and you persecute the meek; and in your violence you seek

to destroy the kingdom; and ye take the children of the kingdom by force.

Woe unto you, ye adulterers!

Luke 16:22 And they reviled him again, being angry for the saying that

they were adulterers.

Luke 16:23 But he continued, saying, Whosoever putteth away his wife

and marrieth another committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her who

is put away from her husband committeth adultery. Verily, I say unto you, I

will liken you unto the rich man.

Luke 16:24 For there was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple

and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

Luke 16:25 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid

at his gate, full of sores,

Luke 16:26 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 16:27 And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried of the

angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:28 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw

Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom.

Luke 16:29 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 16:30 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime

receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus, evil things; but now he is

comforted, and thou art tormented.

Luke 16:31 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf

fixed, so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can

they pass to us that would come from thence.

Luke 16:32 Then he said, I pray thee, therefore, Father, that thou wouldest

send him to my father's house,

Luke 16:33 For I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them, lest

they also come into this place of torment.

Luke 16:34 Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let

them hear them.

Luke 16:35 And he said, Nay, Father Abraham; but if one went unto them

from the dead, they will repent.

Luke 16:36 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,

neither will they be persuaded, though one should rise from the dead.

Luke Chapter 17

Woe for offenses — Ten lepers — Coming of Christ as a thief in the night —

Gathering of the saints

Luke 17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offenses

will come; but woe to him through whom they come.

Luke 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his

neck and he cast into the sea than that he should offend one of these little

ones.

Luke 17:3 Take heed to yourselves. If your brother trespass against you,

rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Luke 17:4 And if he trespass against you seven times in a day and seven

times in a day turn to you again, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.

Luke 17:5 And the apostles said unto him, Lord, increase our faith.

Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed,

you might say unto this sycamore tree, Be thou plucked up by the roots, and

be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Luke 17:7 But who of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will

say unto him when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

Luke 17:8 Will he not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may

sup, and gird yourself, and serve me till I have eaten and drunken, and

afterward, by and by, you shall eat and drink?

Luke 17:9 Doth he thank that servant because he doeth the things which

were commanded him? I say unto you, Nay.

Luke 17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which

are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants. We have done that

which was no more than our duty to do.

Luke 17:11 It came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through

the midst of Galilee and Samaria.

Luke 17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men

who were lepers, who stood afar off;

Luke 17:13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have

mercy on us.

Luke 17:14 And he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the priests.

And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.

Luke 17:15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, and

with a loud voice glorified God,

Luke 17:16 And fell down on his face at Jesus' 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 are not found that returned to give glory to God, save

this stranger.

Luke 17:19 And he said unto him, Arise; go thy way; thy faith hath made

thee whole.

Luke 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the

kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of

God cometh not with observation;

Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, Lo, there! For, behold, the

kingdom of God has already come unto you.

Luke 17:22 And he said unto his disciples, The days will come when they

will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and they shall not see

it.

Luke 17:23 And if they shall say to you, See here! or, See there! Go not

after them, nor follow them.

Luke 17:24 For as the light of the morning, that shineth out of the one part

under heaven and lighteneth to the other part under heaven, so shall also the

Son of Man be in his day.

Luke 17:25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected of this

generation.

Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, 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 Noe 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 builded;

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, the disciple who shall be on the housetop and his

stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away; and he who 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 in one bed; the one

shall be taken, and the other left. Two shall be grinding together; the one

shall be taken, and the other left.

Luke 17:35 Two shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other

left.

Luke 17:36 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord, shall they

be taken?

Luke 17:37 And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is gathered, or

in other words, whithersoever the saints are gathered, thither will the eagles

be gathered together, or thither will the remainder be gathered together.

Luke 17:38 This he spake, signifying the gathering of his saints, and of

angels descending and gathering the remainder unto them — the one from

the bed, the other from the grinding, and the other from the field,

whithersoever he listeth.

Luke 17:39 For verily, there shall be new heavens and a new earth, wherein

dwelleth righteousness.

Luke 17:40 And there shall be no unclean thing; for the earth becoming

old, even as a garment, having waxed in corruption, wherefore, it vanisheth

away; and the footstool remaineth sanctified, cleansed from all sin.

Luke Chapter 18

Unjust judge — Pharisee and publican — The commandments — No

security in riches — Christ blesses children

Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them, saying that men ought

always to pray and not faint,

Luke 18:2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God nor

regarded man.

Luke 18:3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him,

saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

Luke 18:4 And he would not for a while; but afterward, he said within

himself, Though I fear not God nor regard man,

Luke 18:5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest, by

her continual coming, she weary me.

Luke 18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night

unto him, though he bear long with men?

Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will come; and when he does come, he will

avenge his saints speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man cometh,

shall he find faith on the earth?

Luke 18:9 He spake this parable unto certain men, 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 publican.

Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank

thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as

this publican.

Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess.

Luke 18:13 But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much

as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful

to me, a sinner.

Luke 18:14 I tell you, This man went down to his house justified, rather

than the other; for everyone who exalteth himself shall be abased; and he

who humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Luke 18:15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch

them; but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Luke 18:16 But Jesus called them and said, Suffer 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 will 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 Master, what shall

I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 18:19 Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? None is good,

save one — that is God.

Luke 18:20 Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery.

Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Honor thy father and

thy 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 thou

lackest one thing. Sell all that thou hast and distribute unto the poor; and

thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Luke 18:23 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

hardly shall they who have riches 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 who heard said unto him, Who then can be saved?

Luke 18:27 And he said unto them, It is impossible for them who trust in

riches to enter into the kingdom of God; but he who forsaketh the things

which are of this world, it is possible with God that he should enter in.

Luke 18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all and followed thee.

Luke 18:29 And he said unto them, Verily, I say unto you, There is no man

who 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 manifold more in this present time —

and in the world to come, life everlasting.

Luke 18:31 Then he took the twelve and said unto them, Behold, we go up

to Jerusalem; and all things which 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 entreated, and spitted on.

Luke 18:33 And they shall scourge 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 remembered they the things which were spoken.

Luke 18:35 And it came to pass, as he was come nigh 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, Son of David, have mercy on me.

Luke 18:39 And they who went before rebuked him, telling him that he

should hold his peace; but he cried so much the more, saying, Son of David,

have mercy on me.

Luke 18:40 And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto him;

and when he was come near, he asked him,

Luke 18:41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said,

Lord, that I may receive my sight.

Luke 18:42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight; thy faith hath

saved thee.

Luke 18:43 And immediately he received his sight; and he followed him,

glorifying God. And all the disciples, when they saw this, gave praise unto

God.

Luke Chapter 19

Zaccheus — Parable of ten servants — Christ's entry into Jerusalem

Luke 19:1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

Luke 19:2 And behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, who was chief

among the publicans; and he was rich.

Luke 19:3 And he sought to see Jesus, who he was, and could not for the

press because he was little of stature.

Luke 19:4 And he ran before 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, Zaccheus, make haste and come down, for today I must

abide at thy house.

Luke 19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

Luke 19:7 And when the disciples saw it, they all murmured, saying that he

was gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.

Luke 19:8 And Zaccheus 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 unjust means, I restore fourfold.

Luke 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this

house; forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was

lost.

Luke 19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable

because he was nigh to Jerusalem and because the Jews taught 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 them ten pounds,

and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him and sent a messenger 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, thy pound hath gained ten

pounds.

Luke 19:17 And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant; because

thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

Luke 19:18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five

pounds.

Luke 19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

Luke 19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy pound which I

have kept laid up in a napkin;

Luke 19:21 For I feared thee because thou art an austere man; thou takest

up that thou layedst not down and reapest that which thou didst not sow.

Luke 19:22 And he said unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge

thee, O wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up

that I laid not down and reaping that I did not sow.

Luke 19:23 Wherefore, then, gavest not thou my money into the bank, that

at my coming I might have received mine own with usury?

Luke 19:24 And he said unto them who stood by, Take from him the pound

and give it to him who hath ten pounds.

Luke 19:25 For I say unto you that unto everyone who occupieth shall be

given; and from him who occupieth not, even that he hath received shall be

taken away from him.

Luke 19:26 But those mine enemies, who would not that I should reign

over them, bring them hither and slay them before me.

Luke 19:27 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to

Jerusalem.

Luke 19:28 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and

Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his

disciples,

Luke 19:29 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you, in the which at

your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat; loose him

and bring him to me.

Luke 19:30 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose the colt? Thus shall

ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

Luke 19:31 And they, who were sent, went their way and found even as he

had said unto them.

Luke 19:32 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto

them, Why loose ye the colt?

Luke 19:33 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

Luke 19:34 And they brought him to Jesus; and they cast their garments

upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

Luke 19:35 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

Luke 19:36 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the

mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and

praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,

Luke 19:37 Saying, Blessed is the King who cometh in the name of the

Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!

Luke 19:38 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto

him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

Luke 19:39 And he answered and said unto them, If these should hold their

peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Luke 19:40 And when he was come near, he beheld the city and wept over

it,

Luke 19:41 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day,

the things which belong unto thy peace! But now they are hid from thine

eyes.

Luke 19:42 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast

a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every

side,

Luke 19:43 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children

within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another because

thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Luke 19:44 And he went into the temple and began to cast out them who

sold therein and them who bought,

Luke 19:45 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer;

but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Luke 19:46 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the

scribes, and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Luke 19:47 And could not find what they might do; for all the people were

very attentive to hear him.

Luke Chapter 20

Baptism of John — Parable of the vineyard — Christ asked concerning

tribute — Marriage in the resurrection

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 spake unto him, saying, Tell us by what authority doest

thou these things? Or who is he who gave thee this authority?

Luke 20:3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one

thing. Answer me.

Luke 20:4 The baptism of John — was it from heaven or of men?

Luke 20:5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say,

From heaven, he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

Luke 20:6 And 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 whence it was.

Luke 20:8 Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I 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 husbandmen, and went into a far

country for a long time.

Luke 20:10 And at the season of the harvest, he sent his servant to the

husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the

husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty.

Luke 20:11 And again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, and

entreated 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 reverence him when they see him.

Luke 20:14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among

themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the

inheritance may be ours.

Luke 20:15 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 husbandmen and shall give

the vineyard to others. And when they heard this, they said, God forbid!

Luke 20:17 And he beheld them and said, What is this then which 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 shall grind him to powder.

Luke 20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes, the same hour, sought to

lay hands on him; but 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 feign

themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so doing,

they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

Luke 20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest

and teachest rightly; neither regardest thou the person of any, but teachest

the way of God truly.

Luke 20:22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar or no?

Luke 20:23 But he perceived their craftiness and said unto them, Why

tempt ye me?

Luke 20:24 Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it?

They answered, and said, Caesar's.

Luke 20:25 And he said unto them, Render, therefore, unto Caesar the

things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.

Luke 20:26 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 there is

any resurrection; and they asked him,

Luke 20:28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, saying, If any man's

brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother

should take his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

Luke 20:29 There were, therefore, seven brethren; the first took a wife and

died without children.

Luke 20:30 And the second took her to wife and died childless.

Luke 20:31 And the third took her in like manner, and the seven also; and

they left no children and died.

Luke 20:32 And last of all, the woman died also.

Luke 20:33 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of them is she? For

seven had her to 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,

through 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 calleth 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, Master, thou hast

well said.

Luke 20:40 And after that, they durst 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 thou on my right hand,

Luke 20:43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Luke 20:44 David, therefore, calleth him Lord. How is he then his son?

Luke 20:45 Then in the audience 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 rooms at feasts,

Luke 20:47 Who devour widows' houses and, for a show, make long

prayers; the same shall receive greater damnation.

Luke Chapter 21

The widow's mite — Destruction of Jerusalem — Signs of Christ's coming

— Tribulation of the Jews — Parable of the fig tree — Undue cares of the

world

Luke 21:1 And he looked up and saw the rich men casting in their gifts into

the treasury,

Luke 21:2 And saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

Luke 21:3 And he said, Of a truth, I say unto you that this poor widow hath

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 penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

Luke 21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with

goodly stones and gifts, he said,

Luke 21:6 These things which ye behold, the days will come in the which

there shall not be left one stone upon another which shall not be thrown

down.

Luke 21:7 And the disciples asked him, saying, Master, when shall these

things be? And what sign wilt thou show when these things shall come to

pass?

Luke 21:8 And he said, The time draweth near, and, therefore, take heed

that ye be not deceived; for many shall come in my name, saying, I am

Christ; go ye not, therefore, after them.

Luke 21:9 And when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not

terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but this is not the end.

Luke 21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation and

kingdom against kingdom; and great earthquakes shall be in divers places,

and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there

be from heaven.

Luke 21:11 But before all these things shall come, they shall lay their

hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and

into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

Luke 21:12 Settle this, therefore, in your hearts — not to meditate before

what ye shall answer;

Luke 21:13 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your

adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

Luke 21:14 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

Luke 21:15 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and

kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

Luke 21:16 And ye shall be hated of all the world for my name's sake.

Luke 21:17 But there shall not a hair of your head perish.

Luke 21:18 In your patience possess ye your souls.

Luke 21:19 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then

know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

Luke 21:20 Then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let

them who are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them who are in the

countries return to enter into the city.

Luke 21:21 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are

written may be fulfilled.

Luke 21:22 But woe unto them who are with child and to them who give

suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land and wrath

upon this people.

Luke 21:23 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led

away captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the

Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Luke 21:24 Now these things he spake unto them concerning the

destruction of Jerusalem. And then his disciples asked him, saying, Master,

tell us concerning thy coming.

Luke 21:25 And he answered them and said, In the generation in which the

times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled, there shall be signs in the sun, and in

the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations with

perplexity, like the sea and the waves roaring. The earth also shall be

troubled and the waters of the great deep,

Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those

things which are coming on the earth. For the powers of heaven shall be

shaken.

Luke 21:27 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and

lift up your heads, for the day of your redemption draweth nigh.

Luke 21:28 And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with

power and great glory.

Luke 21:29 And he spake to them a parable, saying, Behold the fig tree and

all the trees.

Luke 21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own

selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

Luke 21:31 So likewise, ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know

ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Luke 21:32 Verily, I say unto you, This generation, the generation when the

times of the Gentiles be fulfilled, shall not pass away till all be fulfilled.

Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass

away.

Luke 21:34 Let my disciples, therefore, take heed to themselves, lest at any

time their hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares

of this life, and that day come upon them unawares.

Luke 21:35 For as a snare it shall come on all them who dwell on the face

of the whole earth.

Luke 21:36 And what I say unto one, I say unto all: Watch ye, therefore,

and pray always, and keep my commandments, that ye may be counted

worthy to escape all these things, which shall come to pass, and to stand

before the Son of Man when he shall come clothed in the glory of his

Father.

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 Olives.

Luke 21:38 And the people came early in the morning to him in the temple

to hear him.

Luke Chapter 22

Judas betrays Christ — Institution of the Lord's Supper — Christ's agony

and arrest — Peter denies him

Luke 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called

the passover.

Luke 22:2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill

him; but 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 communed with the chief priests and

captains, how he might betray him unto them.

Luke 22:5 And they were glad and covenanted to give him money.

Luke 22:6 And he promised them 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 wilt thou that we prepare?

Luke 22:10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye have entered into the

city, there shall a man meet you bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into

the house where he entereth in.

Luke 22:11 And ye shall say unto the good man of the house, The Master

saith unto you, Where is the guestchamber, 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 was come, 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 which is written in the prophets concerning me. Then I will partake

with you in the kingdom of God.

Luke 22:17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this and

divide among yourselves;

Luke 22:18 For I say unto you that 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 brake, 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

testament in my blood which is shed for you.

Luke 22:21 But behold, the hand of him who betrayeth me is with me on

the table.

Luke 22:22 And truly the Son of Man goeth as it was determined; but woe

unto that man by whom he is betrayed.

Luke 22:23 And they began to inquire among themselves, who of them it

was who should do this thing.

Luke 22:24 There was also a strife among them, who 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 who exercise authority upon them are called

benefactors.

Luke 22:26 But it ought not to be so with you; but he who is greatest

among you, let him be as the younger; and he who is chief, as he who doth

serve.

Luke 22:27 For whether is he greater, who sitteth at meat or he who

serveth? I am not as he who sitteth at meat, but I am among you as he who

serveth.

Luke 22:28 Ye are they who have continued with me in my temptations;

Luke 22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath

appointed unto me,

Luke 22:30 That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit

on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired

you, that he may sift the children of the kingdom as wheat.

Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not; and when

you are converted, strengthen your brethren.

Luke 22:33 And he said unto him, being aggrieved, Lord, I am ready to go

with you, both into prison and unto death.

Luke 22:34 And the Lord said, I tell you, Peter, that the cock shall not crow

this day before that you will thrice deny that you know me.

Luke 22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and

scrip, or shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing.

Luke 22:36 Then said he unto them, I say unto you again, He who hath a

purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip; and he who hath no sword, let

him sell his garment and buy one.

Luke 22:37 For I say unto you, This that is written must be accomplished

in me: And he was reckoned among the transgressors. For the things

concerning me have an end.

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 he was accustomed, to the

mount of Olives; and his disciples followed him.

Luke 22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye

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 thou be willing, remove this cup from me;

nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.

Luke 22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven,

strengthening him.

Luke 22:44 And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly; and he

sweat, as it were, great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Luke 22:45 And when he rose up from prayer and was come to his

disciples, he found them sleeping; for they were filled with sorrow;

Luke 22:46 And he said unto them, Why sleep ye? Rise and pray, lest ye

enter into temptation.

Luke 22:47 And while he yet spake, behold, a multitude; and he who 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, betrayest thou 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 a sword?

Luke 22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest and cut

off his right ear.

Luke 22:51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. 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, Are ye come out as against a

thief, with swords and staves?

Luke 22:53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no

hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

Luke 22:54 Then took they 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 hall and

were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

Luke 22:56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and

earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

Luke 22:57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.

Luke 22:58 And after a little while, another saw him and said, Thou art

also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.

Luke 22:59 And about the space of one hour, another confidently affirmed,

saying, Of a truth, this man was also with him; for he is a Galilean.

Luke 22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And

immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

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, thou shalt deny me thrice.

Luke 22:62 And Peter went out and wept bitterly.

Luke 22:63 And the men who held Jesus mocked him and smote him.

Luke 22:64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the

face and asked him, saying, Prophesy! Who is it who smote thee?

Luke 22:65 And many other things blasphemously spake 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,

Luke 22:67 Saying, Art thou the Christ? Tell us. And he said unto them, If

I tell you, ye will not believe.

Luke 22:68 And if I also ask you, ye 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, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said

unto them, Ye say that I am.

Luke 22:71 And they said, What need we of any further witness? For we

ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

Luke Chapter 23

Pilate sends Jesus to Herod — He is scourged — Scattering of Israel

foretold — Christ crucified — Penitent thief — Jesus buried by Joseph of

Arimathea

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 man

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, Art thou the King of the Jews?

And he answered him and said, Yea, thou sayest it.

Luke 23:4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and people, I find no fault in

this man.

Luke 23:5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people,

teaching throughout all Jewry, 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 exceeding glad; for he was

desirous to see him, of a long time, because he had heard many things of

him and hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.

Luke 23:9 Then he questioned with him in 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 set him at naught, 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 this 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

who perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you,

have found no fault in this man, touching those things whereof ye accuse

him.

Luke 23:15 No, nor yet Herod; for I sent you to him; and lo, nothing

worthy of death is done unto 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 But 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, spake 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 hath 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 instant in 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 required.

Luke 23:25 And he released unto them him who for sedition and murder

was cast into prison, whom they had desired, and delivered Jesus to their

will.

Luke 23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a

Cyrenian, coming out of the country; and on him they laid the cross, that he

might bear it after Jesus.

Luke 23:27 And there followed him a great company of people and of

women, who also bewailed and lamented him.

Luke 23:28 But Jesus turned unto them and 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 which never bare, and the paps

which never gave suck.

Luke 23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and

to the hills, Cover us.

Luke 23:31 And if these things are done in the green tree, what shall be

done in the dry tree?

Luke 23:32 This he spake, signifying the scattering of Israel and the

desolation of the heathen, or in other words, the Gentiles.

Luke 23:33 And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be

put to death.

Luke 23:34 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 23:35 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they know not what

they do (meaning the soldiers who crucified him). And they parted his

raiment and cast lots.

Luke 23:36 And the people stood beholding; and the rulers also with them

derided, saying, He saved others; let him save himself if he be the Christ,

the chosen of God.

Luke 23:37 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering

him vinegar,

Luke 23:38 And saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself.

Luke 23:39 And a superscription also was written over him, in letters of

Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Luke 23:40 And one of the malefactors who was crucified with him railed

on him, saying, If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.

Luke 23:41 But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Dost thou not

fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

Luke 23:42 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our

deeds; but this man hath done nothing amiss.

Luke 23:43 And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest

into thy kingdom.

Luke 23:44 And Jesus said unto him, Verily, I say unto thee, Today shalt

thou be with me in paradise.

Luke 23:45 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over

all the earth until the ninth hour.

Luke 23:46 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent

in the midst.

Luke 23:47 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father,

into thy hands I commend my spirit. And having said thus, he gave up the

ghost.

Luke 23:48 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God,

saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

Luke 23:49 And all the people who came together to that sight, beholding

the things which were done, smote their breasts and returned.

Luke 23:50 And all his acquaintance and women who followed him from

Galilee stood afar off, beholding these things.

Luke 23:51 And behold, a man named Joseph — a counselor, a good man

and a just one,

Luke 23:52 The same day had not consented to the counsel and deed of

them, a man of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself waited for

the kingdom of God —

Luke 23:53 He went unto Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.

Luke 23:54 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a

sepulcher which was hewed in a stone, wherein never man before was laid.

Luke 23:55 And that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on.

Luke 23:56 And the women also, who came with him from Galilee,

followed after and beheld the sepulcher and how his body was laid.

Luke 23:57 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments, and

rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment.

Luke Chapter 24

Women come to the sepulcher — Jesus talks to two disciples — Appears to

the apostles and promises the Holy Spirit — Ascends into heaven

Luke 24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning,

the women came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had

prepared, and certain others with them.

Luke 24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher and

two angels standing by it in shining garments.

Luke 24:3 And they entered into the sepulcher; and, not finding the body of

the Lord Jesus, they were much perplexed thereabout,

Luke 24:4 And were affrighted, and bowed down their faces to the earth.

But behold, the angels said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the

dead?

Luke 24:5 He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spake unto you

when he was yet in Galilee,

Luke 24:6 Saying, The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of

sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?

Luke 24:7 And they remembered his words,

Luke 24:8 And returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things unto

the eleven and unto all the rest.

Luke 24:9 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of

James, and other women who were with them who told these things unto

the apostles.

Luke 24:10 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they

believed them not.

Luke 24:11 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulcher, and went in; and

he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves; and he departed, wondering

in himself at that which was come to pass.

Luke 24:12 And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called

Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem threescore furlongs.

Luke 24:13 And they talked together of all these things which had

happened.

Luke 24:14 And it came to pass that while they communed together and

reasoned, Jesus himself drew near and went with them.

Luke 24:15 But their eyes were holden, or covered, that they could not

know him.

Luke 24:16 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are

these which ye have one with another as ye walk and are sad?

Luke 24:17 And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering, said

unto him, Art thou a stranger in Jerusalem and hast not known the things

which are come to pass there in these days?

Luke 24:18 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him,

Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word

before God and all the people;

Luke 24:19 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be

condemned to death and have crucified him.

Luke 24:20 But we trusted that it had been he who should have redeemed

Israel. And besides all this, today is the third day since these things were

done;

Luke 24:21 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us

astonished, who were early at the sepulcher;

Luke 24:22 And when they found not his body, they came, saying that they

had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

Luke 24:23 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 24:24 Then he said unto them, O fools and slow of heart to believe all

that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:25 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into

his glory?

Luke 24:26 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded

unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Luke 24:27 And they drew nigh unto the village whither they went; and he

made as though he would have gone farther.

Luke 24:28 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is

toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

Luke 24:29 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread,

and blessed, and brake, and gave to them.

Luke 24:30 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he was

taken up out of their sight.

Luke 24:31 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 24:32 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and

found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them,

Luke 24:33 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon.

Luke 24:34 And they told what things they saw and heard in the way and

how he was known to them in breaking bread.

Luke 24:35 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of

them and said unto them, Peace be unto you.

Luke 24:36 But they were terrified and affrighted and supposed that they

had seen a spirit.

Luke 24:37 And he said unto them, Why are you troubled, and why do

thoughts arise in your hearts?

Luke 24:38 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I, myself. Handle me,

and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as you see me have.

Luke 24:39 When he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his

feet.

Luke 24:40 And while they yet wondered and believed not for joy, he said

unto them, Have ye here any meat?

Luke 24:41 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and a honeycomb.

Luke 24:42 And he took it and did eat before them.

Luke 24:43 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto

you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were

written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms

concerning me.

Luke 24:44 Then opened he their understanding, that they might

understand the scriptures,

Luke 24:45 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved

Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

Luke 24:46 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached

in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Luke 24:47 And ye are witnesses of these things.

Luke 24:48 And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but

tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on

high.

Luke 24:49 And he led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his

hands and blessed them.

Luke 24:50 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was taken from

them and carried up into heaven.

Luke 24:51 And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great

joy;

Luke 24:52 And they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing

God. Amen.

John

His Testimony of Christ

John Chapter 1

The gospel preached in the beginning — John bears record of the gospel

and Christ — John is Elias — Andrew, Philip, and Peter called

John 1:1 In the beginning was the gospel preached through the Son. And

the gospel was the word, and the word was with the Son, and the Son was

with God, and the Son was of 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 anything

made which was made.

John 1:4 In him was the gospel, and the gospel was the life, and the life

was the light of men;

John 1:5 And the light shineth in the world, and the world perceiveth it not.

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John 1:7 The same came into the world for a witness, to bear witness of the

light, to bear record of the gospel through the Son, unto all, that through

him men might believe.

John 1:8 He was not that light but came to bear witness of that light,

John 1:9 Which was the true light, which lighteth every man who cometh

into the world,

John 1:10 Even the Son of God — he who 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 sons of God; only to them who believe on his name.

John 1:13 He was 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 same 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 bare witness of him and cried, saying, This is he of whom I

spake. He who cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before

me.

John 1:16 For in the beginning was the Word, even the Son, who is made

flesh and sent unto us by the will of the Father. And as many as believe on

his name shall receive of his fullness. And of his fullness have all we

received, even immortality and eternal life, through his grace.

John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but life and truth came

through Jesus Christ.

John 1:18 For the law was after a carnal commandment, to the

administration of death; but the gospel was after the power of an endless

life through Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the

Father.

John 1:19 And no man hath seen God at any time, except he hath borne

record of the Son; for except it is through him, no man can be saved.

John 1:20 And this is the record of John when the Jews sent priests and

Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

John 1:21 And he confessed and denied not that he was Elias, but

confessed, saying, I am not the Christ.

John 1:22 And they asked him, saying, How then art thou Elias? And he

said, I am not that Elias who was to restore all things. And they asked him,

saying, Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

John 1:23 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an

answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

John 1:24 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make

straight the way of the Lord, as saith the prophet Esaias.

John 1:25 And they who were sent were of the Pharisees.

John 1:26 And they asked him and said unto him; Why baptizest thou then,

if thou be not the Christ, nor Elias who was to restore all things, neither that

prophet?

John 1:27 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there

standeth one among you whom ye know not;

John 1:28 He it is of whom I bear record. He is that prophet, even Elias,

who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not

worthy to unloose or whose place I am not able to fill; for he shall baptize,

not only with water, but with fire and with the Holy Ghost.

John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him and said,

Behold, the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world!

John 1:30 And John bare record of him unto the people, saying, This is he

of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is preferred before me; for he

was before me, and I knew him and that he should be made manifest to

Israel; therefore, am I come baptizing with water.

John 1:31 And John bare record, saying, When he was baptized of me, I

saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

John 1:32 And I knew him; for he who sent me to baptize with water, the

same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and

remaining on him, the same is he who baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

John 1:33 And I saw and bare record that this is the Son of God.

John 1:34 These things were done in Bethabara, beyond Jordan, where

John was baptizing.

John 1:35 Again, the next day after, 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 him, and said unto

them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being

interpreted, Master), Where dwellest thou?

John 1:39 He said unto them, Come and see. And 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 and followed Jesus was Andrew,

Simon Peter's brother.

John 1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon and saith unto him, We

have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

John 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he

said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jona; thou shalt be called Cephas, which is,

by interpretation, a seer or a stone. And they were fishermen. And they

straightway left all and followed Jesus.

John 1:43 The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and

findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

John 1:44 Now Philip was at Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

John 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael and saith unto him, We have found him,

of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth,

the son of Joseph.

John 1:46 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 unto him and said of him, Behold

an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

John 1:48 Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus,

answering, said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under

the fig tree, I saw thee.

John 1:49 Nathanael answered and said unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son

of God; thou art the King of Israel.

John 1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I

saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things

than these.

John 1:51 And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye

shall see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending

upon the Son of Man.

John Chapter 2

Marriage at Cana — Jesus drives moneychangers from temple

John 2:1 And on the third day of the week, there was a marriage in Cana of

Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.

John 2:2 And Jesus was called and his disciples to the marriage.

John 2:3 And when they wanted wine, his mother said unto him, They have

no wine.

John 2:4 Jesus said unto her, Woman, what wilt thou have me to do for

thee? That will I do; for mine hour is not yet come.

John 2:5 His mother said unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you,

see that ye do it.

John 2:6 There were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of

the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

John 2:7 Jesus said unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they

filled them up to the brim.

John 2:8 And he said, Draw out now and bear unto the governor of the

feast. And they bare unto him.

John 2:9 When the governor of the feast had tasted the water which was

made wine (he knew not whence it was, but the servants who drew the

water knew), the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,

John 2:10 And said unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth

good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse; but

thou hast kept the good wine until now.

John 2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee and

manifested forth his glory; and the faith of his disciples was strengthened in

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 who 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 who sold doves, Take these things hence;

make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

John 2:17 And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy

house hath eaten me up.

John 2:18 Then spake the Jews and said unto him, What sign showest thou

unto us, seeing thou doest 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 wilt thou rear it up in three days?

John 2:21 But he spake 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 remembered the

scripture and the word which Jesus had said unto them.

John 2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover on the feast day,

many believed on 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

things,

John 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man; for he knew what

was in man.

John Chapter 3

Rebirth by water and spirit — Love of God declared — John and Jesus

baptize

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 thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these

miracles which thou doest, except God be with him.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:4 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 thee, Except a man be

born of water and 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 thee, Ye must be born again.

John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound

thereof but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth; so is

everyone who 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, Art thou a master of Israel and knowest

not these things?

John 3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know and

testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

John 3:12 If I have told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye

believe if I tell you heavenly things?

John 3:13 I tell you, No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he who came

down from heaven, 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 believeth on 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 believeth on 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 who believeth on him is not condemned; but he who

believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed on the

name of the Only Begotten Son of God, which before was preached by the

mouth of the holy prophets; for they testified of me.

John 3:19 And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world,

and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil.

John 3:20 For everyone who doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to

the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

John 3:21 But he who loveth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may

be made manifest.

John 3:22 And he who obeyeth the truth, the works which he doeth, they

are of God.

John 3:23 After these things, came Jesus and his disciples into the land of

Judea; and there he tarried with them and baptized.

John 3:24 And John also was baptizing in Aenon, near to Salim because

there was much water there; and they came and were baptized,

John 3:25 For John was not yet cast into prison.

John 3:26 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples

and the Jews about purifying.

John 3:27 And they came unto John and said unto him, Rabbi, he who was

with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou bearest witness, behold, the same

baptizeth, and he receiveth of all people who come unto him.

John 3:28 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be

given him from heaven.

John 3:29 Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ,

but that I am sent before him.

John 3:30 He who hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the

bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the

bridegroom's voice; this my joy, therefore, is fulfilled.

John 3:31 He must increase, but I must decrease.

John 3:32 He who cometh from above is above all; he who is of the earth is

earthly and speaketh of the earth; he who cometh from heaven is above all.

And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and but few men

receive his testimony.

John 3:33 He who hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God

is true.

John 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God; for God

giveth him not the Spirit by measure, for he dwelleth in him, even the

fullness.

John 3:35 The Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into his

hands.

John 3:36 And he who believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and shall

receive of his fullness. But he who believeth not the Son shall not receive of

his fullness; for the wrath of God is upon him.

John Chapter 4

Pharisees seek to destroy Jesus — Woman at the well — Water of life

eternal — Nobleman's son healed

John 4:1 When, therefore, the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and

baptized more disciples than John,

John 4:2 They sought more diligently some means that they might put him

to death; for many received John as a prophet, but they believed not on

Jesus.

John 4:3 Now the Lord knew this, though he himself baptized not so many

as his disciples;

John 4:4 For he suffered them for an example, preferring one another.

John 4:5 And he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee,

John 4:6 And said unto his disciples, I must needs go through Samaria.

John 4:7 Then he cometh to the city of Samaria which is called Sychar,

near to the parcel of ground which Jacob gave to his son Joseph, the place

where Jacob's well was.

John 4:8 Now Jesus, being weary with his journey, it being about the sixth

hour, sat down on the well;

John 4:9 And there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said

unto her, Give me to drink.

John 4:10 Now his disciples were gone away into the city to buy meat.

John 4:11 Wherefore, he being alone, the woman of Samaria said unto him,

How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of

Samaria? The Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

John 4:12 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of

God and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have

asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

John 4:13 The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with,

and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou that living water?

John 4:14 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and

drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

John 4:15 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever shall drink of this

well shall thirst again;

John 4:16 But whosoever drinketh of the water which 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 4:17 The woman said unto him, Sir, give me of this water that I thirst

not, neither come hither to draw.

John 4:18 Jesus said unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

John 4:19 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said

unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband.

John 4:20 For thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast is

not thy husband; in that, saidst thou truly.

John 4:21 The woman said unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

John 4:22 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in

Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

John 4:23 Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh when

ye shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father.

John 4:24 Ye worship ye know not what; we know what we worship; and

salvation is of the Jews.

John 4:25 And the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall

worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to

worship him.

John 4:26 For unto such hath God promised his Spirit. And they who

worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.

John 4:27 The woman said unto him, I know that Messias cometh, who is

called Christ; when he is come, he will tell us all things.

John 4:28 Jesus said unto her, I who speak unto thee am the Messias.

John 4:29 And upon this came his disciples and marveled that he talked

with the woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou

with her?

John 4:30 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the

city, and said to the men,

John 4:31 Come see a man who told me all things that I have ever done. Is

not this the Christ?

John 4:32 Then they went out of the city and came unto him.

John 4:33 In the meantime, his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

John 4:34 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

John 4:35 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man

brought him meat to eat?

John 4:36 Jesus said unto them, My meat is to do the will of him who sent

me and to finish his work.

John 4:37 Say not ye, There are yet four months, then cometh harvest?

Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they are

white already to harvest.

John 4:38 And he who reapeth receiveth wages and gathereth fruit unto life

eternal; that both he who soweth and he who reapeth may rejoice together.

John 4:39 And herein is that saying true: One soweth and another reapeth.

John 4:40 I have sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor; the

prophets have labored, and ye have entered into their labors.

John 4:41 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the

saying of the woman, who testified, saying, He told me alI things that I

have ever done.

John 4:42 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him

that he would tarry with them; and he abode there two days.

John 4:43 And many more believed because of his own word,

John 4:44 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy

saying; we have heard for ourselves and know that this is indeed the Christ,

the Savior of the world.

John 4:45 Now after two days he departed thence and went into Galilee.

John 4:46 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet hath no honor in his

own country.

John 4:47 Then when he had come into Galilee, the Galileans received

him, having seen all the things which he did at Jerusalem at the feast; for

they also went unto the feast.

John 4:48 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the

water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at

Capernaum.

John 4:49 When he heard that Jesus was come 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 4:50 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye

will not believe.

John 4:51 The nobleman said unto him, Sir, come down before my child

die.

John 4:52 Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man

believed the word which Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

John 4:53 And as he was now going down to his house, his servants met

him and spake, saying, Thy son liveth.

John 4:54 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 4:55 So the father knew that his son was healed in the same hour in

the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth. And himself believed, and

his whole house,

John 4:56 This being the second miracle which Jesus had done when he

had come out of Judea into Galilee.

John Chapter 5

Impotent man healed — The resurrection — Testimony of Christ

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 porches lay a great many impotent folk — of blind, halt,

withered — waiting for the moving of the water.

John 5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and

troubled the water. Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the water,

stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

John 5:5 And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and

eight years.

John 5:6 And Jesus saw him lie and knew that he had been now a long time

afflicted; and he said unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

John 5:7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the

water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another

steppeth down before me.

John 5:8 Jesus said unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

John 5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed,

and walked; and it was on the Sabbath day.

John 5:10 The Jews, therefore, said unto him who was cured, It is the

Sabbath day; it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

John 5:11 He answered them, He who made me whole said unto me, Take

up thy bed and walk.

John 5:12 Then answered they him, saying, What man is he who said unto

thee, Take up thy bed and walk?

John 5:13 And he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had

conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place.

John 5:14 Afterward, Jesus findeth him in the temple and said unto him,

Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto

thee.

John 5:15 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 worketh hitherto, and I

work.

John 5:18 Therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill him because he had

not only 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 seeth the Father

do; for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

John 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son and showeth him all things that

himself doeth; and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may

marvel.

John 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them, even

so, the Son quickeneth whom he will.

John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man but hath committed all judgment

unto the Son,

John 5:23 That all should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He

who honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father who hath sent him.

John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He who heareth my word and

believeth on him who sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into

condemnation, but is passed from death into 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 who hear

shall live.

John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son

to have life in himself,

John 5:27 And hath 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 the which all who

are in their graves shall hear his voice,

John 5:29 And shall come forth — they who have done good, in the

resurrection of the just; and they who have done evil, in the resurrection of

the unjust —

John 5:30 And shall all be judged of the Son of Man. For as I hear, I judge,

and my judgment is just;

John 5:31 For I can of mine own self do nothing because I seek not mine

own will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me.

John 5:32 Therefore, if I bear witness of myself, yet my witness is true.

John 5:33 For I am not alone; there is another who beareth witness of me,

and I know that the testimony which he giveth of me is true.

John 5:34 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness also unto the truth.

John 5:35 And he received not his testimony of man, but of God; and ye

yourselves say that he is a prophet; therefore, ye ought to receive his

testimony. These things I say that ye might be saved.

John 5:36 He was a burning and a shining light; and ye were willing for a

season to rejoice in his light.

John 5:37 But I have a greater witness than the testimony of John; for the

works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do,

bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 5:38 And the Father himself who sent me, hath borne witness of me.

And verily, I testify unto you that ye have never heard his voice at any time,

nor seen his shape;

John 5:39 For ye have not his word abiding in you; and him whom he hath

sent, ye believe not.

John 5:40 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life;

and they are they which testify of me.

John 5:41 And ye will not come to me that ye might have life, lest ye

should honor me.

John 5:42 I receive not honor from men.

John 5:43 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

John 5:44 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if

another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

John 5:45 How can ye believe, who seek honor one of another and seek not

the honor which cometh from God only?

John 5:46 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is Moses

who accuseth you, in whom ye trust.

John 5:47 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he

wrote of me.

John 5:48 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my

words?

John Chapter 6

Christ feeds five thousand — People would make Christ king — He walks

on the sea — He is the bread of life — Many leave him

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 nigh.

John 6:5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes and saw a great company come

unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may

eat?

John 6:6 And this he said to prove 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, saith unto

him,

John 6:9 There is a lad here which hath 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 had eaten and were satisfied, 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 even was 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 had 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 nigh unto the ship;

and they were afraid.

John 6:20 But he saith 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 whither they went.

John 6:22 The day following, the people, which stood on the other side of

the sea, saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto

his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into

the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone.

John 6:23 Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the

place where they did eat bread after that the Lord had given thanks.

John 6:24 When the people, therefore, saw that Jesus was not there, neither

his disciples, they also took shipping and came to Capernaum, seeking for

Jesus.

John 6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they

said unto him, Rabbi, how camest thou hither?

John 6:26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye

seek me, not because ye desire to keep my sayings, neither because ye saw

the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves and were filled.

John 6:27 Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which

endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man hath power to give

unto you; for him hath God the Father sealed.

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

ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

John 6:30 They said, therefore, unto him, What sign showest thou then,

that we may see and believe thee? What dost thou 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 giveth you the true

bread from heaven.

John 6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven and

giveth 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 cometh

to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 6:36 But I said unto you that, Ye also have seen me and believe not.

John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that

cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

John 6:38 For I came down from heaven not to do mine own will, but the

will of him that sent me.

John 6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which

he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the

last day.

John 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that everyone which

seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life; and I will

raise him up in the resurrection of the just 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 saith, 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 unto me except he doeth the will of my Father

who hath sent me. And this is the will of him who hath sent me, that ye

receive the Son; for the Father beareth record of him; and he who receiveth

the testimony and doeth the will of him who sent me, I will raise up in the

resurrection of the just.

John 6:45 For it is written in the prophets, And these shall all be taught of

God. Every man, therefore, that hath heard and hath learned of the Father

cometh unto me.

John 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God;

he hath seen the Father.

John 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath

everlasting life.

John 6:48 I am that bread of life.

John 6:49 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man

may eat thereof and not die.

John 6:50 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness and are dead.

John 6:51 But 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

ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in

you.

John 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life;

and I will raise him up in the resurrection of the just at the last day.

John 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

John 6:56 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me,

and I in him.

John 6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father, so he

that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

John 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven; not as your

fathers did eat manna and are dead; he that eateth of this bread shall live

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, Doth this offend you?

John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where he was

before?

John 6:63 It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing; the

words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.

John 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from

the beginning who they were that believed not and who should betray him.

John 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come

unto me except he doeth the will of my Father who hath sent me.

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 ye also go away?

John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go?

Thou hast the words of eternal life.

John 6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art 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 spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon; for he it was that

should betray him, being one of the twelve.

John Chapter 7

Jesus reproves his kinsmen — Goes to the feast of tabernacles — Teaches in

the temple

John 7:1 After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk

in Jewry because the Jews sought to kill him.

John 7:2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.

John 7:3 His brethren, therefore, said unto him, Depart hence and go into

Judea, that thy disciples there also may see the works that thou doest.

John 7:4 For there is no man that doeth anything in secret, and he himself

seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, show thyself to the

world.

John 7:5 For neither did his brethren 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 hateth because I testify of it,

that the works thereof are evil.

John 7:8 Go ye up unto this feast; I go not up yet unto this feast, for my

time is not yet full come.

John 7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he continued still in

Galilee.

John 7:10 But after his brethren 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 deceiveth the

people.

John 7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

John 7:14 Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple

and taught.

John 7:15 And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth 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 speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory; but he that

seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is

in him.

John 7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the

law? Why go ye about to kill me?

John 7:20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil. Who goeth

about to kill thee?

John 7:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and

ye all marvel.

John 7:22 Moses, therefore, gave unto you circumcision (not because it is

of Moses, but of the fathers); and ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.

John 7:23 If a man on the Sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of

Moses should not be broken, are ye angry at me because I have made a man

every whit whole on the Sabbath day?

John 7:24 Judge not according to your traditions, 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 speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do

the rulers know, indeed, that this is the very Christ?

John 7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is; but when Christ

cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

John 7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both

know me, and ye know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he

that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

John 7:29 But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath 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

cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath 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 I am with you, and

then I go unto him that sent me.

John 7:34 Ye shall seek me and shall not find me; and where I am, thither

ye cannot come.

John 7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that

we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles

and teach the Gentiles?

John 7:36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me and

shall not find me; and where I am thither ye cannot come?

John 7:37 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 believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his

belly shall flow rivers of living water.

John 7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him

should receive; for the Holy Ghost was promised unto them who believe,

after that Jesus was 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 Hath not the scripture said that Christ cometh of the seed of

David and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

John 7:43 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 ye not brought him?

John 7:46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

John 7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

John 7:48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

John 7:49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

John 7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to Jesus by night,

being one of them),

John 7:51 Doth our law judge any man before it hear him and know what

he doeth?

John 7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?

Search and look; for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

John 7:53 And every man went unto his own house.

John Chapter 8

Woman taken in adultery — Christ is the light of the world

John 8:1 And Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.

John 8:2 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 of the people,

John 8:4 They said unto him, Master, 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 sayest thou?

John 8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him.

But Jesus stooped down and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though

he heard them not.

John 8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said

unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

John 8:8 And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

John 8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own

conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last;

and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst of the

temple.

John 8:10 When Jesus had raised up himself and saw none of her accusers

and the woman standing, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine

accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?

John 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I

condemn thee; go and sin no more. And the woman glorified God from that

hour and believed on his name.

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the

world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the

light of life.

John 8:13 The Pharisees, therefore, said unto him, Thou bearest record of

thyself; thy 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 whence I came and whither I go;

but ye cannot tell whence I come and whither I go.

John 8:15 Ye 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 bears witness of myself, and the Father that sent

me beareth witness of me.

John 8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered,

Ye neither know me nor my Father; if ye had known me, ye should have

known my Father also.

John 8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury as he taught in the

temple; and no man laid hands on him, for his hour was not yet come.

John 8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way; and ye shall seek

me and shall die in your sins; whither I go, ye cannot come.

John 8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith,

Whither I go, ye cannot come.

John 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above;

ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

John 8:24 I said, therefore, unto you that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye

believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto

them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

John 8:26 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 spake to them of the Father.

John 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of

Man, then shall ye know that I am he and that I do nothing of myself; but as

my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me; the Father hath not left me

alone; for I do always those things that please him.

John 8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.

John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye

continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed and were never in

bondage to any man. How sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever

committeth sin is the servant of sin.

John 8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house forever, but the Son

abideth ever.

John 8:36 If the Son, therefore, shall make you free, ye shall be free

indeed.

John 8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me

because my word hath no place in you.

John 8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father; and ye do that

which ye have seen with your father.

John 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus

saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of

Abraham.

John 8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth,

which I have heard of God; this did not Abraham.

John 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not

born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

John 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love

me; for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but

he sent me.

John 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot

bear my word.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father, the devil; and the lusts of your father ye

will do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth

because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his

own; for he is a liar and the father of it.

John 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

John 8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why

do ye not believe me?

John 8:47 He that is of God receiveth God's words; ye, therefore, receive

them not because ye are not of God.

John 8:48 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, Say we not well that

thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil?

John 8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honor my Father, and ye

do dishonor me.

John 8:50 And I seek not mine own glory; there is one that seeketh and

judgeth.

John 8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall

never see death.

John 8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a

devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep

my saying, he shall never taste of death.

John 8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? And

the prophets are dead. Whom makest thou thyself?

John 8:54 Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing; it is my

Father that honoreth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God;

John 8:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him; and if I should say,

I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you; but I know him and keep his

saying.

John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it and

was glad.

John 8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old,

and hast thou 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

Blind man healed

John 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his

birth.

John 9:2 And his disciples asked him saying, Master, who did sin, this man

or his parents, that he was born blind?

John 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath 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 I am with you;

the time cometh when I shall have finished my work; then I go unto the

Father.

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 which 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 thine eyes opened?

John 9:11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and

anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash;

and I went and washed, and I received sight.

John 9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

John 9:13 And they brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.

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 also asked him how he had received his

sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed and do

see.

John 9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God

because he keepeth not the Sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is

a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

John 9:17 They said unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him

who hath opened thine 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 ye say was

born blind? How then doth 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 seeth, we know not; or who hath

opened his eyes, we know not; he is of age; ask him; he shall speak for

himself.

John 9:22 These words spake his parents because they feared the Jews; for

the Jews had agreed already that, if any man did confess that he was Christ,

he should be put out of the synagogue.

John 9:23 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 no, I know not;

one thing I know: that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

John 9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? How opened

he thine eyes?

John 9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not

believe; wherefore, would you believe if I should tell you again? And

would you be his disciples?

John 9:28 Then they reviled him and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are

Moses' disciples.

John 9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses; as for this man, we know

not from whence he is.

John 9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a

marvelous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath

opened mine eyes.

John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners; but if any man be a

worshiper of God and doeth his will, him he heareth.

John 9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the

eyes of one that was born blind, except he be of God.

John 9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

John 9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in

sins, and dost thou 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, Dost thou 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, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he

that talketh with thee.

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 which see not might see and that they which see might be made blind.

John 9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these

words and said unto him, Are we blind also?

John 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin; but

now ye say, We see; therefore, your sin remaineth.

John Chapter 10

Christ is the door and good shepherd — Divers opinions of him — Many

believe on him

John 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door

into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and

a robber.

John 10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; and he

calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.

John 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth 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 spake Jesus unto them; but they understood not

what things they were which he spake unto them.

John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I

am the door of the sheepfold.

John 10:8 All that ever came before me who testified not of 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 cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy;

I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more

abundantly.

John 10:11 I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd giveth his life for

his sheep.

John 10:12 And the shepherd is not as a hireling, whose own the sheep are

not, who seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the

wolf catcheth the sheep and scattereth them.

John 10:13 For I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am

known of mine.

John 10:14 But he who is a hireling fleeth because he is a hireling and

careth not for the sheep.

John 10:15 As the Father knoweth 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 doth my Father love me because I lay down my life,

that I might take it again.

John 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have

power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment

have I received of my Father.

John 10:19 There was a division, therefore, again among the Jews for these

sayings.

John 10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear

ye him?

John 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil.

Can a devil 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 dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

John 10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not; the works

that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

John 10:26 But ye believe not because ye 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, which gave them 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 ye stone me?

John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee

not; but for blasphemy and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself

God.

John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye 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 ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into

the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?

John 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

John 10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye

may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in him.

John 10:39 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 resorted unto him and said, John did no miracle; but

all things that John spake of this man were true.

John 10:42 And many believed on him there.

John Chapter 11

Christ raises Lazarus — Many Jews believe — Caiaphas prophesies —

Jesus hides himself

John 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, whose name was Lazarus, of the

town of Bethany;

John 11:2 And Mary, his sister, who anointed the Lord with ointment and

wiped his feet with her hair, lived with her sister Martha, in whose house

her brother Lazarus was sick.

John 11:3 Therefore, his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he

whom thou lovest is sick.

John 11:4 And when Jesus heard he was sick, 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 And Jesus tarried two days after he heard that Lazarus was sick,

in the same place where he was.

John 11:7 After that, he said unto his disciples, Let us go into Judea again.

John 11:8 But his disciples said unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought

to stone thee. And goest thou thither again?

John 11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any

man walk in the day, he stumbleth not because he seeth the light of this

world.

John 11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth because there is no

light in him.

John 11:11 These things said he; and after that, he saith unto them, Our

friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

John 11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

John 11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake 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

ye may believe; nevertheless, let us go unto him.

John 11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow

disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him; for they feared, lest the

Jews should take Jesus and put him to death, for as yet they did not

understand the power of God.

John 11:17 And when Jesus came to Bethany, to Martha's house, Lazarus

had already been in the grave four days.

John 11:18 Now Bethany was nigh 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 thou hadst been here, my

brother had not died.

John 11:22 But I know that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God,

God will give it thee.

John 11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

John 11:24 Martha saith 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

believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;

John 11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

Believest thou this?

John 11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ,

the Son of God, which should come into the world.

John 11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way and called Mary

her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come and calleth for thee.

John 11:29 As soon as Mary heard that Jesus was come, she arose quickly

and came unto him.

John 11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in the place

where Martha met him.

John 11:31 The Jews then, which were with her in the house and comforted

her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed

her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

John 11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was and saw him, she

fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my

brother had not died.

John 11:33 When Jesus, therefore, saw her weeping and the Jews also

weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled,

John 11:34 And said, Where have ye 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, which 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, cometh to the grave.

It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

John 11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him

that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh; for he hath

been dead four days.

John 11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee that, if thou wouldest

believe, thou shouldest 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 thee that thou

hast heard me.

John 11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always; but because of the

people which stand by, I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent

me.

John 11:43 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

graveclothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto

them, Loose him, and let him go.

John 11:45 Then many of the Jews, which 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 shall we do? For this man doeth 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, Ye 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 spake 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 for to put

him to death.

John 11:54 Jesus, therefore, walked no more openly among the Jews, but

went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called

Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

John 11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand; and many went out of

the country up to Jerusalem before the passover to purify themselves.

John 11:56 Then sought they for Jesus and spake among themselves as

they stood in the temple, What think ye of Jesus? Will he 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 them,

that they might take him.

John Chapter 12

Mary anoints Jesus' feet — Christ rides into Jerusalem — Foretells his

death — Many chief rulers believe but do not confess him

John 12:1 Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany,

where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

John 12:2 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 saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son,

which should 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 bare what was put therein.

John 12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone; for she hath preserved this

ointment until now, that she might anoint me in token of my burial.

John 12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not

always.

John 12:9 Much people of the Jews, therefore, knew that he was there; and

they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also,

whom he had raised from the dead.

John 12:10 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, much 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 cometh in the name of the

Lord!

John 12:14 And Jesus, when he had sent two of his disciples and got a

young ass, sat thereon, as it is written,

John 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion; behold, thy King cometh, sitting on

an ass's colt.

John 12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first; but when

Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of

him and that they had done these things unto him.

John 12:17 The people, therefore, that were with him when he called

Lazarus out of his grave and raised him from the dead, bare record.

John 12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that

he had done this miracle.

John 12:19 The Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, Perceive ye

how ye prevail 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, which was of Bethsaida of

Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

John 12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew; and again, Andrew and

Philip tell 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 corn of wheat fall into

the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much

fruit.

John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in

this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there

shall also my servant be; if any man serve me, him will my Father honor.

John 12:27 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 thy 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 spake 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 abideth forever; and how sayest thou, 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 ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you; for he that

walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

John 12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the

children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide

himself from them.

John 12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they

believed not on him,

John 12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which

he spake: Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of

the Lord been revealed?

John 12:39 Therefore, they could not believe because that Esaias said

again,

John 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes and hardened their heart; that they

should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be

converted, and I should heal them.

John 12:41 These things said Esaias when he saw his glory and spake 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 believeth on me believeth not on

me, but on him that sent me.

John 12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth 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 rejecteth me and receiveth not my words hath one that

judgeth him; the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the

last day.

John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me,

he gave me a commandment — what I should say and what I should speak.

John 12:50 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

Jesus washes the disciples' feet — Commands them to love one another

John 13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his

hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father,

having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

John 13:2 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 was come from God, and went to God,

John 13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments, and took a

towel, and girded himself.

John 13:5 After that, he poureth water into a basin, and he began to wash

the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was

girded.

John 13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter; and Peter saith unto him, Lord,

dost thou wash my feet?

John 13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not

now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

John 13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou needest not to wash my feet. Jesus

answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

John 13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my

hands and my head.

John 13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that has washed his hands and his head

needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit; and ye are clean,

but not all. Now this was the custom of the Jews under their law; wherefore,

Jesus did this that the law might be fulfilled.

John 13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are

not all clean.

John 13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments,

and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to

you?

John 13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well; for so I am.

John 13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also

ought to wash one another's feet.

John 13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye 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 ye know these things, happy are ye if ye 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 eateth bread with me hath lifted up his

heel against me.

John 13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye

may believe that I am the Christ.

John 13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I

send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

John 13:21 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

spake.

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 spake.

John 13:25 He then, lying on Jesus' breast, saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

John 13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop when I

have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas

Iscariot, the son of Simon.

John 13:27 And after the sop, Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto

him, That thou doest, do quickly.

John 13:28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake 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 against the

feast, or that he should give something to the poor.

John 13:30 He then, having received the sop, 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 straightway glorify him.

John 13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek

me; and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say

to you:

John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one

another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have

love one to another.

John 13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus

answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt

follow me afterwards.

John 13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will

lay down my life for thy sake.

John 13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied

me thrice.

John Chapter 14

Christ is the way, the truth, the life, and one with the Father — Prayers in

his name are effectual — He requests love and obedience and promises the

Comforter

John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled; ye 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 when I go, I will prepare a place for you, and come again,

and receive you unto myself, that where I am, ye may be also.

John 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

John 14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest.

And how can we know the way?

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man

cometh unto the Father but by me.

John 14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also; and

from henceforth ye know him and have seen him.

John 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth

us.

John 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet

hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.

And how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?

John 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?

The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that

dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

John 14:11 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 believeth on me, the

works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do

because I go unto my Father.

John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the

Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 14:14 If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.

John 14:15 If ye 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 seeth him not, neither knoweth him; but ye know him, for he

dwelleth 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 seeth me no more; but ye see

me; because I live, ye shall live also.

John 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me,

and I in you.

John 14:21 He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that

loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will

love him and will manifest myself to him.

John 14:22 Judas saith unto him (not Iscariot), Lord, how is it thou wilt

manifest thyself unto us and not unto the world?

John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will

keep my words; and my Father will love him; and we will come unto him

and make our abode with him.

John 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings; and the word

which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's, which sent me.

John 14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with

you.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father

will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to

your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you; not as the

world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be

afraid.

John 14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away and come again

unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice because I said, I go unto the

Father; for my Father is greater than I.

John 14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is

come to pass, ye might believe.

John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you; for the prince of

darkness, who is of this world, cometh, but hath no power over me; but he

hath power over you.

John 14:31 And I tell you these things, that ye may know that I love the

Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise; let us

go hence.

John Chapter 15

Parable of the vine — Hatred and persecution of the world — The Holy

Ghost testifies of Christ

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

John 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and

every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more

fruit.

John 15:3 Now ye 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 ye, except ye abide in me.

John 15:5 I am the vine; ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I

in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do

nothing.

John 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is

withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are

burned.

John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what

ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye

be my disciples.

John 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye in

my love.

John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, even

as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

John 15:11 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 ye love one another as I have

loved you.

John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life

for his friends.

John 15:14 Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.

John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not

what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have

heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained

you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should

remain, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give

it you.

John 15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.

John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated

you.

John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own; but

because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,

therefore, the world hateth you.

John 15:20 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 had not had sin;

but now they have no cloak for their sin.

John 15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man

did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hateth both me

and my Father.

John 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is

written in their law: They hated me without a cause.

John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you

from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,

he shall testify of me;

John 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness because ye have been with me

from the beginning.

John Chapter 16

Christ forewarns of persecution — The Holy Ghost — Resurrection and

ascension — Christ teaches to pray in his name — Peace in Christ and

tribulation in the world

John 16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be

offended.

John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues; yea, the time cometh,

that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

John 16:3 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,

ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto

you at the beginning because I was with you.

John 16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you

asketh me, Whither goest thou?

John 16:6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath 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 reprove 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 they 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 ye cannot bear

them now.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you

into all truth; for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear,

that shall he speak; and he will 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 hath are mine; therefore said I that he

shall take of mine and shall show it unto you.

John 16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while,

and ye shall see me because I go to the Father.

John 16:17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this

that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, A

little while, and ye shall see me; and, Because I go to the Father?

John 16:18 They said, therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while?

We cannot tell what he saith.

John 16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him and said

unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and

ye shall not see me; and again, A little while, and ye shall see me?

John 16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you that ye shall weep and lament, but

the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be

turned into joy.

John 16:21 A woman, when she is in travail, hath sorrow because her hour

is come; but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no

more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

John 16:22 And ye now, therefore, have sorrow; but I will see you again,

and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man taketh from you.

John 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing, but it shall be done

unto you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father

in my name, he will give it you.

John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall

receive, that your joy may be full.

John 16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs; but the time

cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show

you plainly of the Father.

John 16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not unto you that

I will pray the Father for you;

John 16:27 For the Father himself loveth you because ye 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 speakest thou plainly and

speakest no proverb.

John 16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things and needest not

that any man should ask thee; by this we believe that thou camest forth

from God.

John 16:31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

John 16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be

scattered, every man to his own and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not

alone because the Father is with me.

John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have

peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have

overcome the world.

John Chapter 17

Christ prays to his Father for his apostles and those who believe through

their word — That they may be one

John 17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and

said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify

thee;

John 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give

eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true

God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which

thou gavest me to do.

John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the

glory which I had with thee before the world was.

John 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me

out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have

kept thy word.

John 17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given

me are of thee.

John 17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and

they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee;

and they have believed that thou didst send me.

John 17:9 I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for them which thou

hast given me; for they are thine.

John 17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine 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 thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom

thou hast 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 thy name;

those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost but the son

of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world,

that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

John 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them

because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but

that thou shouldest 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 thy truth; thy word is truth.

John 17:18 As thou hast 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 which shall

believe on me through their word,

John 17:21 That they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in

thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou

hast sent me.

John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them, that

they may be one, even as we are one,

John 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in

one, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me and hast loved

them as thou hast loved me.

John 17:24 Father, I will that they, also, whom thou hast given me, be with

me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me;

for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

John 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have

known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

John 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name and will declare it,

that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

John Chapter 18

Judas betrays Jesus — Officers fall to the ground — Peter smites off

Malchus' ear — Peter's denial — Jesus examined by Caiaphas and Pilate

— Jews ask for Barabbas

John 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his

disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden into the which he

entered, and his disciples.

John 18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place; for Jesus

ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.

John 18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the

chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns, and torches, and

weapons.

John 18:4 Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him,

went forth and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

John 18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I

am he. And Judas also, which 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 ye? And they said, Jesus

of Nazareth.

John 18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he; if, therefore, ye

seek me, let these go their way,

John 18:9 That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake: Of them

which thou gavest me have I lost none.

John 18:10 Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and smote the high

priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

John 18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath.

The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

John 18:12 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, which was the high priest that same year.

John 18:14 Now Caiaphas was he which 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

palace of the high priest.

John 18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other

disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that

kept the door, and brought in Peter.

John 18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not

thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.

John 18:18 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 spake openly to the world; I ever taught

in the synagogue and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in

secret have I said nothing.

John 18:21 Why askest thou me? Ask them which 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 which stood

by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high

priest so?

John 18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the

evil; but if well, why smitest thou 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, Art not thou 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 his kinsman whose

ear Peter cut off, saith, Did I not see thee in the garden with him?

John 18:27 Peter then denied again; and immediately the cock crew.

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

ye 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 thee.

John 18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him and judge him

according to your law. The Jews, therefore, said unto him, It is not lawful

for us to put any man to death,

John 18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake

signifying what death he should die.

John 18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called

Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

John 18:34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did

others tell it thee of me?

John 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief

priests have delivered thee unto me. What hast thou 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 hence.

John 18:37 Pilate, therefore, said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus

answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this

cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth.

Everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice.

John 18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this,

he went out again unto the Jews and saith unto them, I find in him no fault.

John 18:39 But ye have a custom that I should release unto you one at the

passover. Will ye, therefore, that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

John 18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas!

Now Barabbas was a robber.

John Chapter 19

Christ is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten — Pilate delivers him

to be crucified — Soldiers divide his garments — Christ dies — He is

buried by Joseph and Nicodemus

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 smote him with their

hands.

John 19:4 Pilate, therefore, went forth again and saith unto them, Behold, I

bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.

John 19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns and the

purple robe. And Pilate saith 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 saith unto them, Take ye

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 saith unto Jesus,

Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

John 19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me?

Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee and have power to

release thee?

John 19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power against me,

except it were given thee from above; therefore, he that delivered me unto

thee hath the greater sin.

John 19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews

cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend;

whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

John 19:13 When Pilate, therefore, heard that saying, he brought Jesus

forth and sat down in the judgment seat in a place 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 saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

John 19:15 But they cried out, Away with him! Away with him! Crucify

him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests

answered, We have no king but Caesar.

John 19:16 Then delivered he 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 burial, 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 nigh 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 rend it, but

cast lots for it, whose it shall be, that the scripture might be fulfilled, which

saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did

cast lots. These things, therefore, the soldiers did.

John 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his

mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

John 19:26 When Jesus, therefore, saw his mother and the disciple standing

by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

John 19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy 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, saith, I thirst.

John 19:29 Now there was a vessel full of vinegar mingled with gall; and

they filled a sponge with it, and put upon hyssop, and put 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 the ghost.

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 brake the legs of the first and of the

other which was crucified with him.

John 19:33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was dead already,

they brake not his legs;

John 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and

forthwith came there out blood and water.

John 19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true; and he

knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

John 19:36 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 saith, They shall look on him

whom they pierced.

John 19:38 And after this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus,

but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the

body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. He came, therefore, and took the

body of Jesus.

John 19:39 And there came also Nicodemus (which 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 clothes

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, wherein was never man yet laid.

John 19:42 There laid they Jesus, therefore, because of the Jews'

preparation day; for the sepulcher was nigh at hand.

John Chapter 20

Mary, Peter, and John come to sepulcher — Jesus appears to Mary

Magdalene and his disciples — Confession of Thomas

John 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it

was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the

sepulcher and two angels sitting thereon.

John 20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter and to the other

disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the

Lord out of the 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 clothes

lying; yet went he not in.

John 20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the

sepulcher, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

John 20:7 And the napkin 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, which 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 homes.

John 20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping; and as she

wept, she stooped down and looked into the sepulcher,

John 20:12 And seeth two angels in white, sitting, the one at the head, and

the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

John 20:13 And they said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith

unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where

they have laid him.

John 20:14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw

Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

John 20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom

seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if

thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take

him away.

John 20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself and saith unto

him, Rabboni, which is to say, Master.

John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Hold 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 saith 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

hath sent me, even so send I you.

John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and saith unto

them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost;

John 20:23 Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and

whosesoever sins ye 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 within, and

Thomas with them; then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the

midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold

my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not

faithless, but believing.

John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my

God!

John 20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou

hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed.

John 20:30 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 ye might believe that Jesus is the

Christ, the Son of God; and that, believing, ye might have life through his

name.

John Chapter 21

Christ appears to disciples again and dines with them

John 21:1 After these things, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at

the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise 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 saith unto them, I go a fishing. They said unto him,

We also go with thee. 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 saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They

answered him, No.

John 21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship,

and ye shall find. They cast, therefore, and now they were not able to draw

it for the multitude of fishes.

John 21:7 Therefore, that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is

the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his

fisher's coat unto him (for he was naked) and did cast himself into the sea.

John 21:8 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

fishes.

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 saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now

caught.

John 21:11 Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land full of great

fishes, a hundred and fifty and three; and for all there were so many, yet

was not the net broken.

John 21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the

disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

John 21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish

likewise.

John 21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his

disciples after that he was risen from the dead.

John 21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son

of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord;

thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

John 21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas,

lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee.

He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

John 21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest

thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest

thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou

knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

John 21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou

girdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when thou shalt be

old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee and carry

thee whither thou wouldest not.

John 21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God.

And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

John 21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved

following, which also leaned on his breast at supper and said, Lord, which

is he that betrayeth thee?

John 21:21 Peter, seeing him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man

do?

John 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is

that to thee? Follow thou 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 thee?

John 21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth 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

Acts of the Apostles

Acts Chapter 1

The Holy Ghost promised — Apostles to be Christ's witnesses — Two

angels speak of Christ's second coming — Matthias chosen in place of

Judas

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 that he through the

Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had

chosen,

Acts 1:3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his sufferings 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 with them when they were assembled together,

commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem but, Wait for

the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

Acts 1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with

the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

Acts 1:6 When they, therefore, were come together, they asked of him,

saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the

seasons which the Father hath put in his own power.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon

you; and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all 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 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into

heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so

come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

Acts 1:12 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 Alpheus, and

Simon Zelotes, 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 brethren.

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 Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning

Judas, which 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 bowels gushed

out.

Acts 1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch

as that field is called, in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, the

field of blood.

Acts 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be

desolate, and let no man dwell therein, and, His bishopric let another take.

Acts 1:21 Wherefore — of these men which have companied 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 Barsabas, who was

surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

Acts 1:24 And they prayed and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts

of all men, show whether of these two thou hast chosen,

Acts 1:25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from

which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

Acts 1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and

he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Acts Chapter 2

The apostles are filled with the Holy Ghost — The gift of tongues — Peter's

testimony — About three thousand are converted — The apostles work

many miracles — God increases his church daily

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 cloven tongues like as of fire, and it

rested upon each of them.

Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost 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 noised abroad, the multitude came together

and were confounded because that 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 which speak Galileans?

Acts 2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein 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 strangers of Rome, Jews, and proselytes,

Acts 2:11 Cretes, 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 meaneth 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, Ye men of Judea and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this

known unto you, and hearken to my words;

Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye 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, saith God, I will pour

out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall

prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall

dream dreams;

Acts 2:18 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 the great and notable day of the Lord come.

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 Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man

approved of God among you by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which

God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know,

Acts 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and

foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified

and slain,

Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death

because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

Acts 2:25 For David speaketh concerning him: I foresaw the Lord always

before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved;

Acts 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;

moreover, also my flesh shall rest in hope;

Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in prison; neither wilt thou

suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Acts 2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make

me full of joy with thy 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 the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would

raise up Christ to sit on his throne,

Acts 2:31 He, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his

soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

Acts 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof 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 Ghost, he hath shed forth

this, which ye now see and hear.

Acts 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens; but he saith himself,

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

Acts 2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Acts 2:36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God

hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart and

said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall

we do?

Acts 2:38 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 ye shall

receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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 untoward 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 parted 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 meat with gladness and

singleness of heart,

Acts 2:47 Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord

added to the church daily such as should be saved.

Acts Chapter 3

A lame man restored — Peter exhorts to seek remission of sins and

salvation by repentance and faith in Jesus

Acts 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the ninth

hour for prayer.

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 an

alms.

Acts 3:4 And Peter and John, fastening their eyes upon him, 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

give I thee. 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 which sat for alms at the Beautiful

gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that

which had happened unto him.

Acts 3:11 And as the lame man, which was healed, held Peter and John, all

the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's,

greatly wondering.

Acts 3:12 And when Peter saw this, he answered and said unto the people,

Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? Or why look ye so earnestly on us,

as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our

fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus, whom ye delivered up and denied him

in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

Acts 3:14 But ye 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 hath raised from the

dead, whereof we are witnesses.

Acts 3:16 And this man, through faith in his name, hath been made strong,

whom ye see and know; yea, the faith which is in him hath given him this

perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

Acts 3:17 And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye have done

this, as 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 hath so fulfilled.

Acts 3:19 Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be

blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the

Lord;

Acts 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto

you, whom ye have crucified,

Acts 3:21 Whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of

all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets

since the world began.

Acts 3:22 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 ye

hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

Acts 3:23 And it shall come to pass that every soul which 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 Ye are the children of the prophets and of the covenant which

God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all

the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Acts 3:26 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

Rulers offended — Peter and John imprisoned — Salvation by Jesus only —

All things common

Acts 4:1 And as they spake 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 hold unto the next

day; for it was now eventide.

Acts 4:4 Howbeit, many of them which heard the word believed; and the

number of the men was about five thousand.

Acts 4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow 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 ye done this?

Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers

of the people and elders of Israel,

Acts 4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent

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 ye crucified, whom God raised

from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

Acts 4:11 This is the stone which was set at naught of you builders, which

is become the head of the corner.

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other

name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.

Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and

perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and

they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 4:14 And, beholding the man which 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 hath 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 straitly

threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no 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 ye.

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 how they might punish them, because of the people; for

many 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, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and

earth, and the sea, and all that in them is,

Acts 4:25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the

heathen 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 thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast

anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people

of Israel were gathered together,

Acts 4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before

to be done.

Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings; and grant unto thy

servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

Acts 4:30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal, and that signs and wonders

may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they

were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and

they spake the word of God with boldness.

Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of

one soul; neither said any of them that aught 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 Joses — who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas

(which is, being interpreted, the son of consolation), a Levite and of the

country of Cyprus —

Acts 4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the

apostles' feet.

Acts Chapter 5

Death of Ananias and Sapphira — Many miracles wrought — The apostles

again imprisoned — An angel opens prison doors — Obey God rather than

man — Gamaliel's advice

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 being privy to it, and

brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet.

Acts 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to

the Holy Ghost and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Acts 5:4 While it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold,

was it not in thine own power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine

heart? Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

Acts 5:5 And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and gave up the

ghost; and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

Acts 5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and

buried him.

Acts 5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not

knowing what was done, came in.

Acts 5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye 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 ye have agreed together to

tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy

husband are at the door and shall carry thee out.

Acts 5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet and yielded up the

ghost; and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her

forth, buried her by her husband.

Acts 5:11 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

wrought among the people — and they were all with one accord in

Solomon's porch;

Acts 5:13 And of the rulers durst 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 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets and laid

them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by

might overshadow some of them.

Acts 5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto

Jerusalem, bringing sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean

spirits; and they were healed every one.

Acts 5:17 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 without before the doors; but when we had opened, 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 doubted of them whereunto this would

grow.

Acts 5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye

put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

Acts 5:26 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 straitly command you that ye should not

teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine

and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

Acts 5:29 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 ye slew and

hanged on a tree.

Acts 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a

Savior, for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy

Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

Acts 5:33 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 doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and

commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

Acts 5:35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves

what ye intend to do as touching 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 brought to naught.

Acts 5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing

and drew away much people after him; he also perished; and all, even as

many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

Acts 5:38 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 naught;

Acts 5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it. Be careful, therefore,

lest ye 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

Seven men chosen — Stephen accused of blasphemy

Acts 6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was

multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews

because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Acts 6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them

and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve

tables.

Acts 6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest

report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this

business.

Acts 6:4 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 Ghost, and Philip, and

Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, 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 And there arose certain of the synagogue, who are called

Libertines, and also 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 spake.

Acts 6:11 Then they suborned men, which 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, which said, This man ceaseth 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 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

Stephen's answer — Saul stands by as Stephen is stoned by the Jews

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 Charran,

Acts 7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country and from thy

kindred and come into the land which I shall show thee.

Acts 7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in

Charran; and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into

this land wherein ye now dwell.

Acts 7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set

his foot on; yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession,

and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Acts 7:6 And God spake on this wise: That his seed should sojourn in a

strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage and entreat them

evil four hundred years.

Acts 7:7 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 dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan

and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.

Acts 7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn 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 Sychem and laid in the sepulcher that

Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor, the father of

Sychem.

Acts 7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had

sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Acts 7:18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

Acts 7:19 The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil entreated our

fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not

live.

Acts 7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair, and

nourished up in his father's house three months;

Acts 7:21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up and

nourished him for 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 full 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 set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren. Why do

ye wrong one to another?

Acts 7:27 But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who

made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

Acts 7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?

Acts 7:29 Then fled Moses at this saying and was a stranger 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 thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the

God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and durst not

behold.

Acts 7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet; for the

place where thou standest is holy ground.

Acts 7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in

Egypt, and I have heard their groaning and am come down to deliver them.

And now come; I will send thee into Egypt.

Acts 7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler

and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the

hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

Acts 7:36 He brought them out after that he had showed wonders and signs

in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Acts 7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A

Prophet shall the Lord, your God, raise up unto you of your brethren, like

unto me; him shall ye hear.

Acts 7:38 This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel,

which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received

the lively 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, which 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 ye house of Israel,

have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years

in the wilderness?

Acts 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god

Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them; and I will carry you

away beyond Babylon.

Acts 7:44 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

pattern that he had seen,

Acts 7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into

the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our

fathers 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 Howbeit, the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with

hands, as saith the prophet,

Acts 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. What house will

ye build me? saith the Lord. Or what is the place of my rest?

Acts 7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?

Acts 7:51 Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do

always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye.

Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And

they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One, of

whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers,

Acts 7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of 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 Ghost, 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; and he, calling upon God, said, 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

Persecution in Jerusalem — Philip preaches in Samaria — The Holy Ghost

is given by prayer and laying on of hands — Simon, the sorcerer, offers to

buy the gift — Philip baptizes the Ethiopian eunuch

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, haling 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 spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

Acts 8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that

were possessed with them; and many taken with palsies and that were lame

were healed.

Acts 8:8 And there was great joy in that city.

Acts 8:9 But there was a certain man called Simon, which beforetime in the

same city used sorcery and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that

himself was some great one,

Acts 8:10 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 that of long time he had

bewitched 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 which 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 Ghost.

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

Ghost.

Acts 8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles'

hands the Holy Ghost 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 Ghost.

Acts 8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee because

thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

Acts 8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not

right in the sight of God.

Acts 8:22 Repent, therefore, of this thy wickedness, and pray God if

perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

Acts 8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the

bond of iniquity.

Acts 8:24 Then answered Simon and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that

none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

Acts 8:25 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 spake unto Philip, saying, Arise and go

toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza,

which is desert.

Acts 8:27 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 for to worship,

Acts 8:28 Was returning and, sitting in his chariot, read Esaias, the prophet.

Acts 8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near and join thyself to this

chariot.

Acts 8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet

Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

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 judgment was taken away. And who shall

declare his generation? For his life is taken from the earth.

Acts 8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip and said, I pray thee, of whom

speaketh the prophet this? of himself or of some other man?

Acts 8:35 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 doth hinder me to be

baptized?

Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou

mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of

God.

Acts 8:38 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

Saul's conversion and baptism — He preaches Christ — The Jews lie in

wait to kill him — Peter heals Aeneas of the palsy and raises Tabitha

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 persecutest thou me?

Acts 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus

whom thou persecutest; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Acts 9:6 And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have

me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the city, and it

shall be told thee what thou must do.

Acts 9:7 And they who were journeying with him saw, indeed, the light and

were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him who spake to him.

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 prayeth,

Acts 9:12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in and

putting his hand on him that he might receive his sight.

Acts 9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man,

how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem;

Acts 9:14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that

call on thy name.

Acts 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way; for he is a chosen vessel

unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children

of Israel.

Acts 9:16 For I will show him how 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 thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me that thou

mightest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

Acts 9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales;

and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

Acts 9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was

Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

Acts 9:20 And straightway 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 which called on this name in Jerusalem and came hither for

that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

Acts 9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength and confounded the Jews

which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

Acts 9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to

kill him.

Acts 9:24 But their lying in wait 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 by the

wall in a basket.

Acts 9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join

himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him and believed not

that he was a disciple.

Acts 9:27 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 spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed

against the Grecians; but they went about to slay him.

Acts 9:30 When the brethren knew this, 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 Ghost, were multiplied.

Acts 9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all these regions,

he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

Acts 9:33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept

his bed eight years and was sick of the palsy.

Acts 9:34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee

whole; arise and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

Acts 9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron 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 forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples

had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring that he

would not delay to come to them.

Acts 9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they

brought him into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him

weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she

was with them.

Acts 9:40 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, he 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

God sends visions to Cornelius and Peter — Peter preaches Christ to

Cornelius and his company — The Holy Ghost falls on the Gentiles, and

they are baptized

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, which

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, Thy prayers and thine 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 lodgeth with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the

seaside; he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

Acts 10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed,

he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of them that

waited on him continually;

Acts 10:8 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent

them to Joppa.

Acts 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey and drew nigh unto

the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour;

Acts 10:10 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 knit at the four corners and let down to the

earth,

Acts 10:12 Wherein 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 spake unto him again the second time: What God

hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Acts 10:16 This was done thrice; and the vessel was received up again into

heaven.

Acts 10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he

had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had

made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,

Acts 10:18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed

Peter, were lodged there.

Acts 10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him,

Behold, three men seek thee.

Acts 10:20 Arise, therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting

nothing; for I have sent them.

Acts 10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him

from Cornelius and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek. What is the cause

wherefore ye are come?

Acts 10:22 And they said, Cornelius, the centurion, a just man, and one that

feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was

warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house and to hear

words of thee.

Acts 10:23 Then called he them in and lodged them. And on the morrow

Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied

him.

Acts 10:24 And the morrow after, 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, Ye know how that it is an unlawful

thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company or come unto one of another

nation; but God hath showed me that I should not call any man common or

unclean.

Acts 10:29 Therefore came I unto you, without gainsaying, as soon as I was

sent for. I ask, therefore, for what intent ye have sent for me.

Acts 10:30 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, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had

in remembrance in the sight of God.

Acts 10:32 Send, therefore, to Joppa and call hither Simon, whose surname

is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon, a tanner, by the seaside,

who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

Acts 10:33 Immediately, therefore, I sent to thee; and thou hast well done

that thou art come. Now, therefore, are we all here present before God to

hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

Acts 10:34 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 feareth him and worketh

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, ye 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 Ghost and

with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed

of the devil; for God was with him.

Acts 10:39 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 which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name

whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

Acts 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all

them which heard the word.

Acts 10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished,

as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured

out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 10:46 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

which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

Acts 10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the

Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

Acts Chapter 11

Peter's defense — The gospel preached in Phenice, Cyprus, and Antioch —

Disciples called Christians — They send relief to the brethren in Judea

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, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and didst eat with

them.

Acts 11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning and expounded

it by 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 descended, as it had been a great sheet, let down from

heaven by four corners; and it came even to me,

Acts 11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered and

saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things,

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 hath at

any time entered into my mouth.

Acts 11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath

cleansed, that call not thou 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, which

stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa and call for Simon, whose

surname is Peter,

Acts 11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall

be saved.

Acts 11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us

at the beginning.

Acts 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John

indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

Acts 11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto

us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I could

withstand God?

Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace and

glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted

repentance unto life.

Acts 11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution

that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phenice, 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, which,

when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, 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 cleave unto the

Lord.

Acts 11:24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith;

and much people was added unto the Lord.

Acts 11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul,

Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And

it came to pass that a whole year they assembled themselves with the

church and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians

first in Antioch.

Acts 11:27 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 dearth 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 which 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

King Herod persecutes the saints, kills James, and imprisons Peter — An

angel delivers Peter — Herod is stricken by an angel and dies — The word

of God prospers

Acts 12:1 Now about that time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to

vex 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 quaternions of soldiers to keep him, intending after

Easter 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

keepers before the door kept the prison.

Acts 12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came unto him, and a light

shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side and raised him up,

saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

Acts 12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself and bind on thy

sandals; and so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee

and follow me.

Acts 12:9 And he went out, and followed him, and wist not that it was true

which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

Acts 12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came

unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them of his

own accord; and they went out and passed on through one street; and

forthwith the angel departed from him.

Acts 12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a

surety that the Lord hath sent his angel and hath delivered me out of the

hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

Acts 12:12 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 damsel came to

hearken, 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, Thou art mad. But she constantly

affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, 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, what was become of Peter.

Acts 12:19 And when Herod had sought for him and found him not, he

examined the keepers and commanded that they should be put to death. And

he went down from 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

nourished 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 gave up the ghost.

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

Paul and Barnabas are called by the Holy Ghost — Elymas, the sorcerer, is

blinded — Paul preaches at Antioch

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, which had been brought up with Herod the

tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,

Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Acts 13:3 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 Ghost, departed unto

Seleucia; and from thence 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 for their minister.

Acts 13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they

found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus.

Acts 13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a

prudent man, who called for Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear the

word of God.

Acts 13:8 But Elymas, the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation),

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 Ghost,

set his eyes on him,

Acts 13:10 And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of

the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the

right ways of the Lord?

Acts 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou

shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell

on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him

by the hand.

Acts 13:12 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 loosed from Paphos, they

came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John, departing from them, returned to

Jerusalem.

Acts 13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in

Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.

Acts 13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of

the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any

word of exhortation for the people, say on.

Acts 13:16 Then Paul stood up and, beckoning with his hand, said, Men of

Israel and ye that fear God, give audience.

Acts 13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted

the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a

high arm brought he them out of it.

Acts 13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in

the wilderness.

Acts 13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of

Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

Acts 13:20 And after that, he gave unto them judges about the space of 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 Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of 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 mine own heart, which shall fulfill all

my will.

Acts 13:23 Of this man's seed hath 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 ye that I

am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of

his feet I am not worthy to loose.

Acts 13:26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and

whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

Acts 13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem and their rulers, because they

knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every

Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

Acts 13:28 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 which 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 that the promise

which was made unto the fathers,

Acts 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us, their children, in that he

hath raised up Jesus again, as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art

my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Acts 13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no

more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure

mercies of David.

Acts 13:35 Wherefore, he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer

thine 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 unto 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 ye 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, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work

in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man

declare it unto you.

Acts 13:42 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 spake against those things which were spoken by Paul,

contradicting and blaspheming.

Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold and said, It was necessary

that the word of God should first have been spoken to you; but seeing ye

put it from you and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we

turn to the Gentiles.

Acts 13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to

be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends

of the earth.

Acts 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified

the word of the Lord; and as many as believed were ordained unto eternal

life.

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 coasts.

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 Ghost.

Acts Chapter 14

Preaching of the gospel divides Iconium — A cripple healed — Paul is

stoned — Paul and Barnabas minister to the disciples

Acts 14:1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into

the synagogue of the Jews and so spake, that a great multitude, both of the

Jews and also of the Greeks, believed.

Acts 14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and made their

minds evil affected against the brethren.

Acts 14:3 Long time therefore abode they, speaking boldly in the Lord,

which gave testimony unto the word of his grace and granted signs and

wonders to be done by their hands.

Acts 14:4 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 ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of

Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth 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 thy 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, Mercurius, because

he was the chief speaker.

Acts 14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought

oxen and garlands unto the gates and would have done sacrifice with the

people.

Acts 14:14 When the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard this, they rent their

clothes and ran in among the people, crying out,

Acts 14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of

like passions with you and preach unto you that ye should turn from these

vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea,

and all things that are therein,

Acts 14:16 Who in times past suffered 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, scarce restrained they the people, that

they had not done sacrifice unto them.

Acts 14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium,

who persuaded the people and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the

city, supposing he had been dead.

Acts 14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up and

came into the city; and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

Acts 14:21 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 them 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 thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been

recommended 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 rehearsed 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 long time with the disciples.

Acts Chapter 15

Apostles and elders decide the question of circumcision — Paul and

Barnabas take separate journeys

Acts 15:1 And certain men which came down from Judea taught the

brethren and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye

cannot be saved.

Acts 15:2 When, therefore, Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and

disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain

other of them should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about

this question.

Acts 15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed

through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and

they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

Acts 15:4 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 which

believed, saying that it was needful to circumcise them and to command

them to keep the law of Moses.

Acts 15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider this

matter.

Acts 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up and said

unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God

made choice among us that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word

of the gospel and believe.

Acts 15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving

them the Holy Ghost, 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 tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck

of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Acts 15:11 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 gave audience to

Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought

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 hath 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 residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the

Gentiles upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these

things.

Acts 15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the

world.

Acts 15:19 Wherefore, my sentence is that we trouble not them which from

among the Gentiles are turned to God;

Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them that they abstain from pollutions of

idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Acts 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him,

being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.

Acts 15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church,

to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and

Barnabas; namely, Judas, surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among

the brethren.

Acts 15:23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner: The apostles

and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the

Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia.

Acts 15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard that certain men which went out

from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye

must be circumcised and keep the law — to whom we gave no such

commandment —

Acts 15:25 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 Ghost and to us to lay upon you

no greater burden than these necessary things:

Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood,

and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep

yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Acts 15:30 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 consolation.

Acts 15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted

the brethren with many words and confirmed them.

Acts 15:33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in

peace from the brethren unto the apostles;

Acts 15:34 Notwithstanding, 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 after, Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again

and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the

Lord and see how they do.

Acts 15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose

surname was Mark.

Acts 15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed

from them from Pamphylia and went not with them to the work.

Acts 15:39 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 recommended by the

brethren unto the grace of God.

Acts 15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the

churches.

Acts Chapter 16

Paul circumcises Timothy, converts Lydia, and casts out a spirit of

divination — Paul and Silas are whipped and imprisoned — They are

delivered, and the jailer is converted

Acts 16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra; and, behold, a certain disciple

was there named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a

Jewess and believed; but his father was a Greek,

Acts 16:2 Which 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 which were in those quarters; for they

knew all that his father was a Greek.

Acts 16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the

decrees for to keep that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were

at Jerusalem.

Acts 16:5 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 Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

Acts 16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia;

but the Spirit suffered 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 and prayed 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, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to

preach the gospel unto them.

Acts 16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to

Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

Acts 16:12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part

of Macedonia and a colony; and we were in that city abiding certain days.

Acts 16:13 And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a riverside,

where the people resorted for prayer to be made; and we sat down and

spake unto the women which resorted thither.

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the

city of Thyatira, which worshiped God, heard us, whose heart the Lord

opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Acts 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought

us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my

house and abide there. And she constrained us.

Acts 16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel

possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters

much gain by soothsaying.

Acts 16:17 The same followed Paul and us and cried, saying, These men

are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of

salvation.

Acts 16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and

said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of

her. And he came out the same hour.

Acts 16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was

gone, they caught Paul and Silas and drew them into the marketplace unto

the rulers,

Acts 16:20 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 rent 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 everyone'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 been fled.

Acts 16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself 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 thou shalt

be saved and thy house.

Acts 16:32 And they spake 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, straightway.

Acts 16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat

before them and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

Acts 16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, 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 privily? Nay, verily; but let them come themselves and

fetch us out.

Acts 16:38 And the sergeants 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

Paul preaches at Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens

Acts 17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia,

they came to Thessalonica, where 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 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 consorted with 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 which believed not, moved with envy, took unto

them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set

all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to

bring them out to the people.

Acts 17:6 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 hither also,

Acts 17:7 Whom Jason hath 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 others,

they let them go.

Acts 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night

unto Berea, who, coming thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

Acts 17:11 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

which 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 of Paul at Berea, they came thither, 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 Timotheus abode there still.

Acts 17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens; and,

receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him

with all speed, they departed.

Acts 17:16 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? Other some,

He seemeth 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 the Areopagus,

saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, whereof thou speakest?

Acts 17:20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would

know, therefore, what these things mean.

Acts 17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent

their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)

Acts 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill and said, Ye men of

Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

Acts 17:23 For, as I passed by and beheld your devotions, I found an altar

with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom, therefore, ye

ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Acts 17:24 God, that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is

Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands,

Acts 17:25 Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed

anything, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things,

Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on

all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed and

the bounds of their habitation,

Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord if they are willing to find him;

for he is 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 Forasmuch, then, as we are the offspring of God, we ought not

to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art

and man's device.

Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now

commandeth all men everywhere to repent,

Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the

world in righteousness by him whom he hath ordained; and he hath given

assurance of this unto all men, in that he hath 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 thee again of this matter.

Acts 17:33 So Paul departed from among them.

Acts 17:34 Howbeit, certain men clave unto him and believed, among the

which was Dionysius, the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and

others with them.

Acts Chapter 18

Paul labors with his hands and preaches at Corinth — He sees a vision —

He is accused before Gallio — Apollos preaches Christ

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 that 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

wrought (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 Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul

was pressed in the spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.

Acts 18:6 And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook

his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am

clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

Acts 18:7 And he departed thence and entered into a certain man's house,

named Justus, one that worshiped God, whose house joined hard 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 spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not

afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace;

Acts 18:10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee; for

I have much people in this city.

Acts 18:11 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

insurrection with one accord against Paul and brought him to the judgment

seat,

Acts 18:13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth 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 lewdness, O ye 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 ye 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 thence into Syria, and with him

Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn 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 longer time with them, he

consented not,

Acts 18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this

feast that cometh in Jerusalem; but I will return again unto you, if God will.

And he sailed from Ephesus.

Acts 18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted

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 spake 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 which had believed through grace;

Acts 18:28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing

by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

Acts Chapter 19

The Holy Ghost is given — The word confirmed by miracles — Demetrius

raises an uproar in Ephesus

Acts 19:1 And it came to pass that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul,

having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus; and finding

certain disciples,

Acts 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye

believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether

there be any Holy Ghost.

Acts 19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And

they said, Unto John's baptism.

Acts 19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of

repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him which

should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

Acts 19:5 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 Ghost

came on them; and they spake with tongues and prophesied.

Acts 19:7 And all the men were about twelve.

Acts 19:8 And he went into the synagogue and spake boldly for the space

of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the

kingdom of God.

Acts 19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil

of that way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the

disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

Acts 19:10 And this continued by the space of two years, so that all they

which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and

Greeks.

Acts 19:11 And God wrought 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 them to

call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We

adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

Acts 19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew and chief of the

priests, which did so.

Acts 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I

know. But who are ye?

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 showed their

deeds.

Acts 19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books

together and burned them before all men; and they counted the price of

them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Acts 19:20 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, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

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 which 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, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

Acts 19:26 Moreover, ye see and hear that not alone at Ephesus, but almost

throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people,

saying that they be no gods which are made with hands,

Acts 19:27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at naught,

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

worshipeth.

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 suffered him not.

Acts 19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent

unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theater.

Acts 19:32 Some, therefore, cried one thing, and some another; for the

assembly was confused, and the more part knew not wherefore they were

come together.

Acts 19:33 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 appeased the people, he said, Ye

men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the

Ephesians is a 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, ye ought

to be quiet and to do nothing rashly.

Acts 19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers

of churches nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

Acts 19:38 Wherefore, if Demetrius and the craftsmen which are with him

have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies; let

them implead one another.

Acts 19:39 But if ye 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 whereby we may give an account of this

concourse.

Acts 19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

Acts Chapter 20

Paul goes to Macedonia — The Lord's Supper — Eutychus raised — Paul

warns of false teachers

Acts 20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the

disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.

Acts 20:2 And when he had gone over those parts and had given them

much exhortation, he came into Greece,

Acts 20:3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews lay in 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

Timotheus; 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 to 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

morrow, 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 on 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 before to ship and sailed unto Assos, there

intending to take in Paul; for so had he appointed, minding himself to go

afoot.

Acts 20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in and came to

Mitylene.

Acts 20:15 And we sailed thence and came the next day over against Chios;

and the next day we arrived at Samos and tarried at Trogyllium; and the

next day we came to Miletus.

Acts 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus because he would

not spend the time in Asia; for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at

Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

Acts 20:17 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, Ye know,

from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with

you at all seasons,

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 on the name of 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 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that

bonds and afflictions abide 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 ye all, among whom I have gone

preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

Acts 20:26 Wherefore, I take you to record 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

the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of

God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Acts 20:29 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 which are sanctified.

Acts 20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

Acts 20:34 Yea, ye 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, ye ought to

support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he

said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Acts 20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed

with them all.

Acts 20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,

Acts 20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they

should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.

Acts Chapter 21

Agabus prophesies concerning Paul — Paul comes to Jerusalem and

preaches

Acts 21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them and had

launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following

unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara;

Acts 21:2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phoenicia, we went aboard

and set forth.

Acts 21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand,

and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unlade

her burden.

Acts 21:4 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 took ship;

and they returned home again.

Acts 21:7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to

Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

Acts 21:8 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,

which was one of the seven, and abode with him.

Acts 21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which 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 girdle, and

bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall

the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle and shall deliver

him into the hands of the Gentiles.

Acts 21:12 And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place

besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine

heart? For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for

the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 21:14 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 took up our carriages 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 old 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 saluted them, he declared particularly what

things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

Acts 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord and said unto

him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which

believe; and they are all zealous of the law;

Acts 21:21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews

which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not

to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

Acts 21:22 What is it, therefore? The multitude must needs come together;

for they will hear that thou art come.

Acts 21:23 Do, therefore, this that we say to thee: We have four men which

have a vow on them;

Acts 21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with

them, that they may shave their heads; and all may know that those things,

whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou

thyself also walkest orderly and keepest the law.

Acts 21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and

concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep

themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from 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 signify the accomplishment of the

days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of

them.

Acts 21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which

were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people and

laid hands on him,

Acts 21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man that teacheth all

men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and further

brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

Acts 21:29 (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 and drew him out of the temple; and forthwith 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 left

beating of 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 castle.

Acts 21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne

of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

Acts 21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away

with him!

Acts 21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief

captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

Acts 21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an

uproar and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were

murderers?

Acts 21:39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in

Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak

unto the people.

Acts 21:40 And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs and

beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great

silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

Acts Chapter 22

Paul declares his conversion

Acts 22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make

now unto you.

Acts 22:2 And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to

them, they kept the more silence; and he saith,

Acts 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in

Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught

according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous

toward God, as ye all are this day.

Acts 22:4 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 doth bear me witness, and all the estate of

the elders, from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to

Damascus to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem for to be

punished.

Acts 22:6 And it came to pass that, as I made my journey and was come

nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great

light round about me.

Acts 22:7 And I fell unto the ground and heard a voice saying unto me,

Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Acts 22:8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am

Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

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 spake 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 thee of all things

which are appointed of thee 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 which dwelt there,

Acts 22:13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul,

receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou

shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice

of his mouth.

Acts 22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast

seen and heard.

Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash

away thy 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 thee quickly

out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

Acts 22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every

synagogue them that believed on thee;

Acts 22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was

standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them

that slew him.

Acts 22:21 And he said unto me, Depart; for I will send thee far hence unto

the Gentiles.

Acts 22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up

their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth; for it is not

fit that he should live.

Acts 22:23 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 castle

and bade that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know

wherefore 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 thou doest; for this man is a Roman.

Acts 22:27 Then the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou

a Roman? He said, Yea.

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 straightway they departed from him which should have

examined him, and the chief captain also was afraid after he knew that he

was a Roman because he had bound him; and he loosed him from his bands.

Acts 22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty

wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he commanded the chief priests and

all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Acts Chapter 23

Paul pleads his cause — Dissension among his accusers — The Jews lie in

wait for Paul

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 thee, thou whited wall.

For sittest thou to judge me after the law and commandest me to be smitten

contrary to the law?

Acts 23:4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?

Acts 23:5 Then said Paul, I did not know, brethren, that he was the high

priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy 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' part arose and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man; but if a

spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

Acts 23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain,

fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the

soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to

bring him into the castle.

Acts 23:11 And the night following, the Lord stood by him and said, Be of

good cheer, Paul; for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou

bear witness also at Rome.

Acts 23:12 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 which 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, ye with the council signify to the chief captain

that he bring him down unto you tomorrow, as though you would inquire

something more perfectly concerning him; and we, before he come 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 castle 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 hath 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 prayed me to bring this young

man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.

Acts 23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him

aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?

Acts 23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou

wouldest bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though they would

inquire somewhat of him more perfectly.

Acts 23:21 But do not thou yield unto them; for there lie in wait for him of

them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath that

they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now are they

ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Acts 23:22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart and charged

him, See thou tell no man that thou hast 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 threescore and ten, and

spearmen two hundred at the third hour of the night;

Acts 23:24 And provide them beasts 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,

sendeth 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 wherefore 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 how that the Jews laid wait for the

man, I sent straightway to thee and gave commandment to his accusers also

to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

Acts 23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and

brought him by night to Antipatris.

Acts 23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him and

returned to the castle,

Acts 23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to

the governor, 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,

Acts 23:35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come.

And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

Acts Chapter 24

Paul preaches Christ to the governor and his wife — Paul in prison

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 thee we enjoy great quietness and that very worthy

deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,

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 thee, I pray

thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency 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 hath 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 thee, by examining of

whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse

him.

Acts 24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

Acts 24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to

speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a

judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself,

Acts 24:11 Because that thou mayest understand that there are yet but

twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for 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 whereof they now accuse me.

Acts 24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call

heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are

written in the law and in the prophets,

Acts 24:15 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 herein 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 Whereupon 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 thee and object if they had

aught 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 voice, that I cried standing among

them, Touching 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 perfect

knowledge of that way, he deferred them and said, When Lysias, the chief

captain, shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.

Acts 24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul and to let him

have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister

or come unto him.

Acts 24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla,

which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in

Christ.

Acts 24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment

to come, Felix trembled and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I

have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

Acts 24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul,

that he might loose him; wherefore, he sent for him the oftener and

communed with him.

Acts 24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room; and

Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

Acts Chapter 25

Paul answers Festus and appeals unto Caesar

Acts 25:1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he

ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

Acts 25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him

against Paul, and besought him,

Acts 25:3 And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to

Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

Acts 25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea and

that he himself would depart shortly thither.

Acts 25:5 Let them, therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down

with me and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

Acts 25:6 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 which came down from

Jerusalem stood round about and laid many and grievous 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 pleasure, answered Paul and

said, Wilt thou 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 thou very well knowest.

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 whereof 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,

Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? Unto Caesar shalt thou go.

Acts 25:13 And after certain days King Agrippa and Bernice came unto

Caesarea to salute 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 that he which is accused have the accusers

face to face and have license to answer for himself concerning the crime

laid against him.

Acts 25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on

the day following, 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 none

accusation of such things as I supposed,

Acts 25:19 But had certain questions against him of their own superstition

and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

Acts 25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked

him whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.

Acts 25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of

Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

Acts 25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man

myself. Tomorrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

Acts 25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with

great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief

captains and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was

brought forth.

Acts 25:24 And Festus said, King Agrippa and all men which are here

present with us, ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews

have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem and also here, crying that he ought

not to live any longer.

Acts 25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of

death and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to

send him,

Acts 25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord.

Wherefore, I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee,

O King Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to

write.

Acts 25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not

withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

Acts Chapter 26

Paul answers King Agrippa — Festus charges that Paul is mad — Agrippa

is almost persuaded to be a Christian

Acts 26:1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for

thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand and answered for himself:

Acts 26:2 I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because I shall answer for

myself this day before thee, touching all the things whereof I am accused of

the Jews,

Acts 26:3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and

questions which are among the Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee to hear me

patiently.

Acts 26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among

mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews,

Acts 26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that

after the straitest 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 oft in every synagogue and compelled

them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted

them even unto strange cities.

Acts 26:12 Whereupon, 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 which

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

persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Acts 26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom

thou persecutest.

Acts 26:16 But rise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared unto thee

for this purpose: to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things

which thou hast seen and of those things in the which I will appear unto

thee,

Acts 26:17 Delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles unto

whom now I send thee,

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 which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Acts 26:19 Whereupon, 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 coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles that they should

repent, and turn to God, and do works meet for 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 none 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 show light unto the people and to the

Gentiles.

Acts 26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice,

Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

Acts 26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak forth

the words of truth and soberness.

Acts 26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak

freely; for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him;

for this thing was not done in a corner.

Acts 26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou

believest.

Acts 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be

a Christian.

Acts 26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou but also all

that hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am, except

these bonds.

Acts 26:30 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 doeth 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

Paul sails toward Rome and foretells of danger — The ship is wrecked, yet

all come safely to land

Acts 27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they

delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a

centurion of Augustus' band.

Acts 27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning

to sail by the coasts of Asia, one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of

Thessalonica, being with us.

Acts 27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously

entreated Paul and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.

Acts 27:4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus

because the winds were contrary.

Acts 27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia,

we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

Acts 27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into

Italy; and he put us therein.

Acts 27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days and scarce were

come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete,

over against Salmone,

Acts 27:8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called the Fair

Havens, nigh whereunto 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 lading and ship, but also of our

lives.

Acts 27:11 Nevertheless, the centurion believed the master and the owner

of the ship more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

Acts 27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the

more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain

to Phenice and there to winter, which is a haven of Crete and lieth toward

the southwest and northwest.

Acts 27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had

obtained their purpose, loosing thence, 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 drive.

Acts 27:16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we

had much work to come by the boat,

Acts 27:17 Which, when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding

the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail

and so were driven.

Acts 27:18 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, ye should have hearkened unto me and not have loosed 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; thou must be brought before Caesar; and

lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

Acts 27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that it shall

be even as it was told me.

Acts 27:26 Howbeit, 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 shipmen 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 farther, 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 shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when

they had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would

have cast anchors out of the foreship,

Acts 27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide

in the ship, ye 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 meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day ye have tarried and

continued fasting, having taken nothing.

Acts 27:34 Wherefore, I pray you to take some meat; 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 meat.

Acts 27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and

sixteen 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 creek with a shore into the which they were minded, if

it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

Acts 27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed

themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the

mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

Acts 27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship

aground; and the forepart stuck fast and remained unmovable, but the

hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

Acts 27:42 And the soldiers' counsel 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 which 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

Paul is entertained by barbarians — Bitten by a viper — Paul heals many

diseases and departs for Rome — He preaches there two years

Acts 28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was

called Melita.

Acts 28:2 And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness; for they

kindled a fire and received us everyone 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 barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his

hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom,

though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

Acts 28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire and felt no harm.

Acts 28:6 Howbeit, they looked when he should have swollen or fallen

down dead suddenly; but after they had looked a great while and saw no

harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

Acts 28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the

island, whose name was Publius, who received us and lodged us three days

courteously.

Acts 28:8 And it came to pass that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever

and of a bloody flux, to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his

hands on him, and healed him.

Acts 28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the

island, came and were healed,

Acts 28:10 Who also honored us with many honors; and when we departed,

they laded us with 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 thence we fetched a compass and came to Rhegium;

and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli,

Acts 28:14 Where we found brethren and were desired to tarry with them

seven days; and so we went toward Rome.

Acts 28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to

meet us as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns, whom, when Paul

saw, he thanked God and took courage.

Acts 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the

prisoners to the captain of the guard; but Paul was suffered to dwell by

himself with a soldier that kept him.

Acts 28:17 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 spake against it, I was constrained to appeal

unto Caesar, not that I had aught 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 that 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 thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spake any

harm of thee.

Acts 28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest; 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 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 that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias

the prophet unto our fathers,

Acts 28:26 Saying, Go unto this people and say, Hearing, ye shall hear and

shall not understand; and seeing, ye shall see and not perceive;

Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are

dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with

their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and

should be converted, and I should heal them.

Acts 28:28 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

great reasoning 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

Epistle of Paul to the Church at Rome

Rom. Chapter 1

Paul declares the gospel to the Romans — The power of God unto salvation

Rom. 1:1 Paul, an apostle, a servant of God, called of Jesus Christ, and

separated to preach the gospel,

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, which was made of

the seed of David according to the flesh,

Rom. 1:4 And declared the Son of God with power by the Spirit, according

to the truth, through the resurrection from the dead;

Rom. 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, through

obedience and faith in his name, to preach the gospel among all nations,

Rom. 1:6 Among whom ye also are called of Jesus Christ.

Rom. 1:7 Wherefore, I write to all who are in Rome, beloved of God,

called 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, that you all are

steadfast and your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

Rom. 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve, that without ceasing I

make mention of you always in my prayers, that you may be kept through

the Spirit in the gospel of his Son,

Rom. 1:10 Making request of you to remember me in your prayers, I now

write unto you, that you will ask him in faith, that if by any means, at

length, I may serve you with my labors and may 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, that it may be established in you to the end,

Rom. 1:12 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 oftentimes I

purposed to come unto you (but was hindered hitherto) 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 And, 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 everyone that believeth — to the Jew first and also

to the Greek.

Rom. 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed through faith on

his name; 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 love not the truth but remain

in unrighteousness,

Rom. 1:19 After that which may be known of God is manifest to them.

Rom. 1:20 For God hath revealed unto them the invisible things of him,

from the creation of the world, which are clearly seen: things which are not

seen being understood by the things that are made through his eternal power

and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

Rom. 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as

God; neither were they 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 uncorruptible God into an image

made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and

creeping things.

Rom. 1:24 Wherefore, 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 unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of

their error which was meet.

Rom. 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God, according to some

knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things

which are not convenient,

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 And some, knowing the judgment of God, that they which

commit such things are worthy of death, are inexcusable, not only do the

same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Rom. Chapter 2

They that sin cannot escape the judgment of God

Rom. 2:1 Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that

thus judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for

thou that judgest doest the same things.

Rom. 2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is, according to truth,

against them which commit such things.

Rom. 2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such

things and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

Rom. 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and

long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to

repentance?

Rom. 2:5 But, after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up unto

thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous

judgment of God,

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 doeth evil,

of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Rom. 2:10 But glory, honor, and peace to every man that worketh good, to

the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.

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, which 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 Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their

conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile 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 the gospel.

Rom. 2:17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest

thy boast of God,

Rom. 2:18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more

excellent, being instructed out of the law,

Rom. 2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a

light of them which are in darkness,

Rom. 2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the

form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

Rom. 2:21 Thou, therefore, which teachest another, teachest thou not

thyself? Thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?

Rom. 2:22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou

commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

Rom. 2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law

dishonorest thou 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 profiteth if thou keep the law; but if

thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

Rom. 2:26 Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep 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 fulfill the

law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

Rom. 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that

circumcision, which is outward in the flesh;

Rom. 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that

of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men,

but of God.

Rom. Chapter 3

The Jews' advantage — No flesh is justified by the law

Rom. 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew over the Gentile? Or what

profit of circumcision, who is not a Jew from the heart?

Rom. 3:2 But he who is a Jew from the heart, I say, hath much every way,

chiefly because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

Rom. 3:3 For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the

faith of God without effect?

Rom. 3:4 God forbid; yea, let God be true, but every man a liar, as it is

written, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings and mightest

overcome when thou art judged.

Rom. 3:5 But if we remain in our unrighteousness and commend the

righteousness of God, how dare we say God is unrighteous who taketh

vengeance? (I speak as a man who fears God.)

Rom. 3:6 God forbid. For then how shall God judge the world?

Rom. 3:7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie (as it

is called of the Jews) unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner

and not received? Because we are slanderously reported;

Rom. 3:8 And some affirm that we say (whose damnation is just), Let us do

evil that good may come. But this is false.

Rom. 3:9 If not so, what then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise; for

we have proved before that Jews and Gentiles 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 understandeth; there is none that seeketh after

God.

Rom. 3:12 They are all gone out of the way; they are together become

unprofitable; there is none that doeth 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 what things soever the law saith, it saith to

them who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the

world may become guilty before God.

Rom. 3:20 For by the law is the knowledge of sin; therefore, by the deeds

of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight.

Rom. 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is

manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets,

Rom. 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ

unto all and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference;

Rom. 3:23 For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

Rom. 3:24 Therefore, being justified only 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 which believeth 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 alone

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 that God will 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.

Rom. Chapter 4

Abraham's faith — Abraham is the father of all that believe — The

righteousness of faith

Rom. 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham, our father, as pertaining to

the flesh, hath found?

Rom. 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by the law of works, he hath to

glory in himself, but not of God.

Rom. 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was

counted unto him for righteousness.

Rom. 4:4 Now to him who is justified by the law of works is the reward

reckoned, not of grace, but of debt.

Rom. 4:5 But to him that seeketh not to be justified by the law of works,

but believeth on him who justifieth not the ungodly, his faith is counted for

righteousness,

Rom. 4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man unto

whom God imputeth righteousness without the law of works,

Rom. 4:7 Saying, Blessed are they, through faith, 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 Cometh 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 seed, through the law, but through the righteousness

of faith.

Rom. 4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and

the promise made of none effect,

Rom. 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath; for where no law is, there is no

transgression.

Rom. 4:16 Therefore, ye are justified of faith and works, through grace, to

the end the promise might be sure to all the seed — not to them only who

are of the law, but to them 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 thee a father of many nations),

before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead and

calleth those things which be not as though they were,

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 thy

seed be.

Rom. 4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body

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.

Rom. Chapter 5

Christ died to reconcile man to God — As sin and death came by Adam, so

righteousness and life came by Jesus Christ

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 wherein we

stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Rom. 5:3 And not only this, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that

tribulation worketh patience;

Rom. 5:4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope;

Rom. 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed

abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

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 peradventure

for a good man some would even dare to die.

Rom. 5:8 But God commendeth 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 joy in God through our Lord Jesus

Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

Rom. 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world and death

by sin, so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

Rom. 5:13 For, before the law, sin was in the world; yet sin is not imputed

to those who have no law.

Rom. 5:14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over

them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who

is the figure of him that was to come. For I say that through the offense,

death reigned over all.

Rom. 5:15 But the offense is not as the free gift, for the gift aboundeth. For,

if through the offense of one, many be dead, much more the grace of God

and the gift by grace hath abounded by one man, Jesus Christ, unto many.

Rom. 5:16 And not as by one that sinned is the gift; for the judgment is 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 which 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 hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign

through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rom. Chapter 6

Dead unto sin — Baptism — Yielding unto God — The wages of sin is death

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

therein?

Rom. 6:3 Know ye 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 like

as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we

also should walk in newness of life.

Rom. 6:5 For if we have been planted together 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 henceforth we should not serve sin.

Rom. 6:7 For he that is dead to sin is freed from sin.

Rom. 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live

with him,

Rom. 6:9 Knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more;

death hath no more dominion over him.

Rom. 6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once; but in that he liveth,

he liveth unto God.

Rom. 6:11 Likewise reckon ye 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 ye should

obey it in the lusts thereof.

Rom. 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of

unrighteousness unto sin; but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are

alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto

God.

Rom. 6:14 For in so doing, sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye 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 ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,

his servants ye are to whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of

obedience unto righteousness?

Rom. 6:17 But God be thanked that ye are not the servants of sin, for ye

have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

Rom. 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of

righteousness.

Rom. 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your

flesh; for as ye have in times past 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 ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from

righteousness.

Rom. 6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye 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,

ye 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.

Rom. Chapter 7

The object and operation of the law

Rom. 7:1 Know ye not, brethren (for I speak to them that know the law),

how that the law hath dominion over a man only as long as he liveth?

Rom. 7:2 For the woman which hath a husband is bound by the law to her

husband only as long as he liveth; for if the husband be dead, she is loosed

from the law of her husband.

Rom. 7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another

man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband be dead, she is

free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to

another man.

Rom. 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by

the body of Christ, that ye should be married to another, even to him who is

raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Rom. 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sin, which were

not according to the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto

death.

Rom. 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law wherein we were held,

being dead to the law, 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, Thou shalt not covet.

Rom. 7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all

manner of concupiscence. For without the law, sin was dead.

Rom. 7:9 For once I was alive without transgression of the law; but when

the commandment of Christ came, sin revived, and I died.

Rom. 7:10 And when I believed not the commandment of Christ which

came, which was ordained to life, I found it condemned me unto death.

Rom. 7:11 For sin, taking occasion, denied the commandment and deceived

me; and by it I was slain.

Rom. 7:12 Nevertheless, I found the law to be holy and the commandment

to be 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 by that which is good working death in me,

that sin, by the commandment, might become exceeding sinful.

Rom. 7:14 For we know that the commandment is spiritual; but when I was

under the law, I was yet carnal, sold under sin.

Rom. 7:15 But now I am spiritual; for that which I am commanded to do, I

do; and that which I am commanded not to allow, I allow not.

Rom. 7:16 For what I know is not right, I would not do; for that which is

sin, I hate.

Rom. 7:17 If then I do not that which I would not allow, I consent unto the

law that it is good; and I am not condemned.

Rom. 7:18 Now then, it is no more I that do sin; but I seek to subdue that

sin which dwelleth in me.

Rom. 7:19 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good

thing; for to will is present with me, but to perform that which is good I find

not, only in Christ.

Rom. 7:20 For the good that I would have done when under the law, I find

not to be good; therefore, I do it not.

Rom. 7:21 But the evil which I would not do under the law, I find to be

good; that, I do.

Rom. 7:22 Now if I do that, through the assistance of Christ, I would not do

under the law, I am not under the law; and it is no more that I seek to do

wrong, but to subdue sin that dwelleth in me.

Rom. 7:23 I find then that under the law, that when I would do good, evil

was present with me; for I delight in the law of God after the inward man.

Rom. 7:24 And now I see another law, even the commandment of Christ,

and it is imprinted in my mind.

Rom. 7:25 But my members are warring against the law of my mind and

bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Rom. 7:26 And if I subdue not the sin which is in me, but with the flesh

serve the law of sin, O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from

the body of this death?

Rom. 7:27 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord, then, that so with the

mind I myself serve the law of God.

Rom. Chapter 8

Spirit of life in Christ Jesus — Becoming sons of God — All things work

together for good

Rom. 8:1 There is, therefore, now no condemnation to them which 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 hath 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 after the flesh cannot please God.

Rom. 8:9 But ye are not after the flesh, but after the Spirit if so be that the

Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he

is none of his.

Rom. 8:10 And if Christ be in you, though the body shall die because of

sin, yet the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

Rom. 8:11 And if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell

in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal

bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Rom. 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after

the flesh.

Rom. 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, unto sin, ye shall die; but if ye

through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live unto

Christ.

Rom. 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of

God.

Rom. 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but

ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Rom. 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth 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, 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 named with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Rom. 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the

manifestation of the sons of God.

Rom. 8:20 For the creature was made subject to tribulation not willingly,

but by reason of him who hath subjected it in hope,

Rom. 8:21 Because the creature 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 groaneth and travaileth in

pain together until now.

Rom. 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits

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

adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Rom. 8:24 For we are saved by hope; but hope that is seen is not hope. For

what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Rom. 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then with patience we do

wait for it.

Rom. 8:26 Likewise, the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities; for we know

not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh

intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Rom. 8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of

the Spirit because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will

of God.

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 him whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be

conformed to his own image, that he might be the firstborn among many

brethren.

Rom. 8:30 Moreover, him whom he did predestinate, him he also called;

and him whom he called, him he also sanctified; and him whom he

sanctified, him he also glorified.

Rom. 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who

can prevail 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 justifieth.

Rom. 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea, rather,

that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh

intercession for us.

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 thy 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 creature shall be able to

separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Rom. Chapter 9

Paul's sorrow for the Jews — The calling of the Gentiles — Rejection of

Jews foretold

Rom. 9:1 I say the truth in Christ; I lie not, my conscience also bearing me

witness in the Holy Ghost,

Rom. 9:2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart,

Rom. 9:3 (For once I could have wished that myself were accursed from

Christ) for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

Rom. 9:4 Who are Israelites; of whom are the adoption, and the glory, and

the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God,

Rom. 9:5 And the promises which are made unto the fathers, and of whom,

as concerning the flesh, Christ was, who is God over all, blessed forever.

Amen.

Rom. 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect — for they

are not all Israel, which are of Israel.

Rom. 9:7 Neither, because they are all children of Abraham, are they the

seed; but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Rom. 9:8 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.

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 Sarah; but when Rebecca also had conceived by

one, 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 calleth),

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 saith 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 willeth, nor of him that runneth, but

of God that showeth mercy.

Rom. 9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose

have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee and that my name

might be declared throughout all the earth.

Rom. 9:18 Therefore, hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy; and

whom he will, he hardeneth.

Rom. 9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For

who hath resisted his will?

Rom. 9:20 Nay, but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall

the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Rom. 9:21 Hath 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 long-suffering 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 hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of

the Gentiles?

Rom. 9:25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which

were not my people, and her beloved, which was not beloved.

Rom. 9:26 And it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto

them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called the children of the

living God.

Rom. 9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the

children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved;

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 Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left

us a seed, we had been as Sodoma and been made like unto Gomorrah.

Rom. 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not

after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness

which is of faith.

Rom. 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath

not attained to the law of righteousness.

Rom. 9:32 Wherefore, they stumbled at that stumbling stone, not by faith,

but as it were by the works of the law,

Rom. 9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock

of offense; and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Rom. Chapter 10

Righteousness of the law — Salvation through faith

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 record that they have a zeal of 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 believeth.

Rom. 10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that

the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

Rom. 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise:

Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (That is, to bring

Christ down from above.)

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 saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and

in thy heart; that is, the word of faith, which we preach,

Rom. 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and

shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou

shalt be saved.

Rom. 10:10 For with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness; and with

the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.

Rom. 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth 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 So then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of

God.

Rom. 10:17 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes, verily; their sound went

into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

Rom. 10:18 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord,

who hath believed our report?

Rom. 10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? Now Moses saith, 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 Esaias is very bold and saith, I was found of them that

sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

Rom. 10:21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my

hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

Rom. Chapter 11

God has not cast off all Israel — He reserves a remnant — Grafting of the

olive tree

Rom. 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I

also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Rom. 11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know ye

not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh complaint to God

against Israel, saying,

Rom. 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets and digged down thine

altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

Rom. 11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to

myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to the image of

Baal.

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 hath not obtained that which they seek for; but

the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded,

Rom. 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of

slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear)

unto this day.

Rom. 11:9 And David saith, 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, for

to provoke them to jealousy.

Rom. 11:12 Now if the fall of them is 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: Inasmuch as I am the apostle of

the Gentiles, I magnify mine office,

Rom. 11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are

my flesh and might save some of them.

Rom. 11:15 For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world,

what shall the restoring of them be, but life from the dead?

Rom. 11:16 For if the firstfruit is 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 be broken off, and thou, being a

wild olive tree, wast grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the

root and fatness of the olive tree,

Rom. 11:18 Boast not against the branches; for thou bearest not the root,

but the root thee.

Rom. 11:19 For if thou boast, thou wilt say, The branches were broken off,

that we might be grafted in.

Rom. 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou

standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear;

Rom. 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he

also spare not thee.

Rom. 11:22 Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God — on

them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness if thou continue in his

goodness. Otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

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 thou wast cut out of the olive tree, which is wild by

nature, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much

more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own

olive tree?

Rom. 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this

mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part

is happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

Rom. 11:26 And then all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, There shall

come out of Sion 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

as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.

Rom. 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

Rom. 11:30 For as ye 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 hath 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 hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been

his counselor?

Rom. 11:35 Or who hath 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.

Rom. Chapter 12

A living sacrifice — Unity of the church — Christian duties enjoined

Rom. 12:1 I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that

ye present your bodies a living sacrifice — holy, acceptable unto God,

which is your reasonable service.

Rom. 12:2 And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by

the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what that good, and

acceptable, and perfect will of God is.

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 hath 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 everyone

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 teacheth,

on teaching;

Rom. 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation; he that giveth, let him do it

with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with

cheerfulness.

Rom. 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, and

cleave to that which is good.

Rom. 12:10 Be kindly affectioned 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; continuing instant in

prayer;

Rom. 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

Rom. 12:14 Bless them which 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 lieth 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, saith the Lord.

Rom. 12:20 Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give

him drink; for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Rom. 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Rom. Chapter 13

Subjection to rulers — Love is the fulfilling of the law — Put on Jesus

Christ

Rom. 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no

power in the church but of God; the powers that be are ordained of God.

Rom. 13:2 Whosoever, therefore, resisteth the power, resisteth the

ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves

punishment.

Rom. 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt

thou then not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good, and thou shalt

have praise of the same,

Rom. 13:4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do

that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the rod in vain; for he is the

minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Rom. 13:5 Wherefore, ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but

also for conscience' sake.

Rom. 13:6 For, for this cause pay ye your consecrations also unto them; for

they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

Rom. 13:7 But first, render to all their dues, according to custom, tribute to

whom tribute, custom to whom custom, that your consecrations may be

done in fear of him to whom fear belongs, and in honor of him to whom

honor belongs.

Rom. 13:8 Therefore, owe no man anything, but to love one another; for he

that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Rom. 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill,

Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet;

and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this

saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Rom. 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor; therefore, love is the

fulfilling of the law.

Rom. 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake

out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

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 rioting and

drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Rom. 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision

for the flesh, to gratify the lusts thereof.

Rom. Chapter 14

Self-righteousness forbidden — Every knee shall bow — The kingdom of

God is not meat and drink

Rom. 14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful

disputations.

Rom. 14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things; another, who is

weak, eateth herbs.

Rom. 14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not

him which eateth not judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.

Rom. 14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? To his own

master he standeth or falleth; yea, he shall be holden up, for God is able to

make him stand.

Rom. 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth

every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Rom. 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that

regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth,

eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the

Lord he eateth not and giveth God thanks.

Rom. 14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth 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 dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou set at

naught thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of

Christ.

Rom. 14:11 For I live, saith the Lord, as it is written: And every knee shall

bow to me, and every tongue shall swear 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 esteemeth anything to be unclean,

to him it is unclean.

Rom. 14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, thou walkest not

charitably if thou eatest. Therefore, destroy not him with thy meat, 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 meat and drink, but

righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Rom. 14:18 For he that in these things serveth 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 wherewith one may edify another.

Rom. 14:20 For meat, destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are

pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offense.

Rom. 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything

whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

Rom. 14:22 Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that

condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

Rom. 14:23 And he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because it is not

of faith; for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

Rom. Chapter 15

The strong must bear with the weak — Christ our example

Rom. 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities 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 thee fell on me.

Rom. 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime 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 as was Christ Jesus,

Rom. 15:6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even

the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom. 15:7 Wherefore, receive ye 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 thee among the Gentiles and sing

unto thy name.

Rom. 15:10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

Rom. 15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laud him, all ye

people.

Rom. 15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse; and he

that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust.

Rom. 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in

believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy

Ghost.

Rom. 15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye

also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish

one another.

Rom. 15:15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto

you in some sort, as putting you in mind because of the grace that is given

to me of God,

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 Ghost.

Rom. 15:17 I have, therefore, whereof I may glory 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

hath not wrought 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 in these parts, and having a

great desire these many years to come unto you,

Rom. 15:24 When I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you. For I

trust to see you in my journey and to be brought on my way thitherward by

you, if first I be somewhat filled through your prayers.

Rom. 15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

Rom. 15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a

certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

Rom. 15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if

the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is

also to minister unto them in carnal things.

Rom. 15:28 When, therefore, I have performed this and have sealed to

them this fruit, I will come by you into 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 ye 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.

Rom. Chapter 16

Avoid those who cause dissension — Glorify God through Jesus Christ

Rom. 16:1 I commend unto you Phoebe, our sister, which is a servant of

the church which is at Cenchrea,

Rom. 16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye

assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you; for she hath been a

succorer 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. Salute my well-

beloved Epenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

Rom. 16:6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us.

Rom. 16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow

prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ

before me.

Rom. 16:8 Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.

Rom. 16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.

Rom. 16:10 Salute Apelles, approved in Christ. Salute them which are of

Aristobulus' church.

Rom. 16:11 Salute Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them that be of the church

of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

Rom. 16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute

the beloved Persis, which labored much in the Lord.

Rom. 16:13 Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Rom. 16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and

the brethren which are with them.

Rom. 16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and

Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

Rom. 16:16 Salute one another with a holy salutation. The churches of

Christ salute you.

Rom. 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions

and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which ye 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

simple.

Rom. 16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad,

therefore, on your behalf; but yet I would have you wise unto that which is

good, and simple concerning evil.

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 Timotheus, my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and

Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

Rom. 16:22 I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.

Rom. 16:23 Gaius, mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you.

Erastus, the chamberlain of the city, saluteth 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 that is of power to stablish you according to the

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.

Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phoebe, servant of the

church at Cenchrea.

First Corinthians

First Epistle of Paul to the Church at Corinth

1 Cor. Chapter 1

Paul exhorts to unity — God chooses the foolish to confound the wise

1 Cor. 1:1 Paul, an apostle, called of Jesus Christ through the will of God,

and Sosthenes our brother,

1 Cor. 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:

1 Cor. 1:3 Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from the

Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. 1:4 I thank my God, always on your behalf, for the grace of God

which is given you of Jesus Christ;

1 Cor. 1:5 That in everything ye are enriched of him, in all utterance and in

all knowledge,

1 Cor. 1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,

1 Cor. 1:7 So that ye come behind in no gift, waiting for the coming of our

Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Cor. 1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be

blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of

his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Cor. 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ, that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among

you, but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the

same judgment.

1 Cor. 1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them

which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

1 Cor. 1:12 Now this I say, that many of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of

Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

1 Cor. 1:13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye

baptized in the name of Paul?

1 Cor. 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius,

1 Cor. 1:15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

1 Cor. 1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I

know not whether I baptized any other.

1 Cor. 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 none

effect.

1 Cor. 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish,

foolishness; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God.

1 Cor. 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will

bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

1 Cor. 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer

of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

1 Cor. 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew

not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that

believe.

1 Cor. 1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom;

1 Cor. 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling

block, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

1 Cor. 1:24 But unto them who believe, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the

power of God and the wisdom of God,

1 Cor. 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the

weakness of God is stronger than men.

1 Cor. 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men

after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are chosen;

1 Cor. 1:27 For God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to

confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to

confound the things which are mighty;

1 Cor. 1:28 And base things of the world and things which are despised

hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things

that are mighty,

1 Cor. 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.

1 Cor. 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us

wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption,

1 Cor. 1:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory

in the Lord.

1 Cor. Chapter 2

Paul preaches with the power of God — The spiritual man receives the

things of God

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus

Christ, and him crucified.

1 Cor. 2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much

trembling.

1 Cor. 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words

of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

1 Cor. 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the

power of God.

1 Cor. 2:6 Howbeit, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect, yet not

the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to

naught;

1 Cor. 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,

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have

entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them

that love him.

1 Cor. 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit

searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

1 Cor. 2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of

man which is in him? Even so, the things of God knoweth no man, except

he has the Spirit of God.

1 Cor. 2:12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit

which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us

of God.

1 Cor. 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's

wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth, comparing spiritual

things with spiritual.

1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of

God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them because

they are spiritually discerned.

1 Cor. 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is

judged of no man.

1 Cor. 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct

him? But we have the mind of Christ.

1 Cor. Chapter 3

Strife and division reproved — Ministers are God's fellow laborers —

Christ the only foundation — The temples of God

1 Cor. 1 Cor. 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto

spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.

1 Cor. 3:2 I have fed you with milk and not with meat; for hitherto ye were

not able to receive it, neither yet now are ye able.

1 Cor. 3:3 For ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you envying,

and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men?

1 Cor. 3:4 For while one saith, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos,

are ye not carnal?

1 Cor. 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye

believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

1 Cor. 3:6 I have planted; Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

1 Cor. 3:7 So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that

watereth, but God that giveth the increase.

1 Cor. 3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and every

man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

1 Cor. 3:9 For we are laborers together with God; ye are God's husbandry;

ye are God's building.

1 Cor. 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 buildeth

thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

1 Cor. 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is

Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. 3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver,

precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,

1 Cor. 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 try every

man's work, of what sort it is.

1 Cor. 3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall

receive a reward.

1 Cor. 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss; but he

himself may be saved, yet so as by fire.

1 Cor. 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the Spirit of

God dwelleth in you?

1 Cor. 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for

the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

1 Cor. 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to

be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Cor. 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is

written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

1 Cor. 3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that

they are vain.

1 Cor. 3:21 Therefore, let no man glory in men, for all things are yours —

1 Cor. 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;

1 Cor. 3:23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

1 Cor. Chapter 4

Accountability of ministers — Saints should be examples to the world

1 Cor. 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ and

stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Cor. 4:2 Moreover, it is required of stewards, that a man be found

faithful.

1 Cor. 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 mine own self.

1 Cor. 4:4 For though I know nothing against myself, yet I am not hereby

justified; but he who judgeth me is the Lord.

1 Cor. 4:5 Therefore, I judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come,

who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make

manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise of

God.

1 Cor. 4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to

myself and to Apollos for your sakes, that ye might learn in us not to think

of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one

against another.

1 Cor. 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou

that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou

glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

1 Cor. 4:8 Now ye are full; now ye are rich; ye have reigned as kings

without us; and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with

you.

1 Cor. 4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were

appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to

angels, and to men.

1 Cor. 4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are

weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised.

1 Cor. 4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are

naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place,

1 Cor. 4:12 And labor, working with our own hands; being reviled, we

bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;

1 Cor. 4:13 Being defamed, we entreat; we are made as the filth of the

world and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

1 Cor. 4:14 I write not these things to shame you; but, as my beloved sons,

I warn you.

1 Cor. 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have

ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the

gospel.

1 Cor. 4:16 Wherefore, I beseech you, Be ye followers of me.

1 Cor. 4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my

beloved son and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance

of my ways, which be in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.

1 Cor. 4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

1 Cor. 4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know

not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

1 Cor. 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

1 Cor. 4:21 What will ye? Shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and

in the spirit of meekness?

1 Cor. Chapter 5

Adulterers to be cast out — Saints must shun bad company

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 5:2 And ye are puffed up and have not rather mourned, that he that

hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

1 Cor. 5:3 For verily, as absent in body but present in spirit, I have judged

already him who hath so done this deed, as though I were present,

1 Cor. 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered

together and have the Spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven

leaveneth the whole lump?

1 Cor. 5:7 Purge out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump,

as ye are unleavened. For even Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us;

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators,

1 Cor. 5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the

covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of

the world.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? Do

not they judge them that are within?

1 Cor. 5:13 But them that are without, God judgeth. Therefore, put away

from among yourselves that wicked person.

1 Cor. Chapter 6

Saints should not go to law — The unrighteous shall not inherit the

kingdom of God — Our bodies are the members of Christ and temples of the

Holy Ghost

1 Cor. 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law

before the unjust, and not before the saints?

1 Cor. 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the

world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest

matters?

1 Cor. 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? How much more things

that pertain to this life?

1 Cor. 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set

them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

1 Cor. 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?

1 Cor. 6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the

unbelievers.

1 Cor. 6:7 Now, therefore, there is utterly a fault among you because ye go

to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not

rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

1 Cor. 6:8 Nay, ye do wrong and defraud, and that your brethren.

1 Cor. 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom

of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,

nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

1 Cor. 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor

extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Cor. 6:11 And such were some of you; but ye are washed, but ye are

sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the

Spirit of our God.

1 Cor. 6:12 All these things are not lawful unto me, and all these things are

not expedient. All things are not lawful for me, therefore, I will not be

brought under the power of any.

1 Cor. 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God shall

destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the

Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Cor. 6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord and will also raise up us

by his own power.

1 Cor. 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall

I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of a harlot?

God forbid.

1 Cor. 6:16 What! Know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one

body? For two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

1 Cor. 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

1 Cor. 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man committeth is against the

body of Christ, and he who committeth fornication sinneth against his own

body.

1 Cor. 6:19 What! Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy

Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

1 Cor. 6:20 For ye are bought with a price; therefore, glorify God in your

body and in your spirit, which are God's.

1 Cor. Chapter 7

Paul's treatise on marriage

1 Cor. 7:1 Now, concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me, saying, It

is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Cor. 7:2 Nevertheless, I say, to avoid fornication, let every man have his

own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

1 Cor. 7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence; and

likewise, also the wife unto the husband.

1 Cor. 7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband; and

likewise, also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

1 Cor. 7:5 Depart ye not one from the other, except it be with consent for a

time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together

again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

1 Cor. 7:6 And now what I speak is by permission and not by

commandment.

1 Cor. 7:7 For I would that all men were even as myself. But every man

hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1 Cor. 7:8 I say, therefore, to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them

if they abide even as I.

1 Cor. 7:9 But, if they cannot abide, let them marry; for it is better to marry

than that any should commit sin.

1 Cor. 7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord: Let

not the wife depart from her husband;

1 Cor. 7:11 But if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to

her husband; but let not the husband put away his wife.

1 Cor. 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife

that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her

away.

1 Cor. 7:13 And the woman which hath a husband that believeth not, and if

he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a

sister is not under bondage in such cases; but God hath called us to peace.

1 Cor. 7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy

husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

1 Cor. 7:17 But, as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath

called everyone, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

1 Cor. 7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not become

uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? Let him not be

circumcised.

1 Cor. 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the

keeping of the commandments of God.

1 Cor. 7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

1 Cor. 7:21 Art thou called being a servant? Care not for it; but if thou

mayest be made free, use it rather.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

1 Cor. 7:24 Brethren, let every man wherein he is called therein abide with

God.

1 Cor. 7:25 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord;

yet I give my judgment as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be

faithful.

1 Cor. 7:26 I suppose, therefore, that this is good for the present distress,

for a man so to remain that he may do greater good.

1 Cor. 7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou

loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

1 Cor. 7:28 But if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry,

she hath not sinned. Nevertheless, such shall have trouble in the flesh. For I

spare you not.

1 Cor. 7:29 But I speak unto you who are called unto the ministry. For this I

say, brethren, The time that remaineth is but short, that ye shall be sent forth

unto the ministry. Even they who have wives shall be as though they had

none; for ye are called and chosen to do the Lord's work.

1 Cor. 7:30 And it shall be with them who weep as though they wept not,

and them who rejoice as though they rejoiced not, and them who buy as

though they possessed not,

1 Cor. 7:31 And them who use this world as not using it; for the fashion of

this world passeth away.

1 Cor. 7:32 But I would, brethren, that ye magnify your calling. I would

have you without carefulness. For he who is unmarried careth for the things

that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord; therefore, he

prevaileth.

1 Cor. 7:33 But he who is married careth for the things that are of the

world, how he may please his wife; therefore, there is a difference, for he is

hindered.

1 Cor. 7:34 There is a difference also between a wife and a virgin. The

unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy

both in body and in spirit; but she that is married careth for the things of the

world, how she may please her husband.

1 Cor. 7:35 And this I speak for your own profit, not that I may cast a snare

upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the

Lord without distraction.

1 Cor. 7:36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward

his virgin whom he hath espoused, if she pass the flower of age and need so

require, let him do what he hath promised; he sinneth not; let them marry.

1 Cor. 7:37 Nevertheless, he that standeth steadfast in his heart, having no

necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart

that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.

1 Cor. 7:38 So then he that giveth himself in marriage doeth well; but he

that giveth himself not in marriage doeth better.

1 Cor. 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but

if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will,

only in the Lord.

1 Cor. 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 Cor. Chapter 8

Abstain from meats offered to idols — Charity enjoined

1 Cor. 8:1 Now, as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all

have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

1 Cor. 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth

nothing yet as he ought to know.

1 Cor. 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

1 Cor. 8:4 As concerning, therefore, the eating of those things which are in

the world offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing

and that there is none other God but one.

1 Cor. 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in

earth (as there be gods many and lords many),

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 8:7 Howbeit, there is not in every man that knowledge; for some

with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an

idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

1 Cor. 8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God; for neither, if we eat, are

we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

1 Cor. 8:9 But take heed, lest by any means this liberty of yours become a

stumbling block to them that are weak.

1 Cor. 8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the

idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened

to eat those things which are offered to idols,

1 Cor. 8:11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for

whom Christ died?

1 Cor. 8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren and wound their weak

conscience, ye sin against Christ.

1 Cor. 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no

flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

1 Cor. Chapter 9

Ministers to live by the gospel — The reward of Christian living

1 Cor. 9:1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ

our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?

1 Cor. 9:2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you; for

the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

1 Cor. 9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this:

1 Cor. 9:4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?

1 Cor. 9:5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other

apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

1 Cor. 9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

1 Cor. 9:7 Who goeth a warfare anytime at his own charges? Who planteth

a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock and

eateth not of the milk of the flock?

1 Cor. 9:8 Say I these things as a man? Or saith not the law the same also?

1 Cor. 9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the

mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

1 Cor. 9:10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt,

this is written, that he that ploweth should plow in hope, and that he that

thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

1 Cor. 9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if

we shall reap your carnal things?

1 Cor. 9:12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather?

Nevertheless, we have not used this power, but suffer all things, lest we

should hinder the gospel of Christ.

1 Cor. 9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live

of the things of the temple? And they which wait at the altar are partakers

with the altar?

1 Cor. 9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the

gospel shall live of the gospel.

1 Cor. 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 glorying void.

1 Cor. 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for

necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel!

1 Cor. 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward; but if against

my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

1 Cor. 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 power

in the gospel.

1 Cor. 9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself

servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

1 Cor. 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;

1 Cor. 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law (being not without

law to God, but under the law to Christ), that I might gain them that are

without law.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker

thereof with you.

1 Cor. 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race all run, but only one

receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

1 Cor. 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all

things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an

incorruptible.

1 Cor. 9:26 I, therefore, so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that

beateth the air;

1 Cor. 9:27 But I keep under my body and bring it into subjection, lest that

by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a

castaway.

1 Cor. Chapter 10

The cloud, the sea, the manna, and the spiritual Rock — Saints should not

repeat Israel's sins

1 Cor. 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant,

how that all our fathers were under the cloud and all passed through the sea,

1 Cor. 10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

1 Cor. 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat,

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased; for they

were overthrown in the wilderness.

1 Cor. 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should

not lust after evil things as they also lusted.

1 Cor. 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters as were some of them; as it is written,

The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

1 Cor. 10:8 Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed

and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

1 Cor. 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ as some of them also tempted and

were destroyed of serpents.

1 Cor. 10:10 Neither murmur ye as some of them also murmured and were

destroyed of the destroyer.

1 Cor. 10:11 Now, all these things happened unto them for ensamples; and

they are written for our admonition also and for an admonition for those

upon whom the end of the world shall come.

1 Cor. 10:12 Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth take heed, lest he

fall.

1 Cor. 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to

man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that

ye are able, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye

may be able to bear it.

1 Cor. 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

1 Cor. 10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

1 Cor. 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?

1 Cor. 10:17 For we, being many, are one bread and one body; for we are

all partakers of that one bread.

1 Cor. 10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh. Are not they which eat of the

sacrifices partakers of the altar?

1 Cor. 10:19 What say I then? That the idol is anything, or that which is

offered in sacrifice to idols is anything?

1 Cor. 10:20 But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they

sacrifice to devils and not to God; and I would not that ye should have

fellowship with devils.

1 Cor. 10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils; ye

cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of the table of devils.

1 Cor. 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than

he?

1 Cor. 10:23 All things are not lawful for me, for all things are not

expedient; all things are not lawful, for all things edify not.

1 Cor. 10:24 Let no man seek, therefore, his own, but every man another's

good.

1 Cor. 10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no

question for conscience' sake;

1 Cor. 10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.

1 Cor. 10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be

disposed to eat, whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for

conscience' sake.

1 Cor. 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' sake; for the

earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof;

1 Cor. 10:29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other. For why is

my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

1 Cor. 10:30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for

that for which I give thanks?

1 Cor. 10:31 Whether, therefore, ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do

all to the glory of God.

1 Cor. 10:32 Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor

to the church of God,

1 Cor. 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own

profit, but of the many, that they may be saved.

1 Cor. Chapter 11

The woman subject to man, man subject to Christ, Christ subject to God —

The sacrament

1 Cor. 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

1 Cor. 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things

and keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered,

dishonoreth his head.

1 Cor. 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head

uncovered dishonoreth her head; for that is even all one as if she were

shaven.

1 Cor. 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn; but if it

be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

1 Cor. 11:7 For a man, indeed, ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he

is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

1 Cor. 11:8 For the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man.

1 Cor. 11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for

the man.

1 Cor. 11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have a covering on her

head because of the angels.

1 Cor. 11:11 Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, neither

the woman without the man in the Lord.

1 Cor. 11:12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the

woman, but all things of God.

1 Cor. 11:13 Judge in yourselves. Is it comely that a woman pray unto God

uncovered?

1 Cor. 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you that, if a man have long

hair, it is a shame unto him?

1 Cor. 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair

is given her for a covering.

1 Cor. 11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such

custom, neither the churches of God.

1 Cor. 11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye

come together not for the better, but for the worse.

1 Cor. 11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear

that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

1 Cor. 11:19 For there must be also divisions among you, that they which

are approved may be made manifest among you.

1 Cor. 11:20 When ye come together into one place, is it not to eat the

Lord's Supper?

1 Cor. 11:21 But in eating, everyone taketh before another his own supper;

and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

1 Cor. 11:22 What! Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise

ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to

you? Shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

1 Cor. 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;

1 Cor. 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take,

eat; this is my body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of

me.

1 Cor. 11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had

supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood; this do ye, as oft

as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

1 Cor. 11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show

the Lord's death till he come.

1 Cor. 11:27 Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup

of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

1 Cor. 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread

and drink of that cup.

1 Cor. 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh

condemnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

1 Cor. 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and

many sleep.

1 Cor. 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

1 Cor. 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that

we should not be condemned with the world.

1 Cor. 11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry

one for another.

1 Cor. 11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not

together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

1 Cor. Chapter 12

Spiritual gifts — Unity of the body of Christ — Offices of the church

1 Cor. 12:1 Now concerning spiritual things, brethren, I would not have

you ignorant.

1 Cor. 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb

idols, even as ye were led.

1 Cor. 12:3 Wherefore, I give you to understand that no man, speaking by

the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus accursed; and that no man can know that

Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

1 Cor. 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

1 Cor. 12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

1 Cor. 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God

which worketh all in all.

1 Cor. 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to

profit withal.

1 Cor. 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another

the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

1 Cor. 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of

healing by the same Spirit;

1 Cor. 12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to

another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another

the interpretation of tongues.

1 Cor. 12:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,

dividing to every man severally as he will.

1 Cor. 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the

members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

1 Cor. 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether

we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free, and have been all

made to drink into one Spirit.

1 Cor. 12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.

1 Cor. 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?

1 Cor. 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?

1 Cor. 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the

whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

1 Cor. 12:18 But now hath God set the members, every one of them, in the

body as it hath pleased him.

1 Cor. 12:19 And if they were all one member, where were the body?

1 Cor. 12:20 But now are they many members, yet but one body.

1 Cor. 12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee;

nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

1 Cor. 12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be

more feeble, are necessary;

1 Cor. 12:23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less

honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely

parts have more abundant comeliness.

1 Cor. 12:24 For our comely parts have no need; but God hath tempered the

body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked,

1 Cor. 12:25 That there should be no schism in the body, but that the

members should have the same care one for another.

1 Cor. 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with

it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.

1 Cor. 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ and members in particular.

1 Cor. 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles,

secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that, miracles, then gifts of

healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

1 Cor. 12:29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all

workers of miracles?

1 Cor. 12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do

all interpret?

1 Cor. 12:31 I say unto you, Nay; for I have shown unto you a more

excellent way. Therefore, covet earnestly the best gifts.

1 Cor. Chapter 13

Faith, hope, and charity

1 Cor. 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have

not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.

1 Cor. 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 charity, I am nothing.

1 Cor. 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 charity, it profiteth me nothing.

1 Cor. 13:4 Charity suffereth long and is kind; charity envieth not; charity

vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

1 Cor. 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not

easily provoked, thinketh no evil,

1 Cor. 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth,

1 Cor. 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things,

endureth all things.

1 Cor. 13:8 Charity never faileth; but whether there be prophecies, they

shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be

knowledge, it shall vanish away.

1 Cor. 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

1 Cor. 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in

part shall be done away.

1 Cor. 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child,

I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

1 Cor. 13:12 For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face;

now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known.

1 Cor. 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the

greatest of these is charity.

1 Cor. Chapter 14

Edification, the object of spiritual gifts — Women are forbidden to rule in

the church

1 Cor. 14:1 Follow after charity; and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye

may prophesy.

1 Cor. 14:2 For he that speaketh in another tongue speaketh not unto men,

but unto God; for no man understandeth him; howbeit, in the spirit he

speaketh mysteries.

1 Cor. 14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and

exhortation, and comfort.

1 Cor. 14:4 He that speaketh in another tongue edifieth himself; but he that

prophesieth edifieth the church.

1 Cor. 14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye

prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with

tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

1 Cor. 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?

1 Cor. 14:7 And even things without life, giving sound, whether pipe or

harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known

what is piped or harped?

1 Cor. 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare

himself to the battle?

1 Cor. 14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be

understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? For ye shall speak into

the air.

1 Cor. 14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world,

and none of them is without signification.

1 Cor. 14:11 Therefore, if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be

unto him that speaketh, a barbarian; and he that speaketh shall be a

barbarian unto me.

1 Cor. 14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek

that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

1 Cor. 14:13 Wherefore, let him that speaketh in another tongue pray that

he may interpret.

1 Cor. 14:14 For if I pray in another tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my

understanding is unfruitful.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 14:16 Else, when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that

occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks,

seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?

1 Cor. 14:17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

1 Cor. 14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all;

1 Cor. 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 another tongue.

1 Cor. 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding; howbeit, in malice

be ye children, but in understanding be men.

1 Cor. 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,

saith the Lord.

1 Cor. 14:22 Wherefore, tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but

to them that believe not; but prophesying serveth not for them that believe

not, but for them which believe.

1 Cor. 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 ye are mad?

1 Cor. 14:24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not,

or one unlearned, he is convinced of all; he is judged of all;

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 14:26 How is it then, brethren? When ye come together, every one

of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath

an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

1 Cor. 14:27 If any man speak in another tongue, let it be by two, or at the

most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

1 Cor. 14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the

church; and let him speak to himself and to God.

1 Cor. 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

1 Cor. 14:30 If anything be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first

hold his peace.

1 Cor. 14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all

may be comforted.

1 Cor. 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

1 Cor. 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all

churches of the saints.

1 Cor. 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not

permitted unto them to rule, but to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

1 Cor. 14:35 And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at

home; for it is a shame for women to rule in the church.

1 Cor. 14:36 What! Came the word of God out from you? Or came it unto

you only?

1 Cor. 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him

acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of

the Lord.

1 Cor. 14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

1 Cor. 14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to

speak with tongues.

1 Cor. 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.

1 Cor. Chapter 15

The resurrection

1 Cor. 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I

preached unto you, which also ye have received and wherein ye stand,

1 Cor. 15:2 By which also ye are saved if ye keep in memory what I

preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

1 Cor. 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,

1 Cor. 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day

according to the scriptures,

1 Cor. 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve.

1 Cor. 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once

of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen

asleep.

1 Cor. 15:7 After that, he was seen of James, then of all the apostles.

1 Cor. 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of

due time.

1 Cor. 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called

an apostle because I persecuted the church of God.

1 Cor. 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; for I labored more abundantly than

they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Cor. 15:11 Therefore, whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye

believed.

1 Cor. 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?

1 Cor. 15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not

risen?

1 Cor. 15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your

faith is also vain.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised;

1 Cor. 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in

your sins.

1 Cor. 15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

1 Cor. 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men

most miserable.

1 Cor. 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the

firstfruits of them that slept.

1 Cor. 15:21 For since by man came death, by man came also the

resurrection of the dead.

1 Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made

alive.

1 Cor. 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;

afterward, they that are Christ's at his coming.

1 Cor. 15:24 Afterward cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up

the kingdom to God, even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule,

and all authority, and power.

1 Cor. 15:25 For he must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

1 Cor. 15:26 The last enemy, death, shall be destroyed.

1 Cor. 15:27 For he saith, When it is manifest that he hath put all things

under his feet, and that all things are put under, he is excepted of the Father

who did put all things under him.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the

dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?

1 Cor. 15:30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

1 Cor. 15:31 I protest unto you the resurrection of the dead; and this is my

rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord daily, though I die.

1 Cor. 15:32 If, after the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at

Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink,

for tomorrow we die.

1 Cor. 15:33 Be not deceived; evil communications corrupt good manners.

1 Cor. 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the

knowledge of God; I speak this to your shame.

1 Cor. 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? And with

what body do they come?

1 Cor. 15:36 Thou fool! That which thou sowest is not quickened except it

die;

1 Cor. 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body which

shall be, but grain — it may be of wheat, or some other;

1 Cor. 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every

seed his own body.

1 Cor. 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of

men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds,

1 Cor. 15:40 Also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial, and bodies

telestial; but the glory of the celestial, one; and the terrestrial, another; and

the telestial, another.

1 Cor. 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon,

and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in

glory.

1 Cor. 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in

corruption; it is raised in incorruption;

1 Cor. 15:43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in

weakness, it is raised in power;

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 15:45 And so it is written, The first man, Adam, was made a living

soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

1 Cor. 15:46 Howbeit, that which is natural first, and not that which is

spiritual; but afterwards, that which is spiritual.

1 Cor. 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the

Lord from heaven.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also

bear the image of the heavenly.

1 Cor. 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit

the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

1 Cor. 15:51 Behold, I show you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we

shall all be changed,

1 Cor. 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the

last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised

incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

1 Cor. 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal

must put on immortality.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

1 Cor. 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

1 Cor. 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our

Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Cor. 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable,

always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your

labor is not in vain in the Lord.

1 Cor. Chapter 16

Offerings solicited — Paul commends Timothy — Friendly admonitions

1 Cor. 16:1 Now, concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given

order to the churches at Galatia, even so do ye.

1 Cor. 16:2 Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him

in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I

come.

1 Cor. 16:3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your

letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

1 Cor. 16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.

1 Cor. 16:5 Now I will come unto you when I shall pass through

Macedonia; for I do pass through Macedonia.

1 Cor. 16:6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that

ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.

1 Cor. 16:7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a

while with you if the Lord permit.

1 Cor. 16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.

1 Cor. 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, but there are

many adversaries.

1 Cor. 16:10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without

fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord as I also do.

1 Cor. 16:11 Let no man, therefore, despise him; but conduct him forth in

peace, that he may come unto me; for I look for him with the brethren.

1 Cor. 16:12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to

come unto you with the brethren; but his will was not at all to come at this

time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

1 Cor. 16:13 Watch ye; stand fast in the faith; quit you like men; be strong.

1 Cor. 16:14 Let all your things be done with charity.

1 Cor. 16:15 I beseech you, brethren (ye know the house of Stephanas, that

it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the

ministry of the saints),

1 Cor. 16:16 That ye submit yourselves unto such and to everyone that

helpeth with us and laboreth.

1 Cor. 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.

1 Cor. 16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours; therefore,

acknowledge ye them that are such.

1 Cor. 16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute

you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

1 Cor. 16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with a holy

salutation.

1 Cor. 16:21 The salutation of me, Paul, with mine own hand.

1 Cor. 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be

anathema. Maranatha!

1 Cor. 16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

1 Cor. 16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi by Stephanas,

and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timotheus.

Second Corinthians

Second Epistle of Paul to the Church at Corinth

2 Cor. Chapter 1

Paul's message of hope — His sincere manner of preaching the gospel —

The earnest of the Spirit

2 Cor. 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

which are in all Achaia:

2 Cor. 1:2 Grace be to you and peace, from God our Father and from the

Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Cor. 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the

Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort,

2 Cor. 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to

comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we

ourselves are comforted of God.

2 Cor. 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation

also aboundeth by Christ.

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 1:7 And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are

partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

2 Cor. 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, insomuch that we despaired even of life;

2 Cor. 1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should

not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead,

2 Cor. 1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver, in

whom we trust that he will yet deliver us,

2 Cor. 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift —

bestowed upon us by the means of many persons — thanks may be given

by many on our behalf.

2 Cor. 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 had our conversation in the world and more abundantly to

you-ward.

2 Cor. 1:13 For we write none other things unto you than what ye read or

acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end,

2 Cor. 1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your

rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Cor. 1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before,

that ye might have a second benefit,

2 Cor. 1:16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of

Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea.

2 Cor. 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

shall be yea, yea, and nay, nay?

2 Cor. 1:18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

2 Cor. 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among

you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay,

but in him was yea.

2 Cor. 1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen,

unto the glory of God by us.

2 Cor. 1:21 Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ and hath

anointed us is God,

2 Cor. 1:22 Who hath also sealed us and given the earnest of the Spirit in

our hearts.

2 Cor. 1:23 Moreover, I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare

you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

2 Cor. 1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers

of your joy; for by faith ye stand.

2 Cor. Chapter 2

Forgiveness — Ministers are to reflect Christ

2 Cor. 2:1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again

to you in heaviness.

2 Cor. 2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but

the same which is made sorry by me?

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you

with many tears, not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the

love which I have more abundantly unto you.

2 Cor. 2:5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part,

that I may not overcharge you all.

2 Cor. 2:6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted

of many.

2 Cor. 2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort

him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch

sorrow.

2 Cor. 2:8 Wherefore, I beseech you that ye would confirm your love

toward him.

2 Cor. 2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of

you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

2 Cor. 2:10 To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also; for if I forgave

anything, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgive I it in the person of

Christ,

2 Cor. 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us; for we are not

ignorant of his devices.

2 Cor. 2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel

and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

2 Cor. 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 thence into Macedonia.

2 Cor. 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph

in Christ and makest manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every

place.

2 Cor. 2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in them that are

saved and in them that perish;

2 Cor. 2:16 To the one, we are the savor of death unto death; and to the

other, the savor of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

2 Cor. 2:17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God; but as

of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

2 Cor. Chapter 3

Work of the Spirit — The Spirit is liberty

2 Cor. 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?

2 Cor. 3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all

men;

2 Cor. 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of

Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the

living God — not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.

2 Cor. 3:4 And such trust have we through Christ toward God.

2 Cor. 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of

ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God,

2 Cor. 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament —

not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth

life.

2 Cor. 3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones,

was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the

face of Moses for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done

away,

2 Cor. 3:8 How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious?

2 Cor. 3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more

doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

2 Cor. 3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this

respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

2 Cor. 3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that

which remaineth is glorious.

2 Cor. 3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of

speech,

2 Cor. 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the

children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is

abolished;

2 Cor. 3:14 But their minds were blinded; for until this day remaineth the

same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament, which veil is

done away in Christ.

2 Cor. 3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon

their heart.

2 Cor. 3:16 Nevertheless, when their heart shall turn to the Lord, the veil

shall be taken away.

2 Cor. 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is,

there is liberty.

2 Cor. 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of

the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by

the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Cor. Chapter 4

Paul's manner of preaching the gospel — His faithfulness in tribulation

2 Cor. 4:1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received

mercy, we faint not,

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost,

2 Cor. 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them

which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the

image of God, should shine unto them.

2 Cor. 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord — and

ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

2 Cor. 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,

hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of

God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Cor. 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency

of the power may be of God and not of us.

2 Cor. 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are

perplexed, but not in despair;

2 Cor. 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 4:11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus'

sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

2 Cor. 4:12 So then it worketh death unto us, but life unto you.

2 Cor. 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,

2 Cor. 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up

us also by Jesus and shall present us with you.

2 Cor. 4:15 For we bear all things for your sakes, that the abundant grace

might, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God,

2 Cor. 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man

perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

2 Cor. 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for

us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

2 Cor. 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 Cor. Chapter 5

Paul's hope in the resurrection — The judgment seat of Christ — The new

creature

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with

our house which is from heaven;

2 Cor. 5:3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

2 Cor. 5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened, not

for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be

swallowed up of life.

2 Cor. 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who

also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

2 Cor. 5:6 Therefore, we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are

at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.

2 Cor. 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

2 Cor. 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the

body and to be present with the Lord.

2 Cor. 5:9 Wherefore, we labor that, whether present or absent, we may be

accepted of him.

2 Cor. 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that

everyone may receive a reward of the deeds done in the body — things

according to what he hath done, whether good or bad.

2 Cor. 5:11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;

but we are made manifest unto God, and I trust also are made manifest in

your consciences.

2 Cor. 5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you

occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them

which glory in appearance and not in heart.

2 Cor. 5:13 For we bear record that we are not beside ourselves; for

whether we glory, it is to God; or whether we be sober, it is for your sakes.

2 Cor. 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judge:

that if one died for all, then are all dead;

2 Cor. 5:15 And he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth

live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.

2 Cor. 5:16 Wherefore, henceforth live we no more after the flesh; yea,

though we once lived after the flesh, yet since we have known Christ, now

henceforth live we no more after the flesh.

2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore, if any man live in Christ, he is a new creature; old

things are passed away; behold, all things are become new,

2 Cor. 5:18 And receiveth all the things of God, who hath reconciled us to

himself by Jesus Christ and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation:

2 Cor. 5:19 To wit, that God is in Christ, reconciling the world unto

himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto

us the word of reconciliation.

2 Cor. 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did

beseech you by us; we pray you in Christ's stead, Be ye reconciled to God.

2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that

we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

2 Cor. Chapter 6

Paul's manner of life and preaching — Be not unequally yoked with

unbelievers

2 Cor. 6:1 We then, as workers together with Christ, beseech you also that

ye receive not the grace of God in vain,

2 Cor. 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day

of salvation have I succored thee; behold, now is the day of salvation),

2 Cor. 6:3 Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry be not blamed,

2 Cor. 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God: in

much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

2 Cor. 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings,

in fastings;

2 Cor. 6:6 By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by

the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

2 Cor. 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,

2 Cor. 6:8 By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as

deceivers and yet true;

2 Cor. 6:9 As unknown and yet well known; as dying and, behold, we live;

as chastened and not killed;

2 Cor. 6:10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many

rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

2 Cor. 6:11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you; our heart is

enlarged.

2 Cor. 6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own

bowels.

2 Cor. 6:13 Now for a recompense in the same (I speak as unto my

children), be ye also enlarged.

2 Cor. 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what

fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion

hath light with darkness?

2 Cor. 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath

he that believeth with an infidel?

2 Cor. 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye

are the temple of the living God. As God hath said, I will dwell in them and

walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

2 Cor. 6:17 Wherefore, come out from among them, and be ye the separate,

saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

2 Cor. 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and

daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

2 Cor. Chapter 7

Purity of flesh and spirit enjoined

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man; we have corrupted no

man; we have defrauded no man.

2 Cor. 7:3 I speak not this to condemn you; for I have said before that ye

are in our hearts to die and live with you.

2 Cor. 7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you; great is my glorying

of you; I am filled with comfort; I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

2 Cor. 7:5 For when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest;

but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were

fears.

2 Cor. 7:6 Nevertheless, God, that comforteth those that are cast down,

comforted us by the coming of Titus,

2 Cor. 7:7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith

he was comforted in you when he told us your earnest desire, your

mourning, your fervent mind toward me, so that I rejoiced the more.

2 Cor. 7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though

I did repent; for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry,

though it were but for a season.

2 Cor. 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed

to repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might

receive damage by us in nothing.

2 Cor. 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be

repented of; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

2 Cor. 7:11 For behold this selfsame thing that ye sorrowed after a godly

sort, what carefulness it wrought in you — yea, what clearing of

yourselves; yea, what indignation; yea, what fear; yea, what vehement

desire; yea, what zeal; yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved

yourselves to be clear in this matter.

2 Cor. 7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause

that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our

care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

2 Cor. 7:13 Therefore, we were comforted in your comfort; yea, and

exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus because his spirit was

refreshed by you all.

2 Cor. 7:14 For if I have boasted anything to him of you, I am not ashamed;

but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I

made before Titus, is found a truth.

2 Cor. 7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst

he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye

received him.

2 Cor. 7:16 I rejoice, therefore, that I have confidence in you in all things.

2 Cor. Chapter 8

Liberality enjoined

2 Cor. 8:1 Moreover, brethren, we would have you to know of the grace of

God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia,

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 8:3 For to their power, I bear record; yea, and beyond their power

they were willing of themselves,

2 Cor. 8:4 Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift and

take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

2 Cor. 8:5 And this they did, not as we required, but first gave their own

selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God,

2 Cor. 8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he

would also finish in you the same grace also.

2 Cor. 8:7 Therefore, as ye abound in everything, in faith, and utterance,

and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye

abound in this grace also.

2 Cor. 8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the

forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

2 Cor. 8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he

was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty

might be rich.

2 Cor. 8:10 And herein I give my advice; for this is expedient for you who

have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

2 Cor. 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 ye

have.

2 Cor. 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to

that a man hath and not according to that he hath not.

2 Cor. 8:13 For I mean not that other men be eased and ye burdened,

2 Cor. 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,

2 Cor. 8:15 As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over;

and he that had gathered little had no lack.

2 Cor. 8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the

heart of Titus for you.

2 Cor. 8:17 For, indeed, he accepted the exhortation; but, being more

forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

2 Cor. 8:18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the

gospel throughout all the churches;

2 Cor. 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 declaration of your ready mind,

2 Cor. 8:20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance

which is administered by us,

2 Cor. 8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord,

but also in the sight of men.

2 Cor. 8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have

proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent.

2 Cor. 8:23 Therefore, we send him unto you in consequence of the great

confidence which we have in you, that you will receive the things

concerning you to the glory of Christ, whether we send by the hand of

Titus, my partner and fellow laborer, or our brethren, the messengers of the

churches.

2 Cor. 8:24 Wherefore, show ye to them and before the churches, the proof

of your love and of our boasting on your behalf.

2 Cor. Chapter 9

Reasons for generosity

2 Cor. 9:1 For, as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for

me to write to you;

2 Cor. 9:2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of

you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal

hath provoked very many.

2 Cor. 9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in

vain in this behalf, that, as I said, ye may be ready,

2 Cor. 9:4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me and find you

unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same

confident boasting.

2 Cor. 9:5 Therefore, I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they

would go before unto you and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye

had notice before, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty and

not as of covetousness.

2 Cor. 9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also

sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

2 Cor. 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him

give — not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.

2 Cor. 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that ye,

always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work,

2 Cor. 9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the

poor; his righteousness remaineth forever.

2 Cor. 9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread

for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your

righteousness),

2 Cor. 9:11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which

causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

2 Cor. 9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the

want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God,

2 Cor. 9:13 While by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God

for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ and for your liberal

distribution unto them and unto all men,

2 Cor. 9:14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the

exceeding grace of God in you.

2 Cor. 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

2 Cor. Chapter 10

Paul's instructions for effective ministry

2 Cor. 10:1 Now I, Paul, myself beseech you by the meekness and

gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent

am bold toward you;

2 Cor. 10:2 But I beseech you that I may not be bold when I am present

with that confidence wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think

of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

2 Cor. 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh,

2 Cor. 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty

through God, to the pulling down of strongholds),

2 Cor. 10:5 Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth

itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every

thought to the obedience of Christ,

2 Cor. 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience when

your obedience is fulfilled.

2 Cor. 10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man

trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that,

as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.

2 Cor. 10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority,

which the Lord hath given us for edification and not for your destruction, I

should not be ashamed,

2 Cor. 10:9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

2 Cor. 10:10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his

bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 10:13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but

according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a

measure to reach even unto you.

2 Cor. 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,

2 Cor. 10:15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other

men's labors — but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall

be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

2 Cor. 10:16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you and not to

boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

2 Cor. 10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

2 Cor. 10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom

the Lord commendeth.

2 Cor. Chapter 11

Paul describes his ministry — False apostles — Satan's deception — Paul's

sufferings

2 Cor. 11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly; and

indeed bear with me,

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve

through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity

that is in Christ.

2 Cor. 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus whom we have

not preached, or if ye receive another spirit which ye have not received, or

another gospel which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with me.

2 Cor. 11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles

—

2 Cor. 11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we

have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.

2 Cor. 11:7 Have I committed an offense in abasing myself, that ye might

be exalted because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?

2 Cor. 11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you

service.

2 Cor. 11:9 And when I was present with you and wanted, I was chargeable

to no man; for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from

Macedonia supplied; and in all things I have kept myself from being

burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

2 Cor. 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this

boasting in the regions of Achaia.

2 Cor. 11:11 Wherefore? Because I love you not? God knoweth.

2 Cor. 11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from

them which desire occasion, that wherein they glory, they may be found

even as we.

2 Cor. 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming

themselves into the apostles of Christ.

2 Cor. 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel

of light.

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a

fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

2 Cor. 11:17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were

foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

2 Cor. 11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

2 Cor. 11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

2 Cor. 11:20 For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour

you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the

face.

2 Cor. 11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak.

Howbeit, whereinsoever any is bold (I speak foolishly), I am bold also.

2 Cor. 11:22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are

they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

2 Cor. 11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool.) So am I — in

labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent,

in deaths oft.

2 Cor. 11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

2 Cor. 11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods; once was I stoned; thrice I

suffered shipwreck; a night and a day I have been in the deep —

2 Cor. 11:26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in

perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the

city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false

brethren,

2 Cor. 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger

and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness —

2 Cor. 11:28 Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon

me daily, the care of all the churches.

2 Cor. 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I

anger not?

2 Cor. 11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern

mine infirmities.

2 Cor. 11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed

forevermore, knoweth that I lie not.

2 Cor. 11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas, the king, kept the city

of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me;

2 Cor. 11:33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall

and escaped his hands.

2 Cor. Chapter 12

A man caught up into paradise — Signs of an apostle

2 Cor. 12:1 It is not expedient for me, doubtless, to glory; I will come to

visions and revelations of the Lord.

2 Cor. 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in

the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell; God

knoweth), such a one caught up to the third heaven.

2 Cor. 12:3 And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the

body, I cannot tell; God knoweth),

2 Cor. 12:4 How that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable

words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

2 Cor. 12:5 Of such a one will I glory; yet of myself I will not glory, but in

mine infirmities.

2 Cor. 12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I

will say the truth; but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above

that which he seeth of me or that he heareth of me.

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart

from me.

2 Cor. 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my

strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather

glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Cor. 12:10 Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in

necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am

weak, then am I strong.

2 Cor. 12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me; for I

ought to have been commended of you; for in nothing am I behind the very

chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

2 Cor. 12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all

patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

2 Cor. 12:13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches,

except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this

wrong.

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the

more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

2 Cor. 12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you; nevertheless, being crafty, I

caught you with guile.

2 Cor. 12:17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto

you?

2 Cor. 12:18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a

gain of you? Walked we not in the same spirit? Walked we not in the same

steps?

2 Cor. 12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? We speak

before God in Christ; but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your

edifying.

2 Cor. 12:20 For I fear, lest when I come, I shall not find you such as I

would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not, lest there be

debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings,

tumults,

2 Cor. 12:21 And lest when I come again, my God will humble me among

you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already and have not

repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they

have committed.

2 Cor. Chapter 13

Paul threatens offenders — Exhortation to unity and peace

2 Cor. 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.

2 Cor. 13:2 I told you before and foretell you, as if I were present, the

second time; and being absent, now I write to them which heretofore have

sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare,

2 Cor. 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-

ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

2 Cor. 13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lived by

the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him

by the power of God toward you.

2 Cor. 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your

own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you,

except ye be reprobates?

2 Cor. 13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.

2 Cor. 13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil — not that we should

appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be

as reprobates.

2 Cor. 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

2 Cor. 13:9 For we are glad when we are weak and ye are strong; and this

also we wish, even your perfection.

2 Cor. 13:10 Therefore, I write these things, being absent, lest, being

present, I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath

given me to edification and not to destruction.

2 Cor. 13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect; be of good comfort; be

of one mind; live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

2 Cor. 13:12 Greet one another with a holy salutation.

2 Cor. 13:13 All the saints salute you.

2 Cor. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and

the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.

The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of

Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.

Galatians

Epistle of Paul to the Churches of Galatia

Gal. Chapter 1

The gospel is unchangeable--Paul received it by revelation

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 which 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 and our Father,

Gal. 1:5 To whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Gal. 1:6 I marvel that ye 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 ye have received, let him be accursed.

Gal. 1:10 For do I now please 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 certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of

me is not after 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 ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews'

religion--how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and

wasted it,

Gal. 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine

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

heathen, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood;

Gal. 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which 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, save 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 which persecutest us in times past

now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

Gal. 1:24 And they glorified God on account of me.

Gal. Chapter 2

Paul reproaches Peter--Justification by faith

Gal. 2:1 Then fourteen years after, 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 which

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 Notwithstanding, there were some brought in by false brethren

unawares, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in

Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,

Gal. 2:5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour, that the

truth of the gospel might continue with you.

Gal. 2:6 But of those who seemed to be somewhat, whatsoever they were,

it maketh no matter to me; God accepteth no man's person; for they who

seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me;

Gal. 2:7 But contrariwise, 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 wrought 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 hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the heathen and they

unto the circumcision.

Gal. 2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor, the same

which I also was forward to do.

Gal. 2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face

because he was to be blamed.

Gal. 2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the

Gentiles; but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself,

fearing them which were of the circumcision.

Gal. 2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him, insomuch that

Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

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 thou, being a Jew,

livest after the manner of the Gentiles and not as do the Jews, why

compellest thou 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 liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the

faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Gal. 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God; for if righteousness come by

the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Gal. Chapter 3

The unfaithful reproved--The faithful blessed--Baptism into Christ

Gal. 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not

obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth,

crucified among you?

Gal. 3:2 This only would I learn of you: Received ye the Spirit by the

works of the law or by the hearing of faith?

Gal. 3:3 Are ye so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made

perfect by the flesh?

Gal. 3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

Gal. 3:5 He, therefore, that ministereth to you the Spirit and worketh

miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law or by the hearing

of faith?

Gal. 3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for

righteousness,

Gal. 3:7 Know ye, therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the

children of Abraham.

Gal. 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen

through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee

shall all nations be blessed.

Gal. 3:9 So then they which be 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 everyone that continueth 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 doeth them shall

live in them.

Gal. 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a

curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree,

Gal. 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles

through Jesus Christ, that they 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 when it be confirmed, no man disannulleth or addeth

thereto.

Gal. 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith

not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is

Christ.

Gal. 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed before of

God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after,

cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Gal. 3:18 For if the inheritance is of the law, then it is no more of promise;

but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Gal. 3:19 Wherefore, then, the law was added because of transgressions, till

the seed should come to whom the promise was made in the law given to

Moses, who was ordained by the hand of angels to be a mediator of this

first covenant (the law).

Gal. 3:20 Now this mediator was not a mediator of the new covenant; but

there is one Mediator of the new covenant, who is Christ, as it is written in

the law concerning the promises made to Abraham and his seed. Now

Christ is the Mediator of life; for this is the promise which God made unto

Abraham.

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 hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by

faith of 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 Wherefore, the law was our schoolmaster until Christ, that we

might be justified by faith.

Gal. 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a

schoolmaster.

Gal. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ.

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 ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Gal. 3:29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs

according to the promise.

Gal. Chapter 4

Redemption through Christ--Becoming sons of God

Gal. 4:1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth 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 was come, 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 of sons.

Gal. 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son

into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Gal. 4:7 Wherefore, thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then

an heir of God through Christ.

Gal. 4:8 Howbeit, then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them

which by nature are no gods.

Gal. 4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of

God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye

desire again to be in bondage?

Gal. 4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

Gal. 4:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.

Gal. 4:12 Brethren, I beseech you to be perfect as I am perfect; for I am

persuaded as ye have a knowledge of me, ye have not injured me at all by

your sayings.

Gal. 4:13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel

unto you at the first.

Gal. 4:14 And my temptation, which was in my flesh, ye despised not nor

rejected, but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Gal. 4:15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? For I bear you record

that if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes and

have given them to me.

Gal. 4:16 Am I, therefore, become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

Gal. 4:17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude

you, that ye might affect them.

Gal. 4:18 But it is good to be zealously affected 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 voice; for I

stand in doubt of you.

Gal. 4:21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye 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 the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

Gal. 4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth 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, thou barren that bearest not; break forth

and cry, thou that travailest not; for the desolate hath many more children

than she which hath 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 saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman

and her son; for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of

the free woman.

Gal. 4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of

the free.

Gal. Chapter 5

Freedom in Christ--Works of the flesh--Fruit of the Spirit

Gal. 5:1 Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us

free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Gal. 5:2 Behold, I, Paul, say unto you that if ye 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; ye 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 availeth anything nor

uncircumcision, but faith, which worketh by love.

Gal. 5:7 Ye did run well. Who did hinder you, that ye should not obey the

truth?

Gal. 5:8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.

Gal. 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Gal. 5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none

otherwise minded; but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment,

whosoever he be.

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 which trouble you.

Gal. 5:13 For, brethren, ye 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: Thou shalt

love thy neighbor as thyself.

Gal. 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not

consumed one of another.

Gal. 5:16 This I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust

of the flesh.

Gal. 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the

flesh; and these are contrary, the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the

things that ye would.

Gal. 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Gal. 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these:

adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal. 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,

seditions, heresies,

Gal. 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of the

which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which

do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Gal. 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering,

gentleness, goodness, faith,

Gal. 5:23 Meekness, temperance; 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 vainglory, provoking one another,

envying one another.

Gal. Chapter 6

Deal kindly with the erring--Do good to all men--Glory in the cross of

Christ

Gal. 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual

restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou

also be tempted.

Gal. 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Gal. 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something when he is nothing, he

deceiveth 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 communicate unto him that

teacheth in all good things.

Gal. 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man

soweth, that shall he also reap.

Gal. 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption;

but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine 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, save 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 availeth anything nor

uncircumcision, but a new creature.

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.

Unto the Galatians, written from Rome.

Ephesians

Epistle of Paul to the Church at Ephesus

Eph. Chapter 1

Redemption through Christ — The dispensation of the fullness of times —

Sealing of the Spirit

Eph. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints

which are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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 hath

blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ,

Eph. 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of

the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love —

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, wherein he hath 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 Wherein he hath 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 hath 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 worketh 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 ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the

gospel of your salvation, in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were

sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise,

Eph. 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of

the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Eph. 1:15 Wherefore, 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 ye may

know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his

inheritance in the saints,

Eph. 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward

who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

Eph. 1:20 Which he wrought 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 world, but also in that which

is to come,

Eph. 1:22 And hath 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 filleth all in all.

Eph. Chapter 2

The prince of the power of the air — Salvation by grace and adoption

through Christ — Foundation of the church

Eph. 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Eph. 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this

world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now

worketh in the children of disobedience,

Eph. 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in

the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and

were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Eph. 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he

loved us,

Eph. 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with

Christ (by grace ye are saved),

Eph. 2:6 And hath 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 ye saved through faith — and that not of

yourselves; but 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 hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Eph. 2:11 Wherefore, remember that ye were in times 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 ye were without Christ, being aliens from the

commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise,

having no hope and without God in the world;

Eph. 2:13 But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometime were far off are made

nigh by the blood of Christ.

Eph. 2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one and hath 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, for to make in himself of twain

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 which were afar off and to

them that were nigh.

Eph. 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the

Father.

Eph. 2:19 Now, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, 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 groweth unto a

holy temple in the Lord,

Eph. 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God

through the Spirit.

Eph. Chapter 3

Mystery of the gospel — The family in heaven and on earth — The love of

Christ

Eph. 3:1 For this cause, I, Paul, am the prisoner of Jesus Christ among you

Gentiles,

Eph. 3:2 For the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to

you-ward.

Eph. 3:3 As ye have heard that by revelation he made known unto me the

mystery of Christ, as I wrote before in few words,

Eph. 3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye 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 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace

of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

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 fellowship of the mystery,

which from the beginning of the world hath 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 by the

faith of him.

Eph. 3:13 Wherefore, I desire that ye 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 ye, 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 passeth knowledge, that

ye 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 worketh in us,

Eph. 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all

ages, world without end. Amen.

Eph. Chapter 4

One body, one spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism — Officers

of the church — Christ the head — Seal of the Spirit

Eph. 4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk

worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

Eph. 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing

one another in love,

Eph. 4:3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,

Eph. 4:4 In one body and one Spirit, even as ye 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 Wherefore, he saith, 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 who descended is the same also who ascended up into

heaven, to glorify him who reigneth over 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, in the unity of the faith, all come to 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 henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro and

carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men and

cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive,

Eph. 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all

things, which is the head, even Christ,

Eph. 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted

by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in

the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of

itself in love.

Eph. 4:17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth

walk not 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

lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Eph. 4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ —

Eph. 4:21 If so be that ye have learned him and have been taught by him,

as the truth is in Jesus.

Eph. 4:22 And now I speak unto you concerning the former conversation,

by exhortation, that ye put off the old man, which is corrupt according to

the deceitful lusts,

Eph. 4:23 And be renewed in the mind of the Spirit,

Eph. 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in

righteousness and true holiness.

Eph. 4:25 Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with his

neighbor; for we are members one of another.

Eph. 4:26 Can ye be angry and not sin? 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 for the things which are good, that he may have to

give to him that needeth.

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, whereby ye 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 ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one

another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Eph. Chapter 5

Fruit of the Spirit — The husband is the head of the wife — Christ is the

head of the church

Eph. 5:1 Be ye, therefore, followers of God, as dear children;

Eph. 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us and hath given

himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.

Eph. 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be

once named among you, as becometh saints,

Eph. 5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not

convenient — but rather giving of thanks.

Eph. 5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor

covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of

Christ and of God.

Eph. 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these

things, cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Eph. 5:7 Be not ye, therefore, partakers with them.

Eph. 5:8 For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye 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 doth make manifest is light.

Eph. 5:14 Wherefore, he saith, Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the

dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Eph. 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Eph. 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Eph. 5:17 Wherefore, be ye not unwise but understanding what is the will

of the Lord.

Eph. 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein 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 and 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 everything.

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

loveth his wife loveth himself.

Eph. 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and

cherisheth 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 reverence her husband.

Eph. Chapter 6

The duty of children and servants — Our life a warfare — The whole armor

of God

Eph. 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.

Eph. 6:2 Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment

with promise,

Eph. 6:3 That it may be well with thee and thou mayest live long on the

earth.

Eph. 6:4 And ye 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 doeth, the same

shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

Eph. 6:9 And ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing

threatening, knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there

respect of persons with him.

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 ye 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 high places.

Eph. 6:13 Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may

be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Eph. 6:14 Stand, therefore, having your loins girt 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, wherewith ye shall be able

to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

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 thereunto 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 therein I may speak

boldly, as I ought to speak.

Eph. 6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs and how I do, Tychicus, a

beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you

all things,

Eph. 6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye 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.

Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.

Philippians

Epistle of Paul to the Church at Philippi

Philip. Chapter 1

Exhortation to righteousness — Paul's devotion to Christ

Philip. 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints

in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Philip. 1:2 Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from the

Lord Jesus Christ.

Philip. 1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Philip. 1:4 Always in every prayer of mine, for the steadfastness of you all,

making request with joy,

Philip. 1:5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,

Philip. 1:6 Being confident of this very thing: that he which hath begun a

good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ,

Philip. 1:7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all because I have

you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my bonds and in the defense and

confirmation of the gospel ye all are partakers of my grace.

Philip. 1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the

bowels of Jesus Christ.

Philip. 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more

in knowledge and in all judgment,

Philip. 1:10 That ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be

sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,

Philip. 1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus

Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Philip. 1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things

which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the

gospel,

Philip. 1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace and in

all other places;

Philip. 1:14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my

bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

Philip. 1:15 Some, indeed, preach Christ even of envy and strife, and some

also of good will;

Philip. 1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing

to add affliction to my bonds,

Philip. 1:17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defense of

the gospel.

Philip. 1:18 What then? Notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense

or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

Philip. 1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your

prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Philip. 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.

Philip. 1:21 But if I live in the flesh, ye are the fruit of my labor. Yet what I

shall choose I know not.

Philip. 1:22 For me to live is to do the will of Christ; and to die is my gain.

Philip. 1:23 Now I am in a strait betwixt two — having a desire to depart

and to be with Christ, which is far better;

Philip. 1:24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

Philip. 1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and

continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith,

Philip. 1:26 That your rejoicing with me may be more abundant in Jesus

Christ, for my coming to you again.

Philip. 1:27 Therefore, let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel

of Christ, that whether I come and see you or else be absent, I may hear of

your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together

for the faith of the gospel,

Philip. 1:28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries, who reject the

gospel, which bringeth on them destruction, but you who receive the

gospel, salvation, and that of God.

Philip. 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,

Philip. 1:30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me and now know to

be in me.

Philip. Chapter 2

Paul exhorts to unity — Christ's humility and exaltation — The saints to be

lights to the world

Philip. 2:1 If there be, therefore, any consolation in Christ, if any comfort

of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

Philip. 2:2 Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love,

being of one accord, of one mind.

Philip. 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness

of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Philip. 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on

the things of others.

Philip. 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Philip. 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be

equal with God,

Philip. 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;

Philip. 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and

became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Philip. 2:9 Wherefore, God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a

name which is above every name,

Philip. 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,

Philip. 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the Father.

Philip. 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in

my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own

salvation with fear and trembling;

Philip. 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do of

his good pleasure.

Philip. 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings,

Philip. 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God,

without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among

whom ye shine as lights in the world,

Philip. 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.

Philip. 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered a sacrifice upon the service of your

faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.

Philip. 2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy and rejoice with me.

Philip. 2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto

you, that I also may be of good comfort when I know your state.

Philip. 2:20 For I have no man like-minded, who will naturally care for

your state.

Philip. 2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

Philip. 2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he

hath served with me in the gospel.

Philip. 2:23 Him, therefore, I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see

how it will go with me.

Philip. 2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

Philip. 2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my

brother, and companion in labor, and fellow soldier, but your messenger,

and he that ministered to my wants.

Philip. 2:26 For he longed after you all and was full of heaviness because

that ye had heard that he had been sick.

Philip. 2:27 For, indeed, he was sick nigh unto death; but God had mercy

on him, and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon

sorrow.

Philip. 2:28 I sent him, therefore, the more carefully, that when ye see him

again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

Philip. 2:29 Receive him, therefore, in the Lord with all gladness, and hold

such in reputation,

Philip. 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not

regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

Philip. Chapter 3

Paul warns of false teachers — Righteousness of Christ — Second coming

of Christ

Philip. 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same

things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, and for you it is safe.

Philip. 3:2 Beware of dogs; beware of evil workers; beware of the

concision.

Philip. 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit,

and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Philip. 3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other

man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

Philip. 3:5 Circumcised the eighth day; of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of

Benjamin; a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Philip. 3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the

righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

Philip. 3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Philip. 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 dung, that I may win Christ,

Philip. 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness,

which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the

righteousness which is of God by faith,

Philip. 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,

Philip. 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the just

—

Philip. 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already

perfect, but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am

apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Philip. 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,

Philip. 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God

in Christ Jesus.

Philip. 3:15 Let us, therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded; and if

in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

Philip. 3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by

the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Philip. 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me and mark them which

walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

Philip. 3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often and now tell

you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

Philip. 3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and who

glory in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Philip. 3:20 For our conversation is in heaven, from whence also we look

for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Philip. 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like

unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to

subdue all things unto himself.

Philip. Chapter 4

The book of life — Exhortations and admonitions — Christ is the strength

of the Christian

Philip. 4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy

and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

Philip. 4:2 I beseech Euodias and beseech Syntyche that they be of the

same mind in the Lord.

Philip. 4:3 And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women

which labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my

fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.

Philip. 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; and again I say, Rejoice.

Philip. 4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at

hand.

Philip. 4:6 Be afflicted for nothing; but in everything by prayer and

supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.

Philip. 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall

keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Philip. 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.

Philip. 4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and

heard, and seen in me, do; and the God of peace shall be with you.

Philip. 4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care

of me hath flourished again, wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked

opportunity.

Philip. 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned, in

whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

Philip. 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.

Philip. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Philip. 4:14 Notwithstanding, ye have well done, that ye did communicate

with my affliction.

Philip. 4:15 Now ye Philippians know also that in the beginning of the

gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with

me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

Philip. 4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my

necessity.

Philip. 4:17 Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to

your account.

Philip. 4:18 But I have all and abound; I am full, having received of

Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you: an odor of a sweet

smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

Philip. 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches

in glory by Christ Jesus.

Philip. 4:20 Now unto God and our Father be glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Philip. 4:21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with

me greet you.

Philip. 4:22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's

household.

Philip. 4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus.

Colossians

Epistle of Paul to the Church at Colosse

Col. Chapter 1

The unity of the gospel — Beware of traditions of men — Christ the head of

the church — The mystery of the gospel

Col. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and

Timotheus, our brother,

Col. 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse:

Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ.

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 your love to all

the saints,

Col. 1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard

before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

Col. 1:6 Which is come unto you, as in all generations of the world, and

bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you since the day ye heard of it and

knew the grace of God in truth,

Col. 1:7 As ye 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 ye might be filled with the knowledge of his

will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Col. 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all 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 long-suffering with joyfulness,

Col. 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be

partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

Col. 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath

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 every

creature.

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 consist.

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 pre-

eminence.

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 sometime alienated and enemies in your mind

by wicked works, yet now hath 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 ye continue in the faith grounded and settled and be not moved

away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was

preached to every creature which is under heaven, whereof I, Paul, am

made a minister,

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 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of

God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God,

Col. 1:26 Even the mystery which hath 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 Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which

worketh in me mightily.

Col. Chapter 2

Necessity of abiding in Christ — Beware of traditions of men — Baptism is

a burial — Shadows of things to come

Col. 2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and

for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh,

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 Christ, who is of God, even

the Father;

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 beguile you with enticing

words.

Col. 2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit,

joying and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in

Christ.

Col. 2:6 As ye have, therefore, received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye

in him,

Col. 2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye 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 dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

Col. 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality

and power,

Col. 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made

without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the

circumcision of Christ,

Col. 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him

through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the

dead.

Col. 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your

flesh, hath he quickened 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 meat, or in drink, or in

respect of a holyday, 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 beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility

and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not

seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Col. 2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and

bands having nourishment ministered and knit together, increaseth with the

increase of God.

Col. 2:20 Wherefore, if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the

world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

Col. 2:21 Which are after the doctrines and commandments of men, who

teach you to touch not, taste not, handle not — all those things which are to

perish with the using,

Col. 2:22 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and

humility, and neglecting the body as to the satisfying the flesh — not in any

honor to God.

Col. Chapter 3

Seek the things of God — Put off the old man and put on Christ — Charity,

humility, obedience, family duties

Col. 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,

where Christ sitteth 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 ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Col. 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also

appear with him in glory.

Col. 3:5 Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth:

fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and

covetousness, which is idolatry;

Col. 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of

disobedience,

Col. 3:7 In the which ye also walked sometime, when ye lived in them.

Col. 3:8 But now ye also put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,

filthy communication out of your mouth.

Col. 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with

his deeds,

Col. 3:10 And have put on the new man, which 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, bowels

of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

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 ye.

Col. 3:14 And above all these things, put on charity, which is the bond of

perfectness.

Col. 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye

are called in one body; and be ye 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 ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the

Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Col. 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit 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 ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not unto

men,

Col. 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the

inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Col. 3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he

hath done; and there is no respect of persons.

Col. Chapter 4

Fervency in prayer — Walk wisely toward those without the gospel

Col. 4:1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal,

knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Col. 4:2 Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving,

Col. 4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of

utterance to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds,

Col. 4:4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Col. 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Col. 4:6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye

may know how ye 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 estate 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, saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's

son to Barnabas (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come

unto you, receive him),

Col. 4:11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision.

These only are my fellow workers in the kingdom of God, which have been

a comfort unto me.

Col. 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,

always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and

complete in all the will of God.

Col. 4:13 For I bear him record, that he hath 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 Salute the brethren which 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 ye likewise read the epistle

from Laodicea,

Col. 4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast

received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.

Col. 4:18 The salutation by the hand of me, Paul. Remember my bonds.

Grace be with you. Amen.

Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.

First Thessalonians

First Epistle of Paul to the Church at Thessalonica

1 Thes. Chapter 1

The gospel in power — Second coming of Christ

1 Thes. 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, servants of God the Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ, unto the church of the Thessalonians: Grace unto

you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thes. 1:2 We give thanks always, making mention of you all in our

prayers to God for you,

1 Thes. 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,

1 Thes. 1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

1 Thes. 1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in

power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know what

manner of men we were among you for your sake.

1 Thes. 1:6 And ye became followers of us and of the Lord, having

received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost,

1 Thes. 1:7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and

Achaia.

1 Thes. 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.

1 Thes. 1:9 For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we

had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and

true God,

1 Thes. 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the

dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

1 Thes. Chapter 2

The manner of Paul's ministrations — The coming of Christ

1 Thes. 2:1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it

was not in vain,

1 Thes. 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before and were shamefully

entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto

you the gospel of God with much contention.

1 Thes. 2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor

in guile;

1 Thes. 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, which trieth our

hearts.

1 Thes. 2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know,

nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness;

1 Thes. 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.

1 Thes. 2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her

children;

1 Thes. 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 ye were dear unto us.

1 Thes. 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail; for laboring

night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we

preached unto you the gospel of God.

1 Thes. 2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and

unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe,

1 Thes. 2:11 As ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged

every one of you, as a father doth his children,

1 Thes. 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto

his kingdom and glory.

1 Thes. 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing because,

when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not

as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually

worketh also in you that believe.

1 Thes. 2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God,

which in Judea are in Christ Jesus; for ye also have suffered like things of

your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews,

1 Thes. 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,

1 Thes. 2:16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be

saved, to fill up their sins always; for the wrath is coming upon them to the

uttermost.

1 Thes. 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.

1 Thes. 2:18 Wherefore, we would have come unto you, even I, Paul, once

and again; but Satan hindered us.

1 Thes. 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not

even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

1 Thes. 2:20 For ye are our glory and joy.

1 Thes. Chapter 3

Paul testifies of his love — The coming of Christ

1 Thes. 3:1 Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, we thought it

good to be left at Athens alone,

1 Thes. 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our

fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you

concerning your faith,

1 Thes. 3:3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions; for

yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

1 Thes. 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 ye know.

1 Thes. 3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know

your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you and our labor

be in vain.

1 Thes. 3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us and brought

us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good

remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you,

1 Thes. 3:7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our

affliction and distress by your faith;

1 Thes. 3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

1 Thes. 3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the

joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God,

1 Thes. 3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your

face and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith.

1 Thes. 3:11 Now God himself and our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ

direct our way unto you.

1 Thes. 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,

1 Thes. 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 Thes. Chapter 4

Holiness enjoined — The resurrection — The second coming of Christ

1 Thes. 4:1 Furthermore then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by

the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to

please God, so ye would abound more and more.

1 Thes. 4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord

Jesus.

1 Thes. 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye

should abstain from fornication,

1 Thes. 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in

sanctification and honor,

1 Thes. 4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which

know not God,

1 Thes. 4:6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter,

because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned

you and testified.

1 Thes. 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

1 Thes. 4:8 He, therefore, that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who

hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.

1 Thes. 4:9 But, as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto

you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

1 Thes. 4:10 And, indeed, ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all

Macedonia; but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

1 Thes. 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business,

and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

1 Thes. 4:12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and

that ye may have lack of nothing.

1 Thes. 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning

them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no

hope.

1 Thes. 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them

also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1 Thes. 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that they

who are alive at the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them who remain

unto the coming of the Lord, who are asleep.

1 Thes. 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;

1 Thes. 4:17 Then they who are alive shall be caught up together into the

clouds with them who remain, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we

be ever with the Lord.

1 Thes. 4:18 Wherefore, comfort one another with these words.

1 Thes. Chapter 5

Christ's second coming — Righteousness exhorted

1 Thes. 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that

I write unto you.

1 Thes. 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so

cometh as a thief in the night.

1 Thes. 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden

destruction cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with child; and they

shall not escape.

1 Thes. 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should

overtake you as a thief.

1 Thes. 5:5 Ye are all the children of light and the children of the day; we

are not of the night nor of darkness.

1 Thes. 5:6 Therefore, let us not sleep as do others; but let us watch and be

sober.

1 Thes. 5:7 For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken

are drunken in the night.

1 Thes. 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.

1 Thes. 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation

by our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thes. 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should

live together with him.

1 Thes. 5:11 Wherefore, comfort yourselves together and edify one another,

even as also ye do.

1 Thes. 5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor

among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

1 Thes. 5:13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.

And be at peace among yourselves.

1 Thes. 5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly;

comfort the feeble-minded; support the weak; be patient toward all men.

1 Thes. 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.

1 Thes. 5:16 Rejoice evermore.

1 Thes. 5:17 Pray without ceasing.

1 Thes. 5:18 In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ

Jesus concerning you.

1 Thes. 5:19 Quench not the Spirit.

1 Thes. 5:20 Despise not prophesyings.

1 Thes. 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

1 Thes. 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

1 Thes. 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.

1 Thes. 5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

1 Thes. 5:25 Brethren, pray for us.

1 Thes. 5:26 Greet all the brethren with a holy salutation.

1 Thes. 5:27 I charge you, by the Lord, that this epistle be read unto all the

holy brethren.

1 Thes. 5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.

Second Thessalonians

Second Epistle of Paul to the Church at Thessalonica

2 Thes. Chapter 1

Destruction of the wicked — Christ glorified in his saints

2 Thes. 1:1 Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timotheus, the servants of God the

Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, unto the church of the Thessalonians:

2 Thes. 1:2 Grace unto you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord

Jesus Christ.

2 Thes. 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is

meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every

one of you all toward each other aboundeth,

2 Thes. 1:4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for

your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye

endure,

2 Thes. 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God,

that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also

suffer,

2 Thes. 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense

tribulation to them that trouble you,

2 Thes. 1:7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord Jesus

shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

2 Thes. 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God

and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Thes. 1:9 Who shall be punished with destruction from the presence of

the Lord and from the glory of his everlasting power,

2 Thes. 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.

2 Thes. 1:11 Wherefore, also we pray always for you, that our God would

count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his

goodness, and the work of faith with power;

2 Thes. 1:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in

you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus

Christ.

2 Thes. Chapter 2

The apostasy and the man of sin

2 Thes. 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord

Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him,

2 Thes. 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind or be troubled by letter,

except ye receive it from us, neither by spirit nor by word, as that the day of

Christ is at hand.

2 Thes. 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means; for there shall come a

falling away first and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

2 Thes. 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God

or that is worshiped, so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing

himself that he is God.

2 Thes. 2:5 Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I told you

these things?

2 Thes. 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth, that he might be revealed

in his time.

2 Thes. 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work, and he it is who

now worketh; and Christ suffereth him to work until the time is fulfilled

that he shall be taken out of the way.

2 Thes. 2:8 And then shall that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord

shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the

brightness of his coming,

2 Thes. 2:9 Yea, the Lord, even Jesus, whose coming is not until after there

cometh a falling away, by the working of Satan with all power, and signs,

and lying wonders,

2 Thes. 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that

perish, because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be

saved.

2 Thes. 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that

they should believe a lie,

2 Thes. 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth but

had pleasure in unrighteousness.

2 Thes. 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you,

brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen

you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,

2 Thes. 2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the

glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thes. 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which

ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle.

2 Thes. 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, even our Father,

which hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good

hope through grace,

2 Thes. 2:17 Comfort your hearts and stablish you in every good word and

work.

2 Thes. Chapter 3

Paul asks prayers for himself — Diligent labor enjoined — Evil company to

be avoided

2 Thes. 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,

2 Thes. 3:2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked

men; for all men have not faith.

2 Thes. 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you and keep you

from evil.

2 Thes. 3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both

do and will do the things which we command you.

2 Thes. 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into

the patient waiting for Christ.

2 Thes. 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh

disorderly and not after the tradition which he received of us.

2 Thes. 3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us; for we

behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

2 Thes. 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for naught, but wrought

with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any

of you,

2 Thes. 3:9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an

ensample unto you to follow us.

2 Thes. 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you:

that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

2 Thes. 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you

disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

2 Thes. 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.

2 Thes. 3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

2 Thes. 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.

2 Thes. 3:15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

2 Thes. 3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all

means. The Lord be with you all.

2 Thes. 3:17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token

in every epistle; so I write.

2 Thes. 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens.

First Timothy

First Epistle of Paul to Timothy

1 Tim. Chapter 1

Paul's charge to Timothy — The object of the law

1 Tim. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God

and the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior and our hope,

1 Tim. 1:2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace

from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Tim. 1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into

Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other

doctrine,

1 Tim. 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which

minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith; so do.

1 Tim. 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart,

and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,

1 Tim. 1:6 From which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vain

jangling,

1 Tim. 1:7 Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what

they say nor whereof they affirm.

1 Tim. 1:8 But we know that the law is good if a man use it lawfully,

1 Tim. 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,

1 Tim. 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with

mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be

any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,

1 Tim. 1:11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which

was committed to my trust.

1 Tim. 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for

that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry,

1 Tim. 1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious;

but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

1 Tim. 1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith

and love which is in Christ Jesus.

1 Tim. 1:15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

1 Tim. 1:16 Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus

Christ might show forth all long-suffering for a pattern to them which

should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

1 Tim. 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise

God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Tim. 1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the

prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a

good warfare,

1 Tim. 1:19 Holding faith and a good conscience, which some, having put

away, concerning faith, have made shipwreck,

1 Tim. 1:20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered

unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

1 Tim. Chapter 2

Pray for all men — Women's attitude and appearance — Women are not to

teach or usurp authority

1 Tim. 2:1 I exhort, therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,

intercessions, and giving thanks be made for all men,

1 Tim. 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.

1 Tim. 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

1 Tim. 2:4 Who is willing to have all men to be saved and to come unto the

knowledge of the truth which is in Christ Jesus, who is the Only Begotten

Son of God and ordained to be a mediator between God and man, who is

one God and hath power over all men.

1 Tim. 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men,

the man Christ Jesus,

1 Tim. 2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,

1 Tim. 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle (I speak the

truth in Christ and lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

1 Tim. 2:8 I will, therefore, that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy

hands without wrath and doubting.

1 Tim. 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest

apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with braided hair, or gold, or

pearls, or costly array,

1 Tim. 2:10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good

works.

1 Tim. 2:11 Let the women learn in silence with all subjection.

1 Tim. 2:12 For I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over

the man, but to be in silence.

1 Tim. 2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

1 Tim. 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived,

was in the transgression —

1 Tim. 2:15 Notwithstanding, they shall be saved in childbearing if they

continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.

1 Tim. Chapter 3

Requirements for bishops, deacons, and their wives — The pillar and

foundation of truth

1 Tim. 3:1 This is a true saying: If a man desire the office of a bishop, he

desireth a good work.

1 Tim. 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,

vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach,

1 Tim. 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but

patient, not a brawler, not covetous —

1 Tim. 3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in

subjection with all gravity,

1 Tim. 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he

take care of the church of God?)

1 Tim. 3:6 Not a novice, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the

condemnation of the devil.

1 Tim. 3:7 Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are

without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

1 Tim. 3:8 Likewise, the deacons must be grave, not double-tongued, not

given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,

1 Tim. 3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

1 Tim. 3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office

of a deacon, being found blameless.

1 Tim. 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober,

faithful in all things.

1 Tim. 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their

children and their own houses well.

1 Tim. 3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to

themselves a good degree and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ

Jesus.

1 Tim. 3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee

shortly;

1 Tim. 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to

behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God.

1 Tim. 3:16 The pillar and ground of the truth is (and without controversy,

great is the mystery of godliness) God was manifest in the flesh, justified in

the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the

world, received up into glory.

1 Tim. Chapter 4

Paul foretells the apostasy — He exhorts and encourages Timothy

1 Tim. 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some

shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of

devils,

1 Tim. 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared as

with a hot iron,

1 Tim. 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,

which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which

believe and know the truth.

1 Tim. 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if

it be received with thanksgiving;

1 Tim. 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

1 Tim. 4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou

shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith

and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

1 Tim. 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables and exercise thyself

rather unto godliness.

1 Tim. 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little; but godliness is profitable

unto all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to

come.

1 Tim. 4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

1 Tim. 4:10 For, therefore, we both labor and suffer reproach because we

trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those that

believe.

1 Tim. 4:11 These things command and teach.

1 Tim. 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the

believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

1 Tim. 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to

doctrine.

1 Tim. 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by

prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

1 Tim. 4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them, that

thy profiting may appear to all.

1 Tim. 4:16 Take heed unto thyself and unto the doctrine; continue in them;

for in doing this, thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.

1 Tim. Chapter 5

Benevolence toward widows, elders, and others — Care in ordinations

1 Tim. 5:1 Rebuke not an elder; but entreat him as a father, and the younger

men as brethren,

1 Tim. 5:2 The elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all

purity.

1 Tim. 5:3 Honor widows that are widows indeed.

1 Tim. 5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first

to show piety at home and to requite their parents; for that is good and

acceptable before God.

1 Tim. 5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God

and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

1 Tim. 5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

1 Tim. 5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

1 Tim. 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his

own house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.

1 Tim. 5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore

years old — having been the wife of one man,

1 Tim. 5:10 Well reported of for good works — if she have brought up

children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' clothes,

if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good

work.

1 Tim. 5:11 But the younger widows refuse; for when they have begun to

wax wanton against Christ, they will marry,

1 Tim. 5:12 Having damnation because they have cast off their first faith.

1 Tim. 5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house

to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things

which they ought not.

1 Tim. 5:14 I will, therefore, that the younger women marry, bear children,

guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

1 Tim. 5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.

1 Tim. 5:16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them

relieve them and let not the church be charged, that it may relieve them that

are widows indeed.

1 Tim. 5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double

honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.

1 Tim. 5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that

treadeth out the corn, and, The laborer is worthy of his reward.

1 Tim. 5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or

three witnesses.

1 Tim. 5:20 Them that sin, rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

1 Tim. 5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the

elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before

another, doing nothing by partiality.

1 Tim. 5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other

men's sins; keep thyself pure.

1 Tim. 5:23 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to

judgment; and some men they follow after.

1 Tim. 5:24 Likewise, also the good works of some are manifest

beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

1 Tim. 5:25 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's

sake and thine often infirmities.

1 Tim. Chapter 6

Duty of servants — Avoid unwise teachers — Temptation of worldly riches

1 Tim. 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.

1 Tim. 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

faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

1 Tim. 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,

1 Tim. 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and

strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

1 Tim. 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the

truth, supposing that gain is godliness; from such withdraw thyself.

1 Tim. 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Tim. 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can

carry nothing out.

1 Tim. 6:8 And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content.

1 Tim. 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation, and a snare, and

into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and

perdition.

1 Tim. 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.

1 Tim. 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after

righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

1 Tim. 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold on eternal life, whereunto

thou art also called and hast professed a good profession before many

witnesses.

1 Tim. 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all

things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good

confession,

1 Tim. 6:14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable,

until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Tim. 6:15 Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only

Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, to whom be honor and

power everlasting,

1 Tim. 6:16 Whom no man hath seen, nor can see, unto whom no man can

approach, only he who hath the light and the hope of immortality dwelling

in him.

1 Tim. 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-

minded nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us

richly all things to enjoy,

1 Tim. 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to

distribute, willing to communicate —

1 Tim. 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against

the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

1 Tim. 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding

profane and vain babblings and oppositions of science falsely so called;

1 Tim. 6:21 Which some, professing, have erred concerning the faith.

Grace be with thee. Amen.

The first epistle to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest

city of Phrygia Pacatiana.

Second Timothy

Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy

2 Tim. Chapter 1

Paul's love of Timothy — Timothy is exhorted and encouraged in his

ministry

2 Tim. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to

the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

2 Tim. 1:2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace

from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Tim. 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure

conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers

night and day,

2 Tim. 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I

may be filled with joy,

2 Tim. 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee,

which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and thy mother Eunice, and I am

persuaded that in thee also.

2 Tim. 1:6 Wherefore, I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift

of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

2 Tim. 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of

love, and of a sound mind.

2 Tim. 1:8 Be not thou, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,

nor of me his prisoner; but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel

according to the power of God,

2 Tim. 1:9 Who hath 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,

2 Tim. 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus

Christ, who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to

light through the gospel,

2 Tim. 1:11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a

teacher of the Gentiles,

2 Tim. 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.

2 Tim. 1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of

me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

2 Tim. 1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the

Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

2 Tim. 1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned

away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

2 Tim. 1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft

refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

2 Tim. 1:17 But when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently

and found me.

2 Tim. 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, thou

knowest very well.

2 Tim. Chapter 2

Study to show thyself approved — The foundation of the Lord is sure

2 Tim. 2:1 Thou, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ

Jesus.

2 Tim. 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many

witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach

others also.

2 Tim. 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus

Christ.

2 Tim. 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this

life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

2 Tim. 2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, he is not crowned, except

he strive lawfully.

2 Tim. 2:6 The husbandman that laboreth must be first partaker of the

fruits.

2 Tim. 2:7 Consider what I say, and the Lord give thee understanding in all

things.

2 Tim. 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised

from the dead, according to the gospel,

2 Tim. 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even unto bonds; but the

word of God is not bound.

2 Tim. 2:10 Therefore, I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they may

also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2 Tim. 2:11 For this is a faithful saying: If we be dead with him, we shall

also live with him;

2 Tim. 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he

also will deny us;

2 Tim. 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful; he cannot deny

himself.

2 Tim. 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

subverting of the hearers.

2 Tim. 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that

needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

2 Tim. 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings; for they will increase

unto more ungodliness.

2 Tim. 2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker, of whom is

Hymeneus and Philetus,

2 Tim. 2:18 Who, concerning the truth, have erred, saying that the

resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.

2 Tim. 2:19 Nevertheless, the foundation of God standeth sure, having this

seal: The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let everyone that nameth

the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

2 Tim. 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.

2 Tim. 2:21 If a man, therefore, purge himself from these, he shall be a

vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared

unto every good work.

2 Tim. 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts; but follow righteousness, faith,

charity, peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

2 Tim. 2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they

do gender strifes.

2 Tim. 2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentle unto

all men, apt to teach, patient,

2 Tim. 2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God

peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth,

2 Tim. 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 Tim. Chapter 3

Perils of the last days — All scripture given by inspiration is profitable

2 Tim. 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 Tim. 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,

proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

2 Tim. 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,

incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

2 Tim. 3:4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than

lovers of God,

2 Tim. 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.

From such turn away.

2 Tim. 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses and lead

captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

2 Tim. 3:7 Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the

truth.

2 Tim. 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also

resist the truth — men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

2 Tim. 3:9 But they shall proceed no further; for their folly shall be

manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

2 Tim. 3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life,

purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience,

2 Tim. 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.

2 Tim. 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer

persecution.

2 Tim. 3:13 For evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,

deceiving and being deceived.

2 Tim. 3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and

hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them,

2 Tim. 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,

which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in

Christ Jesus.

2 Tim. 3:16 And all scripture given by inspiration of God is profitable for

doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

2 Tim. 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished

unto all good works.

2 Tim. Chapter 4

Explanations of duty — The apostasy — Assurance of a crown — Trust in

God

2 Tim. 4:1 I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ,

who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing in his kingdom:

2 Tim. 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season; those who are out of

season reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.

2 Tim. 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound

doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,

having itching ears;

2 Tim. 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be

turned unto fables.

2 Tim. 4:5 But watch thou in all things; endure afflictions; do the work of

an evangelist; make full proof of thy ministry.

2 Tim. 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure

is at hand.

2 Tim. 4:7 I have fought a good fight; I have finished my course; I have

kept the faith;

2 Tim. 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.

2 Tim. 4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me;

2 Tim. 4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world,

and is departed unto Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto

Dalmatia.

2 Tim. 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee, for

he is profitable to me for the ministry.

2 Tim. 4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.

2 Tim. 4:13 The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest,

bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

2 Tim. 4:14 Alexander, the coppersmith, did me much evil; the Lord

reward him according to his works,

2 Tim. 4:15 Of whom be thou ware; for he hath greatly withstood our

words.

2 Tim. 4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook

me; I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

2 Tim. 4:17 Notwithstanding, the Lord stood with me and strengthened me,

that by me the preaching might be fully known and that all the Gentiles

might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

2 Tim. 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.

2 Tim. 4:19 Salute Prisca, and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

2 Tim. 4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth; but Trophimus have I left at Miletum

sick.

2 Tim. 4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee,

and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

2 Tim. 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with you, and grace be with you all.

Amen.

The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church

of the Ephesians, was written from Rome when Paul was brought before

Nero the second time.

Titus

Epistle of Paul to Titus

Titus Chapter 1

Hope of eternal life — Qualifications of elders and bishops — Evil teachers

rebuked

Titus 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, that cannot lie, promised

before the world began,

Titus 1:3 But hath 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, mine 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 left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order

the things that are wanting and ordain elders in every city, as I had

appointed thee,

Titus 1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful

children not accused of riot 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, no striker, not given to filthy

lucre,

Titus 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy,

temperate,

Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may

be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

Titus 1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers,

specially they of the circumcision,

Titus 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses,

teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

Titus 1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The

Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

Titus 1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they

may be sound in the faith,

Titus 1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men

that turn from the truth.

Titus 1:15 Unto the pure, let all things be pure; but unto them who are

defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and

conscience is 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

Directions for doctrine and life — The duty of saints — Second coming of

Christ

Titus 2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine,

Titus 2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in

charity, in patience.

Titus 2:3 The aged women, likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh

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 sober, 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 sober-minded,

Titus 2:7 In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works — in

doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

Titus 2:8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned, that he that is of the

contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters and to

please them well in all things, not answering again,

Titus 2:10 Not purloining, 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, which bringeth salvation to all men, hath

appeared,

Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we

should live soberly, 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 peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority.

Let no man despise thee.

Titus Chapter 3

Civil rulers to be honored as such — Saved by regeneration and the Holy

Ghost — Duties of saints — Reject heretics

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 sometime foolish, disobedient,

deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy,

hateful, and hating one another.

Titus 3:4 But after that 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 Ghost,

Titus 3:6 Which 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 will that thou affirm

constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to

maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

Titus 3:9 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 a heretic, after the first and second admonition,

reject,

Titus 3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted and sinneth, being

condemned of himself.

Titus 3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to

come unto me to Nicopolis; for I have determined there to winter.

Titus 3:13 Bring Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey diligently,

that nothing be wanting unto them.

Titus 3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary

uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Titus 3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the

faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the

Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.

Philemon

Epistle of Paul to Philemon

Philem. Chapter 1

Philemon commended — Master and servant are one in Christ

Phillem. Phillem. 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy, our

brother, unto Philemon, our dearly beloved and fellow laborer,

Phillem. 1:2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus, our fellow soldier,

and to the church in thy house:

Phillem. 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord

Jesus Christ.

Phillem. 1:4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my

prayers,

Phillem. 1:5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord

Jesus and toward all saints,

Phillem. 1:6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by

the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

Phillem. 1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love because the

bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

Phillem. 1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin

thee that which is convenient,

Phillem. 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as

Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Phillem. 1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten

in my bonds,

Phillem. 1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now

profitable to thee and to me,

Phillem. 1:12 Whom I have sent again; thou, therefore, receive him, that is,

mine own bowels,

Phillem. 1:13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he

might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel;

Phillem. 1:14 But without thy mind would I do nothing, that thy benefit

should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

Phillem. 1:15 For perhaps he, therefore, departed for a season, that thou

shouldest receive him forever,

Phillem. 1:16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved,

specially to me — but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh and in

the Lord?

Phillem. 1:17 If thou count me, therefore, a partner, receive him as myself.

Phillem. 1:18 If he hath wronged thee or oweth thee aught, put that on

mine account.

Phillem. 1:19 I, Paul, have written it with mine own hand; I will repay it;

albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self

besides.

Phillem. 1:20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord; refresh my

bowels in the Lord.

Phillem. 1:21 Having confidence in thy obedience, I wrote unto thee,

knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

Phillem. 1:22 But withal prepare me also a lodging; for I trust that through

your prayers I shall be given unto you.

Phillem. 1:23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ

Jesus;

Phillem. 1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow laborers.

Phillem. 1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus, a servant.

Hebrews

Epistle to the Hebrews

Heb. Chapter 1

The nature of God, Christ, and angels — The heavens and earth to be

changed

Heb. 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time

past unto the fathers by the prophets,

Heb. 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath

appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds,

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 hath by

inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Heb. 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my

Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and

he shall be to me a Son?

Heb. 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world,

he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him, who maketh his

ministers as a flame of fire.

Heb. 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Angels are ministering spirits.

Heb. 1:8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever;

a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom.

Heb. 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore, God,

even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Heb. 1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the

earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands.

Heb. 1:11 They shall perish, but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old

as doth a garment;

Heb. 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be

changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

Heb. 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right

hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

Heb. 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for

them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Heb. Chapter 2

The world to come — Man's inheritance — Perfection attained through

suffering — Christ's example

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 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 divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will.

Heb. 2:5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to

come, whereof we speak.

Heb. 2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou

art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Heb. 2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst

him with glory and honor and didst set him over the works of thy hands;

Heb. 2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he

put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him.

But now we see not yet all things put under him.

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 became him, for whom are all things and by whom are all

things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their

salvation perfect through sufferings.

Heb. 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of

one — for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Heb. 2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of

the church will I sing praise unto thee.

Heb. 2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and

the children which God hath given me.

Heb. 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood,

he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might

destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil,

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 likeness of angels; but he took

on him the seed of Abraham.

Heb. 2:17 Wherefore, in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his

brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things

pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

Heb. 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to

succor them that are tempted.

Heb. Chapter 3

Christ more worthy than Moses — The unbelieving shall not enter into

God's rest

Heb. 3:1 Wherefore, 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 he was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch

as he who hath builded the house hath more honor than the house.

Heb. 3:4 For every house is builded 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 after;

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 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his

voice,

Heb. 3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of

temptation in the wilderness,

Heb. 3:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works

forty years.

Heb. 3:10 Wherefore, 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 sware 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 ye will hear his voice, harden not your

hearts, as in the provocation.

Heb. 3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke, howbeit, 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 carcasses fell in the wilderness?

Heb. 3:18 And to whom sware 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.

Heb. Chapter 4

The saints enter into rest through faith — The power of God's word — Our

high priest, Jesus, the Son of God

Heb. 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into

his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

Heb. 4:2 For unto us was the rest 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, If they harden their hearts they shall not enter into my

rest; also, I have sworn, If they will not harden their hearts, they shall enter

into my rest; although the works of God were prepared (or finished) from

the foundation of the world.

Heb. 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise,

And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

Heb. 4:5 And in this place again, If they harden not their hearts, they shall

enter into my rest.

Heb. 4:6 Seeing, therefore, it remaineth that some must enter therein, and

they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief;

Heb. 4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so

long a time, as it is said, Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your

hearts.

Heb. 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have

spoken of another day?

Heb. 4:9 There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of God.

Heb. 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath 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 quick, and powerful, and sharper than

any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of body 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 which cannot be touched with the

feeling of our infirmities, but was on all points tempted like as 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.

Heb. Chapter 5

Of the priesthood

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

out of the way, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

Heb. 5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for

himself, to offer for sins.

Heb. 5:4 And no man taketh 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, Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee —

Heb. 5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art 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). [The 7th and 8th verses allude to Melchizedek, and not

Christ. — I.V. MS.]

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 be uttered,

seeing ye are dull of hearing.

Heb. 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that

one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God and

are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

Heb. 5:13 For everyone that useth milk is unskillful in the word of

righteousness; for he is a babe.

Heb. 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even

those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good

and evil.

Heb. Chapter 6

Principles of the doctrine of Christ — The restitution — The surety of God's

promise

Heb. 6:1 Therefore, not leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let

us go on unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance

from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Heb. 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, and of the

resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Heb. 6:3 And we will go on unto perfection if God permit.

Heb. 6:4 For he hath made it impossible for those who were once

enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers

of the Holy Ghost,

Heb. 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the

world to come,

Heb. 6:6 If they shall fall away, to be renewed again unto repentance,

seeing they crucify unto themselves the Son of God afresh and put him to

an open shame.

Heb. 6:7 For the day cometh that the earth — which drinketh in the rain

that cometh oft upon it and bringeth forth herbs meet for them who dwelleth

thereon, by whom it is dressed, who now receiveth blessings from God —

shall be cleansed with fire.

Heb. 6:8 For that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected and is nigh

unto cursing; therefore, they who bring not forth good fruits shall be cast

into the fire; for their end is to be burned.

Heb. 6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things of you and things

that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

Heb. 6:10 For God is not unrighteous; therefore, he will not forget your

work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye

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 ye be not slothful, but followers of them who, through faith

and patience, inherit the promises.

Heb. 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could

swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Heb. 6:14 Saying, Surely blessing, I will bless thee and multiplying, I will

multiply thee.

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 Wherein 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 which it was impossible for

God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to

lay hold upon the hope set before us,

Heb. 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and

steadfast and which entereth into that within the veil,

Heb. 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made a high

priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Heb. Chapter 7

Of the Melchizedek and Aaronic priesthoods

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 For this Melchizedek was ordained a priest after the order of the

Son of God, which order was without father, without mother, without

descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life. And all those who

are ordained unto this priesthood are made like unto the Son of God,

abiding 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 come out of the

loins 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 receiveth them,

of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Heb. 7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth 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 pertaineth to another

tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

Heb. 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda, of which tribe

Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

Heb. 7:15 And it is yet far more evident, for that after the similitude of

Melchizedek there ariseth 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 testifieth, Thou art a priest forever after the order of

Melchizedek.

Heb. 7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going

before, for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

Heb. 7:19 For the law was administered without an oath and made nothing

perfect, but was only the bringing in of a better hope, by the which we draw

nigh unto God.

Heb. 7:20 Inasmuch as this high priest was not without an oath, by so much

was Jesus made the surety of a better testament.

Heb. 7:21 For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an

oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou

art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Heb. 7:22 And they truly were many priests because they were not suffered

to continue by reason of death;

Heb. 7:23 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable

priesthood.

Heb. 7:24 Wherefore, he is able also to save them to the uttermost that

come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Heb. 7:25 For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless,

undefiled, separate from sinners, and made ruler over the heavens,

Heb. 7:26 And not as those high priests who offered up sacrifice daily —

first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. For he needeth

not offer sacrifice for his own sins (for he knew no sins), but for the sins of

the people. And this he did once, when he offered up himself.

Heb. 7:27 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but

the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is

consecrated forevermore.

Heb. Chapter 8

Of the priesthood — The new covenant

Heb. 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We

have such a high priest, who is set 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;

wherefore, it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

Heb. 8:4 Therefore, while he was on the earth, he offered for a sacrifice his

own life for the sins of the people. Now every priest under the law must

needs offer gifts, or sacrifices, 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, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed

to thee in the mount.

Heb. 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much

also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon

better promises.

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 saith, Behold, the days come,

saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel

and with the house of Judah —

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, saith

the Lord.

Heb. 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind and write

them in their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a

people;

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 saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now

that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

Heb. Chapter 9

Ordinances of the first covenant — Man saved through the new covenant

Heb. 9:1 Then verily, the first covenant had also ordinances of divine

service and a worldly sanctuary.

Heb. 9:2 For there was a tabernacle made: the first, wherein was the

candlestick, and the table, and the show-bread, which is called the

sanctuary,

Heb. 9:3 And after 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, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and

Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables 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 ordained, 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 Ghost signifying this: that the way into the holiest of all

was not yet made manifest, while as yet the first tabernacle was 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 consisted only in meats, and drinks, and divers 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 sanctifieth 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 which are called might receive the promise of

eternal inheritance.

Heb. 9:16 For where a covenant is, there must also of necessity be the

death of the victim.

Heb. 9:17 For a covenant is of force after the victim is dead; otherwise, it is

of no strength at all while the victim liveth.

Heb. 9:18 Whereupon, 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 hath

enjoined unto you.

Heb. 9:21 Moreover, he sprinkled likewise 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 is not entered into the holy places made with hands,

which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the

presence of God for us,

Heb. 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest

entereth 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 meridian of time hath 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 he shall

appear the second time without sin unto salvation unto them that look for

him.

Heb. Chapter 10

The weakness of the law — The sacrifice of Christ — Hold fast the faith

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

continually, year by year, make the comers thereunto perfect.

Heb. 10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that

the worshipers, once purged, should have had no more conscience 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 Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice

and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me;

Heb. 10:6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast 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 thy will, O God.

Heb. 10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt offerings,

and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein, which

are offered by the law;

Heb. 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away

the first that he may establish the second,

Heb. 10:10 By which will we are sanctified through the offering once of the

body of Jesus Christ.

Heb. 10:11 And every priest standeth daily, ministering and offering

oftentimes 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 henceforth to reign until his enemies be made his

footstool.

Heb. 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are

sanctified.

Heb. 10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us; for after that he

had said before,

Heb. 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days,

saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I

write them;

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 hath consecrated for us

through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,

Heb. 10:21 And having such 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 ye

see the day approaching.

Heb. 10:26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the

knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Heb. 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for 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 sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought

worthy, who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God and hath counted the

blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing and

hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Heb. 10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me;

I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his

people.

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 ye

were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions,

Heb. 10:33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches

and afflictions, and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were

so used.

Heb. 10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds and took joyfully the

spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a

better and an enduring substance.

Heb. 10:35 Cast not away, therefore, your confidence, which hath great

recompense of reward.

Heb. 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will

of God, ye 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.

Heb. Chapter 11

Faith and the fruit thereof

Heb. 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of

things not seen.

Heb. 11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.

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 speaketh.

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

cometh 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 with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which

he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by

faith.

Heb. 11:8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place

which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out,

not knowing whither he went.

Heb. 11:9 By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange

country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of

the same promise;

Heb. 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder

and maker is God.

Heb. 11:11 Through faith, also Sarah, herself, received strength to conceive

seed and was delivered of a child when she was past age because she

judged him faithful who had promised.

Heb. 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, as

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 pilgrims 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

whence 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;

wherefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared

for them a city.

Heb. 11:17 By faith, Abraham, when he was tried, 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 thy seed be called —

Heb. 11:19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the

dead, from whence 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 a-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 of his

parents because they saw that he was a peculiar child; and they were not

afraid of the king's commandment.

Heb. 11:24 By faith, Moses, when he was come to years of discretion,

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 season,

Heb. 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the

treasures in Egypt; for he had respect unto 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 by dry land, which

the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

Heb. 11:30 By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down after they were

compassed about 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, wrought 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, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight

the armies of the aliens.

Heb. 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again; and others were

tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain the first

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 promises,

Heb. 11:40 God having provided some better things for them through their

sufferings; for without sufferings they could not be made perfect.

Heb. Chapter 12

Exhortation to constant faith, patience, and godliness — The new covenant

is better than the old

Heb. 12:1 Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a

cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so

easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Heb. 12:2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for

the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and

is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Heb. 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners

against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Heb. 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

Heb. 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you

as unto children: My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor

faint when thou art rebuked of him,

Heb. 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every

son whom he receiveth.

Heb. 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons. For

what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Heb. 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then

are ye bastards and not sons.

Heb. 12:9 Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected

us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not much rather be in subjection

unto the Father of spirits and live?

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 seemeth to be joyous, but

grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of

righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Heb. 12:12 Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen

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 fail 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 fornicator or profane person, as Esau, who for

one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Heb. 12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited

the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place of repentance though he

sought it carefully with tears.

Heb. 12:18 For ye 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 a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned or thrust through

with a dart;

Heb. 12:21 And so terrible was the sight that Moses said, I exceedingly fear

and quake.)

Heb. 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion and unto the city of the living

God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are

written in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men

made perfect,

Heb. 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the

blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Heb. 12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh; for if they escaped not

who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape if we

turn away from him that speaketh from heaven,

Heb. 12:26 Whose voice then shook the earth; but now he hath promised,

saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

Heb. 12:27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those

things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which

cannot be shaken may remain.

Heb. 12:28 Wherefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved,

should have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence

and godly fear;

Heb. 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Heb. Chapter 13

Exhortation to charity and honesty — Avoid covetousness — Confess Christ

— Shun strange doctrines — Praise God continually

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

which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also of the body.

Heb. 13:4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled; but

whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Heb. 13:5 Let your consecrations be without covetousness; and be content

with giving such things as ye have; for he hath said, I will never leave thee

nor forsake thee,

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 which have the rule over you, who have spoken

unto you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their

conversation:

Heb. 13:8 Jesus Christ — the same yesterday, and today, and forever.

Heb. 13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines; for it is a

good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with meats, which

have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

Heb. 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve

the tabernacle.

Heb. 13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the

sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

Heb. 13:12 Wherefore, Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with

his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Heb. 13:13 Let us go forth, therefore, unto him without 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 communicate 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 the 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 perfect in every good work to do his will, working in

you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom

be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Heb. 13:22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation; for

I have written a letter unto you in few words.

Heb. 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty, with whom,

if he come shortly, I will see you.

Heb. 13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints.

They of Italy salute you.

Heb. 13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen.

Written to the Hebrews from Italy by Timothy.

James

General Epistle of James

James Chapter 1

Rejoice under the cross — Exercise patience in trials — Ask wisdom of God

— Doers of the word — Pure religion

James 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 ye fall into many afflictions,

James 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

James 1:4 But let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and

entire, wanting nothing.

James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all

men liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering; for he that wavereth

is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and tossed.

James 1:7 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

withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the

fashion of it perisheth; so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

James 1:12 Blessed is the man that resisteth temptation; for when he is

tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to

them that love him.

James 1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for

God cannot be tempted with evil; neither tempteth he any man;

James 1:14 But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own

lust and enticed.

James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin,

when it is finished, bringeth 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

cometh 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 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to

hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

James 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

James 1:21 Wherefore, lay aside all filthiness and superfluity of

naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able

to save your souls.

James 1:22 But be ye 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 glass;

James 1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway

forgetteth what manner of man he was.

James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty and

continueth therein — he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work

— this man shall be blessed in his deed.

James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious and bridleth not his

tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this:

to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep himself

unspotted from the vices of the world.

James Chapter 2

Faith without respect to persons — Faith and works

James 2:1 My brethren, ye cannot have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the Lord of glory, and yet have respect to persons.

James 2:2 Now if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring,

in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

James 2:3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing and

say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor, Stand thou

there, or, Sit here under my footstool,

James 2:4 Are ye not then in yourselves partial judges, and become evil in

your thoughts?

James 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor of

this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised

to them that love him?

James 2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you and

draw you before the judgment seats?

James 2:7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are

called?

James 2:8 If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt

love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well;

James 2:9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin and are

convinced of the law as transgressors.

James 2:10 For whosoever shall, save in one point, keep the whole law, he

is guilty of all.

James 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill.

Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a

transgressor of the law.

James 2:12 So speak ye, 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 hath showed no

mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

James 2:14 What profit is it, my brethren, for a man to say he hath faith

and hath not works? Can faith save him?

James 2:15 Yea, a man may say, I will show thee I have faith without

works; but I say, Show me thy faith without works, and I will show thee my

faith by my works.

James 2:16 For if a brother or sister be naked and destitute, and one of you

say, Depart in peace; be warmed and filled, notwithstanding he give not

those things which are needful to the body, what profit is your faith unto

such?

James 2:17 Even so, faith, if it have not works, is dead, being alone.

James 2:18 Therefore, wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without

works is dead and cannot save you?

James 2:19 Thou believest there is one God; thou doest well; the devils

also believe and tremble; thou hast made thyself like unto them, not being

justified.

James 2:20 Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works when he had

offered Isaac, his son, upon the altar?

James 2:21 Seest thou how works wrought with his faith and by works was

faith made perfect?

James 2:22 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed

God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness; and he was called the

friend of God.

James 2:23 Ye see then that by works a man is justified, and not by faith

only.

James 2:24 Likewise also, Rahab, the harlot, was justified by works when

she had received the messengers and sent them out another way.

James 2:25 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without

works is dead.

James Chapter 3

Tongue to be bridled — The fruit of wisdom from above

James 3:1 My brethren, strive not for the mastery, knowing that in so doing

we shall receive the greater condemnation.

James 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word,

the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle the whole body.

James 3:3 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 of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,

whithersoever the governor listeth.

James 3:5 Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things.

Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue

among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the

course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

James 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of

things in the sea is tamed and hath been tamed of mankind;

James 3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of

deadly poison.

James 3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse

we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

James 3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My

brethren, these things ought not so to be.

James 3:11 Doth 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 conversation his works with meekness of

wisdom.

James 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not

and lie not against the truth.

James 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly,

sensual, devilish.

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 easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without

partiality, and without hypocrisy.

James 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that

make peace.

James Chapter 4

Submit to God — Resist the devil — Avoid boasting — Do not judge others

James 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they

not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

James 4:2 Ye lust and have not; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot

obtain; ye fight and war; yet ye have not because ye ask not.

James 4:3 Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may

consume it upon your lusts.

James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship

of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of

the world is the enemy of God.

James 4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that

dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore, he saith, God resisteth the

proud but giveth 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 nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your

hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye 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 speaketh evil of

his brother and judgeth his brother speaketh evil of the law and judgeth the

law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law but a judge.

James 4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who

art thou that judgest another?

James 4:13 Go to now, ye 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 ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is

your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time and then

vanisheth away.

James 4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live and do

this or that.

James 4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings; all such rejoicing is evil.

James 4:17 Therefore, to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to

him it is sin.

James Chapter 5

Rich men are to fear God's vengeance — Patience in afflictions — Praying

for the sick

James 5:1 Go to now, ye 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 cankered; and the rust of them shall be a

witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped

treasure together for the last days.

James 5:4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your

fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth; and the cries of them

which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

James 5:5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and been wanton; ye have

nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

James 5:6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist

you.

James 5:7 Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.

Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth and hath

long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the

Lord draweth nigh.

James 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned;

behold, the judge standeth 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 which endure. Ye have heard of

the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord — that the Lord is

very pitiful and of tender mercy.

James 5:12 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 ye fall into condemnation.

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 save the sick, and the Lord shall

raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,

that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man

availeth much.

James 5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he

prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the

space of three years and six months.

James 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth

brought forth her 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 which converteth the sinner from the

error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall hide a multitude of

sins.

First Peter

First General Epistle of Peter

1 Pet. Chapter 1

Salvation in Christ prophesied — The new birth — Godly walk and

conversation enjoined

1 Pet. 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered

throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

1 Pet. 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.

1 Pet. 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which

according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope

by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Pet. 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not

away, reserved in heaven for you,

1 Pet. 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation,

ready to be revealed in the last time —

1 Pet. 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be,

ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations,

1 Pet. 1:7 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 honor, and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ,

1 Pet. 1:8 Whom, having not seen, ye love, in whom, though now ye see

him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

1 Pet. 1:9 Receiving the object of your faith, even the salvation of your

souls —

1 Pet. 1:10 Concerning which salvation the prophets, who prophesied of the

grace bestowed upon you, inquired and searched diligently,

1 Pet. 1:11 Searching what time and what manner of salvation the Spirit of

Christ, which was in them, did signify when it testified beforehand the

sufferings of Christ and the glory which should follow,

1 Pet. 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 Ghost sent

down from heaven, which things the angels desire to look into.

1 Pet. 1:13 Wherefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to

the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus

Christ,

1 Pet. 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the

former lusts in your ignorance;

1 Pet. 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all

manner of conversation,

1 Pet. 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

1 Pet. 1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons

judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning

here in fear,

1 Pet. 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with

corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received

by tradition from your fathers,

1 Pet. 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without

blemish and without spot,

1 Pet. 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the

world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

1 Pet. 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.

1 Pet. 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through

the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another

with a pure heart fervently,

1 Pet. 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,

by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.

1 Pet. 1:24 For all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of

grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away;

1 Pet. 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth forever. And this is the word

which by the gospel is preached unto you.

1 Pet. Chapter 2

Christ, the head of the corner — A holy nation, a peculiar people —

Obedience to rulers in patience and well doing — Christ is our example

1 Pet. 2:1 Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies,

and envies, and all evil speakings,

1 Pet. 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye

may grow thereby,

1 Pet. 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious,

1 Pet. 2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of

men, but chosen of God and precious,

1 Pet. 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy

priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

1 Pet. 2:6 Wherefore, also it is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in

Sion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious; and he that believeth on him shall

not be confounded.

1 Pet. 2:7 Unto you, therefore, who believe, he is precious — but unto them

who are disobedient, who stumble at the word, through disobedience,

whereunto they were appointed, a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.

1 Pet. 2:8 For the stone which the builders disallowed is become the head

of the corner.

1 Pet. 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,

a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath

called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

1 Pet. 2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of

God, which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

1 Pet. 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain

from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

1 Pet. 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.

1 Pet. 2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's

sake, whether it be to the king, as supreme,

1 Pet. 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.

1 Pet. 2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to

silence the ignorance of foolish men,

1 Pet. 2:16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness,

but as the servants of God.

1 Pet. 2:17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the

king.

1 Pet. 2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the

good and gentle, but also to the froward.

1 Pet. 2:19 For this is thankworthy: if a man for conscience toward God

endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

1 Pet. 2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye

shall take it patiently? But if, when ye do well and suffer for it, ye take it

patiently, this is acceptable with God.

1 Pet. 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called; because Christ also suffered

for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps,

1 Pet. 2:22 Who did no sin; neither was guile found in his mouth,

1 Pet. 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered,

he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously,

1 Pet. 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that

we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye

were healed.

1 Pet. 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the

Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

1 Pet. Chapter 3

Duties of wives and husbands — Unity and love — Christ preaches to

spirits in prison

1 Pet. 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that,

if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the

conduct of the wives,

1 Pet. 3:2 While they behold your chaste conduct coupled with fear.

1 Pet. 3:3 Let your adorning be not that outward adorning of plaiting the

hair, and wearing of gold, or putting on of apparel;

1 Pet. 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.

1 Pet. 3:5 For after this manner in old times the holy women who trusted in

God adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands,

1 Pet. 3:6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose

daughters ye are, as long as ye do well and are not afraid with any

amazement.

1 Pet. 3:7 Likewise, ye 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.

1 Pet. 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another;

love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous,

1 Pet. 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil or railing for railing, but contrariwise

blessing — knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a

blessing.

1 Pet. 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;

1 Pet. 3:11 Let him eschew evil and do good; let him seek peace and ensue

it.

1 Pet. 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.

1 Pet. 3:13 And who is he that will harm you if ye be followers of that

which is good?

1 Pet. 3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye; and

be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

1 Pet. 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and be ready always

to give an answer with meekness and fear to every man that asketh of you a

reason for the hope that is in you,

1 Pet. 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 conduct

in Christ.

1 Pet. 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well

doing than for evil doing.

1 Pet. 3:18 For Christ also once suffered for sins — the just for the unjust

— being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the Spirit, that he might

bring us to God,

1 Pet. 3:19 For which cause also he went and preached unto the spirits in

prison,

1 Pet. 3:20 Some of whom were disobedient in the days of Noah, while the

long-suffering of God waited while the ark was preparing, wherein few, that

is, eight souls were saved by water.

1 Pet. 3:21 The like figure whereunto, even baptism, doth also now save us

(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good

conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Pet. 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 Pet. Chapter 4

The gospel preached to the dead — Have fervent charity among yourselves

— Rejoice in suffering — Judgment to begin at the house of God

1 Pet. 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm

yourselves, likewise, with the same mind;

1 Pet. 4:2 For you who have suffered in the flesh should cease from sin,

that you no longer the rest of your time in the flesh should live to the lusts

of men, but to the will of God.

1 Pet. 4:3 For the time past of life may suffice to have wrought the will of

the Gentiles, when ye walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine,

revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries,

1 Pet. 4:4 Wherein they speak evil of you, thinking it strange that you run

not with them to the same excess of riot,

1 Pet. 4:5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick

and the dead.

1 Pet. 4:6 Because of this is the gospel preached to them who are dead, that

they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live in the spirit

according to the will of God.

1 Pet. 4:7 But to you the end of all things is at hand; be ye, therefore, sober

and watch unto prayer.

1 Pet. 4:8 And above all things, have fervent charity among yourselves; for

charity preventeth a multitude of sins.

1 Pet. 4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

1 Pet. 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same

one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Pet. 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as an oracle of God; if any man

minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth, that God in all

things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and

dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 Pet. 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is

to try you — as though some strange thing happened unto you —

1 Pet. 4:13 But rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings,

that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding

joy.

1 Pet. 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the

Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you; on their part he is evil spoken

of, but on your part he is glorified.

1 Pet. 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.

1 Pet. 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but

let him glorify God on this behalf.

1 Pet. 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of

God. And if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not

the gospel of God?

1 Pet. 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly

and the sinner appear?

1 Pet. 4:19 Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God

commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful

Creator.

1 Pet. Chapter 5

Peter exhorts the elders to feed their flocks — All enjoined to be humble

and vigilant — Resist the devil

1 Pet. 5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder,

and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory

that shall be revealed;

1 Pet. 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight

thereof, not by constraint but willingly, not for filthy lucre but of a ready

mind,

1 Pet. 5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage but being ensamples to

the flock.

1 Pet. 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a

crown of glory that fadeth not away.

1 Pet. 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all

of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility; for God

resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

1 Pet. 5:6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God,

that he may exalt you in due time,

1 Pet. 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

1 Pet. 5:8 Be sober. Be vigilant because your adversary, the devil, as a

roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour —

1 Pet. 5:9 Whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same

afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

1 Pet. 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal

glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,

stablish, strengthen, settle you.

1 Pet. 5:11 To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

1 Pet. 5:12 By Sylvanus, a faithful brother unto you as I suppose, I have

written briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God

wherein ye stand.

1 Pet. 5:13 They at Babylon, elected together with you, salute you; and so

doth Marcus, my son.

1 Pet. 5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you

all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Second Peter

Second General Epistle of Peter

2 Pet. Chapter 1

Great and precious promises to those who know Christ--Cultivate the best

gifts to make your calling sure--Warning to be constant in the faith of

Christ--Heed prophecy

2 Pet. 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:

2 Pet. 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge

of God and of Jesus our Lord,

2 Pet. 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that

pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath

called us to glory and virtue,

2 Pet. 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious

promises, that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having

escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

2 Pet. 1:5 And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;

and to virtue, knowledge;

2 Pet. 1:6 And to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and

to patience, godliness;

2 Pet. 1:7 And to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness,

charity.

2 Pet. 1:8 For if these things be in you and abound, they make you that ye

shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus

Christ.

2 Pet. 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,

and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

2 Pet. 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your

calling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall;

2 Pet. 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into

the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Pet. 1:12 Wherefore, I will not be negligent to put you always in

remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in

the present truth.

2 Pet. 1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you

up by putting you in remembrance;

2 Pet. 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as

our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me.

2 Pet. 1:15 Moreover, I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease

to have these things always in remembrance.

2 Pet. 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we

made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but

were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

2 Pet. 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.

2 Pet. 1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard when we

were with him in the holy mount.

2 Pet. 1:19 We have, therefore, a more sure knowledge of the word of

prophecy, to which word of prophecy ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a

light which shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn and the daystar arise

in your hearts,

2 Pet. 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scriptures is given of

any private will of man.

2 Pet. 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but

holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

2 Pet. Chapter 2

Peter foretells of false teachers--Warns of consequences of wrongdoing

2 Pet. 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as

there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in

abominable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring

upon themselves swift destruction.

2 Pet. 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom

the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

2 Pet. 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make

merchandise of you, whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and

their destruction slumbereth not.

2 Pet. 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,

2 Pet. 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person,

a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the

ungodly,

2 Pet. 2:6 And, turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes,

condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those

that after should live ungodly,

2 Pet. 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the

wicked,

2 Pet. 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),

2 Pet. 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation and

to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished,

2 Pet. 2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of

uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they; self-willed,

they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

2 Pet. 2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring

not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

2 Pet. 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,

2 Pet. 2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that

count it pleasure to riot in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes,

sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you,

2 Pet. 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,

2 Pet. 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way and are gone astray,

following the way of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of

unrighteousness,

2 Pet. 2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb ass speaking with

man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet.

2 Pet. 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a

tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.

2 Pet. 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure

through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were

clean escaped from them who live in error.

2 Pet. 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 into bondage.

2 Pet. 2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world

through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again

entangled therein and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the

beginning.

2 Pet. 2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of

righteousness, than, after they had known it, to turn from the holy

commandment delivered unto them.

2 Pet. 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb: The

dog is turned to his own vomit again, and, The sow that was washed, to her

wallowing in the mire.

2 Pet. Chapter 3

Promise of Christ's coming--Earth and corruptible things to be destroyed--

Exhortation to righteousness and endurance

2 Pet. 3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you, in which I stir

up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

2 Pet. 3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before

by the holy prophets and of the commandments of us, the apostles of the

Lord and Savior,

2 Pet. 3:3 Knowing this first, that in the last days there shall come scoffers,

walking after their own lusts,

2 Pet. 3:4 Denying the Lord Jesus Christ, and saying, Where is the promise

of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things must continue as

they are and have continued as they are from the beginning of the creation.

2 Pet. 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of: that of old the heavens

and the earth standing in the water and out of the water were created by the

word of God;

2 Pet. 3:6 And by the word of God, the world that then was, being

overflowed with water, perished;

2 Pet. 3:7 But the heavens and the earth which are now are kept in store by

the same word, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition

of ungodly men.

2 Pet. 3:8 But concerning the coming of the Lord, beloved, I would not

have you ignorant of this one thing--that one day is with the Lord as a

thousand years and a thousand years as one day.

2 Pet. 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise and coming, as

some men count slackness, but long-suffering toward us, not willing that

any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Pet. 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the

which the heavens shall shake, and the earth also shall tremble, and the

mountains shall melt and pass away with a great noise, and the elements

shall be filled with fervent heat; the earth also shall be filled, and the

corruptible works which are therein shall be burned up.

2 Pet. 3:11 If, then, all these things shall be destroyed, what manner of

persons ought ye to be in holy conduct and godliness,

2 Pet. 3:12 Looking unto and preparing for the day of the coming of the

Lord, wherein the corruptible things of the heavens, being on fire, shall be

dissolved, and the mountains shall melt with fervent heat?

2 Pet. 3:13 Nevertheless, if we shall endure, we shall be kept according to

his promise. And we look for new heavens and a new earth wherein

dwelleth righteousness.

2 Pet. 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be

diligent, that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless,

2 Pet. 3:15 And account--even as our beloved brother Paul also, according

to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you--the long-suffering

and waiting of our Lord for salvation.

2 Pet. 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 who are unlearned

and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own

destruction.)

2 Pet. 3:17 Ye, therefore, beloved, seeing ye know before the things which

are coming, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the

wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.

2 Pet. 3:18 But grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.

First John

First General Epistle of John

1 John Chapter 1

John testifies of the gospel — God is light; sin is darkness — Blood of

Christ cleanses from sin

1 John 1:1 Brethren, this is the testimony which we give of that which was

from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our

eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have handled, of the Word

of life.

1 John 1:2 (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.)

1 John 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye

also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the

Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

1 John 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.

1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in

darkness, we lie and do not the truth.

1 John 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 cleanseth

us from all sin.

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves; and the

truth is not in us.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our

sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar; and his

word is not in us.

1 John Chapter 2

Christ our advocate — John warns of antichrists and worldly vices — Be

steadfast in knowledge of Christ

1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.

But if any man sin and repent, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus

Christ the righteous;

1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but

also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him — if we keep his

commandments.

1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments

is a liar; and the truth is not in him.

1 John 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God

perfected; hereby know we that we are in him.

1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk,

even as he walked.

1 John 2:7 Brethren, I write a new commandment unto you, but it is the

same commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old

commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

1 John 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing was

of old ordained of God and is true in him and in you because the darkness is

past in you, and the true light now shineth.

1 John 2:9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in

darkness even until now.

1 John 2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none

occasion of stumbling in him.

1 John 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in

darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth because that darkness hath

blinded his eyes.

1 John 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven

you for his name's sake.

1 John 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is

from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have

overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have

known the Father.

1 John 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him

that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye

are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the

wicked one.

1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are of the world. If

any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1 John 2:16 For all in the world that is of the lusts of the flesh, and the lust

of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father, but is of the world.

1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away and the lust thereof; but he that

doeth the will of God abideth forever.

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time; and as ye have heard that

antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we

know that it is the last time.

1 John 2:19 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.

1 John 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all

things.

1 John 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but

because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is

antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son.

1 John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father; but

he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

1 John 2:24 Let that, therefore, abide in you which ye have heard from the

beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in

you, ye shall continue in the Son and also in the Father.

1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal

life.

1 John 2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that

seduce you.

1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in

you, and ye need not that any man teach you; but as the same anointing

teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath

taught you, ye shall abide in him.

1 John 2:28 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.

1 John 2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that everyone that

doeth righteousness is born of him.

1 John Chapter 3

Hope in the love of God and Christ — Those born of God do not continue in

sin — Believe in Jesus Christ and love one another

1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,

that we should be called the sons of God; therefore, the world knoweth us

not, because it knew him not.

1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear

what we shall be; but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like

him; for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself,

even as he is pure.

1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin is

the transgression of the law.

1 John 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and

in him is no sin.

1 John 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not; whosoever continueth in

sin hath not seen him, neither known him.

1 John 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you; he that doeth

righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

1 John 3:8 He that continueth in sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth

from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that

he might destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not continue in sin; for the

Spirit of God remaineth in him, and he cannot continue in sin because he is

born of God, having received that holy Spirit of promise.

1 John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the

devil; whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that

loveth not his brother.

1 John 3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning —

that we should love one another,

1 John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one and slew his brother.

And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his

brother's righteous.

1 John 3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life because we

love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

1 John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that

no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of Christ because he laid down

his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

1 John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have

need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the

love of God in him?

1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue

only, but in deed and in truth.

1 John 3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall assure

our hearts before him.

1 John 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and

knoweth all things.

1 John 3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then we have confidence

toward God.

1 John 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.

1 John 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.

1 John 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and

he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us — by the Spirit which

he hath given us.

1 John Chapter 4

Try the spirits — God is love — Love him because he first loved us

1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether

they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1 John 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth

that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God;

1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in

the flesh is not of God; and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have

heard that it should come; and even now it is already in the world.

1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them because

greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

1 John 4:5 They are of the world; therefore speak they of the world, and

the world heareth them.

1 John 4:6 We are of God; he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of

God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of

error.

1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and

everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God.

1 John 4:8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.

1 John 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that

God sent his Only Begotten Son into the world that we might live through

him.

1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and

sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time, except them who believe.

If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

1 John 4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because

he hath given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to

be the Savior of the world.

1 John 4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God

dwelleth in him, and he in God.

1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.

God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

1 John 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in

the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear

because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

1 John 4:19 We love him because he first loved us.

1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for

he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God

whom he hath not seen?

1 John 4:21 And this commandment have we from him: That he who

loveth God love his brother also.

1 John Chapter 5

The new birth — Father, Word, and Holy Ghost are one — He that has the

Son has life

1 John 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and

everyone that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God — when we

love God and keep his commandments.

1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments;

and his commandments are not grievous.

1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this

is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

1 John 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that

Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 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 beareth

witness because the Spirit is truth.

1 John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven: the Father, the

Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one.

1 John 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth: the Spirit, and the

water, and the blood; and these three agree in one.

1 John 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater;

for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

1 John 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in

himself; he that believeth not God hath made him a liar because he

believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

1 John 5:11 And this is the record: that God hath given to us eternal life,

and this life is in his Son.

1 John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of

God hath not life.

1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name

of the Son of God — that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye

may continue to believe on the name of the Son of God.

1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him — that, if we

ask anything according to his will, he heareth us;

1 John 5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know

that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

1 John 5:16 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.

1 John 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not unto death.

1 John 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God continueth not in sin;

but he that is begotten of God and keepeth himself, that wicked one

overcometh him not.

1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in

wickedness.

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come and hath given us

an understanding, that we may know him that is true; and we are in him that

is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Second John

Second Epistle of John

2 John Chapter 1

Walk in love — Deceiver and antichrist — Accept only those who teach the

doctrine of Christ

2 John 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,

2 John 1:2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us and shall be with us

forever:

2 John 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.

2 John 1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth,

as we have received a commandment from the Father.

2 John 1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new

commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that

we love one another.

2 John 1:6 And this is love — that we walk after his commandments. This

is the commandment, that, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should

walk in it.

2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not

that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have

wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

2 John 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of

Christ hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both

the Father and the Son.

2 John 1:10 If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine, receive

him not into your house, neither bid him Godspeed;

2 John 1:11 For he that biddeth him Godspeed is partaker of his evil deeds.

2 John 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.

2 John 1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

Third John

Third Epistle of John

3 John Chapter 1

John commends Gaius and condemns the prideful and contentious in the

church

3 John 1:1 The elder unto the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:

3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and

be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

3 John 1:3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of

the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

3 John 1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the

brethren and to strangers,

3 John 1:6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church,

whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do

well,

3 John 1:7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing

of the Gentiles.

3 John 1:8 We, therefore, ought to receive such, that we might be fellow

helpers to the truth.

3 John 1:9 I wrote unto the church; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the

pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.

3 John 1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he

doeth, prating against us with malicious words; and not content therewith,

neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that

would, and casteth them out of the church.

3 John 1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good.

He that doeth good is of God; but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

3 John 1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men and of the truth itself;

yea, and we also bare record, and ye know that our record is true.

3 John 1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen

write unto thee;

3 John 1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to

face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

Jude

General Epistle of Jude

Jude Chapter 1

Saints to contend for the faith — Men crept in, denying God and Christ —

Michael rebukes Satan — Mockers in the last time foretold

Jude Jude 1:1 Jude, the servant of God, called of Jesus Christ, and brother

of James, to them who are sanctified of the Father and preserved in Jesus

Christ:

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 needful for me to write unto you and exhort you

that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto

the saints.

Jude 1:4 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 lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus

Christ.

Jude 1:5 I will, therefore, put you in remembrance, though ye once knew

this — how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,

afterward destroyed them that believed not.

Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own

habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the

judgment of the great day.

Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom, and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like

manner, giving themselves over to fornication and going after strange flesh,

are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire,

Jude 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise

dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Jude 1:9 Yet Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil (he

disputed about the body of Moses), durst not bring against him a railing

accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Jude 1:10 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 shall perish in the

gainsaying of Core.

Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with

you, feeding themselves without fear; clouds they are without water, carried

about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead,

plucked up by the roots;

Jude 1:13 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 cometh with ten thousand of his saints,

Jude 1:15 To execute judgment upon all and to convince all that are

ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodly

committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have

spoken against him.

Jude 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts;

and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in

admiration because of advantage.

Jude 1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before

of 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 be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the

Spirit.

Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,

praying in the Holy Ghost,

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 of 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 that 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 ever. Amen.

Revelation

Revelation of Jesus Christ to John

Rev. Chapter 1

Revelation of Christ to John--Second coming--John testifies to the seven

churches in Asia--John sees Jesus Christ

Rev. Rev. 1:1 The revelation of John, a servant of God, which was given

unto him of Jesus Christ to show unto his servants things which must

shortly come to pass, that he sent and signified by his angel unto his servant

John,

Rev. 1:2 Who bore record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus

Christ, and of all things that he saw.

Rev. 1:3 Blessed are they who read, and they who hear, and understand the

words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written therein, for

the time of the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Rev. 1:4 Now this is the testimony of John to the seven servants who are

over the seven churches in Asia: Grace unto you and peace from him who

is, and who was, and who is to come, who hath sent forth his angel from

before his throne to testify unto those who are the seven servants over the

seven churches.

Rev. 1:5 Therefore, I, John, the faithful witness, bear record of the things

which were delivered me of the angel and from Jesus Christ, the first

begotten of the dead and the Prince of the kings of the earth.

Rev. 1:6 And unto him who loved us be glory, who washed us from our sins

in his own blood and hath made us kings and priests unto God, his Father.

To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Rev. 1:7 For behold, he cometh in the clouds with ten thousands of his

saints in the kingdom, clothed with the glory of his Father. And every eye

shall see him; and they who pierced him and all kindreds of the earth shall

wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Rev. 1:8 For he saith, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the

ending, 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

thou seest, write in a book and send it unto the seven churches which are in

Asia: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto

Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Rev. 1:12 And I turned to see from whence the voice came that spake to

me; and, being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks,

Rev. 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son

of Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps

with a golden girdle.

Rev. 1:14 His head and his hairs 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 brass, 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 shining

in his 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 liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive

forevermore, Amen, and have the keys of hell and of death.

Rev. 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are,

and the things which shall be hereafter.

Rev. 1:20 This is the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my

right hand and the seven golden candlesticks: The seven stars are the

servants of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks which thou

sawest are the seven churches.

Rev. Chapter 2

Churches at Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, and Thyatira commended and

called to repentance

Rev. 2:1 Unto the servant of the church of Ephesus write: These things

saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the

midst of the seven golden candlesticks:

Rev. 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou

canst not bear them which are evil; and thou hast tried them which say they

are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars,

Rev. 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast

labored, and hast not fainted.

Rev. 2:4 Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee because thou hast left

thy first love.

Rev. 2:5 Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and

do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly and will remove thy

candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

Rev. 2:6 But this thou hast: that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans,

which I also hate.

Rev. 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which

is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Rev. 2:8 And unto the servant of the church in Smyrna write: These things

saith the first and the last, which was dead and is alive:

Rev. 2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty (but thou art rich);

and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but

are the synagogue of Satan.

Rev. 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the

devil shall cast some of you into prison that ye may be tried; and ye shall

have tribulation ten days; be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a

crown of life.

Rev. 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches: He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

Rev. 2:12 And to the servant of the church in Pergamos write: These things

saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges:

Rev. 2:13 I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's

seat is; and thou holdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith, even in

those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among

you, where Satan dwelleth.

Rev. 2:14 But I have a few things against thee because thou hast 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 hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans,

which thing I hate.

Rev. 2:16 Repent, or else I will come unto thee quickly and will fight

against them with the sword of my mouth.

Rev. 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna

and will give him a white stone--and in the stone a new name written,

which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it.

Rev. 2:18 And unto the servant of the church in Thyatira write: These

things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and

his feet are like fine brass:

Rev. 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy

patience, and thy works--and the last to be more than the first.

Rev. 2:20 Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee because thou

sufferest that woman, Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach,

and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things

sacrificed unto idols.

Rev. 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she

repented not.

Rev. 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into hell, 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 which searcheth the reins 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 which have not known the depths of Satan, as they

speak, I will put upon you none other burden.

Rev. 2:25 But that which ye have already, hold fast till I come.

Rev. 2:26 And to him who overcometh and keepeth my commandments

unto the end will I give power over many kingdoms;

Rev. 2:27 And he shall rule them with the word of God; and they shall be in

his hands as the vessels of clay in the hands of a potter; and he shall govern

them by faith, with equity and justice, even as I received of my Father.

Rev. 2:28 And I will give him the morning star.

Rev. 2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

Rev. Chapter 3

Churches at Sardis and Philadelphia commended and called to repentance-

-Church at Laodicea reproved for being lukewarm

Rev. 3:1 And unto the servant of the church in Sardis write: These things

saith he who hath the seven stars, which are the seven servants of God: I

know thy works, that thou hast a name, that thou livest and art not dead.

Rev. 3:2 Be watchful, therefore, and strengthen those who remain, who are

ready to die; for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Rev. 3:3 Remember, therefore, how thou hast received and heard, and hold

fast and repent. If, therefore, thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a

thief; and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Rev. 3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their

garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

Rev. 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment;

and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his

name before my Father and before his angels.

Rev. 3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

Rev. 3:7 And to the servant of the church in Philadelphia write: These

things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he

that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth:

Rev. 3:8 I know thy works; behold, I have set before thee an open door, and

no man can shut it; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word,

and hast not denied my name.

Rev. 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say

they are Jews and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and

worship before thy feet and to know that I have loved thee.

Rev. 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep

thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world to try

them that dwell upon the earth.

Rev. 3:11 Behold, I come quickly; hold that fast which thou hast, that no

man take thy crown.

Rev. 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my

God, and he shall go no more out; and I will write upon him the name of

my God and the name of the city of my God; this is New Jerusalem, which

cometh down out of heaven from my God; and I will write upon him my

new name.

Rev. 3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

Rev. 3:14 And unto the servant of the church of the Laodiceans write:

These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of

the creation of God:

Rev. 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou

wert cold or hot.

Rev. 3:16 So then, because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I

will spew thee out of my mouth.

Rev. 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and

have need of nothing--and knowest not that thou art wretched, and

miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked--

Rev. 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest

be rich, and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame

of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that

thou mayest 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 hear my voice

and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with

me.

Rev. 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,

even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Rev. 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the

churches.

Rev. Chapter 4

John sees the throne of God--Four and twenty elders--Four beasts worship

God

Rev. 4:1 After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened into heaven;

and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with

me, which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee 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 there was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine

stone; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an

emerald.

Rev. 4:4 And in the midst of the throne were four and twenty seats; and

upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment,

and they had on their heads crowns like gold.

Rev. 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and

voices; and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which

are the seven servants 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 were the four and twenty elders; and round

about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

Rev. 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf,

and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a

flying eagle.

Rev. 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and

they were full of eyes within; and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy,

holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Rev. 4:9 And when those beasts give glory, and honor, and thanks to him

that sits on the throne, who liveth forever and ever,

Rev. 4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sits on the

throne, and worship him that liveth forever and ever, and cast their crowns

before the throne, saying,

Rev. 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power;

for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were

created.

Rev. Chapter 5

Book sealed with seven seals--The Lion of Judah--Elders, beasts, and

angels worship the Lamb

Rev. 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sits on the throne a book

written within and on the back side, sealed with seven seals.

Rev. 5:2 And I saw a strong angel and heard him proclaiming with a loud

voice, Who is worthy to open the book and loose the seals thereof?

Rev. 5:3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth was

able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

Rev. 5:4 And I wept much because no man was found worthy to open and

to read the book, neither to look thereon.

Rev. 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of

the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book 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

beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain,

having twelve horns and twelve eyes, which are the twelve servants of God

sent forth into all the earth.

Rev. 5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that

sat upon the throne.

Rev. 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and

twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps

and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints.

Rev. 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the

book and to open the seals thereof; for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us

to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and

nation,

Rev. 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings 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 beasts, 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 sitteth

upon the throne and unto the Lamb forever and ever.

Rev. 5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders

fell down and worshiped him that liveth forever and ever.

Rev. Chapter 6

Opening of the seals--The four horsemen--Day of God's wrath

Rev. 6:1 And I saw, when the Lamb opened one of the seals, one of the four

beasts; and I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder, saying, Come and see.

Rev. 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse; and he that sat on him had a

bow; and a crown was given unto him; and he went forth conquering, and to

conquer.

Rev. 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast

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 beast say,

Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse; and he that sat on him

had a pair of balances in his hand.

Rev. 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure

of wheat for a penny and three measures of barley for a penny; and hurt not

thou the oil and the wine.

Rev. 6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the

fourth beast say, Come and see.

Rev. 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that sat on

him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto

them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger,

and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

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, dost thou 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 season, 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

casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

Rev. 6:14 And the heavens opened as a scroll is opened when it is rolled

together; and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

Rev. 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men,

and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every

free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains,

Rev. 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from

the face of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb;

Rev. 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come. And who shall be able to

stand?

Rev. Chapter 7

One hundred forty-four thousand servants of God sealed--Innumerable

multitude worships God and the Lamb

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 I heard him cry 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 in their foreheads.

Rev. 7:4 And the number of them who were sealed were 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

Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses 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 Zabulon 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 kindreds, 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 which

sitteth 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 beasts, 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, What are these

which are arrayed in white robes? And whence came they?

Rev. 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These

are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes,

and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Rev. 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day

and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among

them.

Rev. 7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall

the sun light on them, nor any heat.

Rev. 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,

and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe

away all tears from their eyes.

Rev. Chapter 8

Seven angels, seven trumpets--Four trumpets sound; plagues and

destruction follow

Rev. 8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in

heaven about the space of half an hour.

Rev. 8:2 And I saw seven angels which 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 of 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 which 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 that

the third part of them was darkened; and the day shone not for a third part

of it, and the night likewise.

Rev. 8:13 And I beheld and heard an angel flying through the midst of

heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to the inhabiters of the

earth! by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels,

which are yet to sound.

Rev. Chapter 9

Fifth and sixth trumpets sound--Bottomless pit opened--First woe is past--

Four angels loosed from pit--Third part of men killed; remainder do not

repent

Rev. 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto

the earth; and to the angel 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

which 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 he striketh 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, which is the angel of the

bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the

Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Rev. 9:12 One woe is past; and behold, there come two woes more

hereafter.

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 which had the trumpet, Loose the four

angels which are bound in the bottomless pit.

Rev. 9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an

hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

Rev. 9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred

thousand thousand; and I saw 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 and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

Rev. 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues

yet repented not of the works of their hands--that they should not worship

devils and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood,

which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk--

Rev. 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor

of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Rev. Chapter 10

Angel with an open book--End of time declared--John eats the book

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 book 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 roareth; 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, Those

things are sealed up which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

Rev. 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth

lifted up his hand to heaven,

Rev. 10:6 And sware by him that liveth forever and ever, who created

heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that

therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should

be time no longer;

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 hath declared

to his servants the prophets.

Rev. 10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again

and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel

which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

Rev. 10:9 And I went unto the angel and said unto him, Give me the little

book. And he said unto me, Take it and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly

bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

Rev. 10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up;

and it was in my mouth sweet as honey; and as soon as I had eaten it, my

belly was bitter.

Rev. 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many

peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

Rev. Chapter 11

Two witnesses prophesy, are killed, and rise again after three and a half

days--Second woe is past--Seventh trumpet sounds--Kingdoms of this world

become the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ

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 without the temple, leave out and measure

it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles; and the holy city shall they tread

underfoot 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 threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Rev. 11:4 These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing

before the God of the earth.

Rev. 11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth

and devoureth their enemies; and if any man will hurt them, he must in this

manner be killed.

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

ascendeth 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 kindreds, and tongues, and nations

shall see their dead bodies three days and a half and shall not suffer 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 which saw them.

Rev. 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them,

Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their

enemies beheld them.

Rev. 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth

part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven

thousand; and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to the God of

heaven.

Rev. 11:14 The second woe is past; and behold, the third woe cometh

quickly.

Rev. 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in

heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are 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, which sat before God on their

seats, fell upon their faces and worshiped God,

Rev. 11:17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art,

and wast, and art to come, because thou hast taken to thee thy great power

and hast reigned.

Rev. 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time

of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward

unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy

name, small and great, and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Rev. 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was

seen in his temple the ark of his testament; and there were lightnings, and

voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Rev. Chapter 12

Woman clothed with sun brings forth man-child--Dragon threatens to

devour man-child--Woman flees into the wilderness

Rev. 12:1 And there appeared a great sign in heaven in the likeness of

things on the earth: 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 the woman, being with child, cried, travailing in birth and

pained to be delivered.

Rev. 12:3 And she brought forth a man-child, who was to rule all nations

with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up unto God and his throne.

Rev. 12:4 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. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast

them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman which was

delivered, ready to devour her child after it was born.

Rev. 12:5 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place

prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred

and threescore years.

Rev. 12:6 And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought

against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought against Michael;

Rev. 12:7 And the dragon prevailed not against Michael, neither the child,

nor the woman, which was the church of God, who had been delivered of

her pains and brought forth the kingdom of our God and his Christ.

Rev. 12:8 Neither was there place found in heaven for the great dragon,

who was cast out--that old serpent called the devil, and also called Satan,

which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his

angels were cast out with him.

Rev. 12:9 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven: Now is come

salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his

Christ;

Rev. 12:10 For the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused

them before our God day and night.

Rev. 12:11 For they have overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by

the word of their testimony; for they loved not their own lives, but kept the

testimony even unto death. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and ye that dwell

in them.

Rev. 12:12 And after these things, I heard another voice saying, Woe to the

inhabiters of the earth, yea, and they who dwell upon the islands of the sea!

For the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath because he

knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Rev. 12:13 For when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he

persecuted the woman which brought forth the man-child.

Rev. 12:14 Therefore, to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,

that she might flee 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 casteth out of his mouth water as a flood after

the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

Rev. 12:16 And the earth helpeth the woman, and the earth openeth her

mouth and swalloweth up the flood which the dragon casteth out of his

mouth.

Rev. 12:17 Therefore, the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to

make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of

God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Rev. Chapter 13

The world worships the dragon and the beast with seven heads and ten

horns--A second beast exercises great power and control--Mark of the beast

Rev. 13:1 And I saw another sign in the likeness of the kingdoms of the

earth: a beast rise up out of the sea. And he stood upon the sand 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 which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet

were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the

dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Rev. 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his

deadly wound was healed; and all the world wondered after the beast.

Rev. 13:4 And they worshiped the dragon which 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 kindreds, 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 have an ear, let him hear.

Rev. 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity; he that

killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience

and the faith of the saints.

Rev. 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he

had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

Rev. 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him and

causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,

whose deadly wound was healed.

Rev. 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down

from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

Rev. 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of

those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to

them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast

which had the wound by a sword and did live.

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 causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and

bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads,

Rev. 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or

the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Rev. 13:18 Here is wisdom: Let him that hath understanding count the

number of the beast, for it is the number of a man; and his number is six

hundred threescore and six.

Rev. Chapter 14

The Lamb on Mount Sion--An angel restores the gospel--Fall of Babylon--

Harvest of the world

Rev. 14:1 And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with

him a hundred forty and 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 sang as it were a new song before the throne, and

before the four beasts, and the elders; and no man could learn that song but

the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the

earth.

Rev. 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women, for they are

virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.

These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and

to the Lamb.

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 the midst of heaven, having the

everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every

nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Rev. 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for

the hour of his judgment is come; and worship him that made heaven, and

earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

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 worship the beast and his image and receive 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 without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be

tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in

the presence of the Lamb;

Rev. 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever;

and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image

and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

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 which die in the Lord from henceforth, yea, saith 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 thy sickle and reap; for the time

is come for thee 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, which had power

over fire, and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying,

Thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for

her grapes are fully ripe.

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 without the city, and blood

came out of the winepress, even unto the horses' bridles, by the space of a

thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Rev. Chapter 15

Seven last plagues--Song of them that overcome--Seven vials of wrath

Rev. 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven

angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of

God.

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, standing on the sea of glass, having

the harps of God.

Rev. 15:3 And they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the

song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God

Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

Rev. 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou

only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy

judgments are made manifest.

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 girdles.

Rev. 15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven

golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth 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.

Rev. Chapter 16

Angels pour out their vials; plagues follow--Spirits of devils work miracles-

-Christ comes as a thief--Blessed are they that watch

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 vials of the wrath of God upon the

earth.

Rev. 16:2 And the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth; and

there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of

the beast and upon them which worshiped his image.

Rev. 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it

became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.

Rev. 16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and

fountains of waters; and they became blood.

Rev. 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O

Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

Rev. 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou

hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Rev. 16:7 And I heard another angel who came out from the altar saying,

Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

Rev. 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power

was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

Rev. 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat and blasphemed the

name of God, which hath power over these plagues; and they repented not

to give him glory.

Rev. 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the

beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues

for pain,

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 vial upon the great river

Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of

the east might be prepared.

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 devils, working miracles, which go

forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to

the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Rev. 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and

keepeth 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 vial 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 exceeding great.

Rev. Chapter 17

Woman sitting upon the beast--Interpretation of the seven heads and ten

horns--Punishment of the whore--Victory of the Lamb

Rev. 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven

vials and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto

thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth 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 sit 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

decked 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 admiration.

Rev. 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will

tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carrieth her, which

hath the seven heads and ten horns.

Rev. 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not, and shall ascend out

of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition; and they that dwell on the earth

shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the

foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not,

and yet is.

Rev. 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom: The seven heads are

seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

Rev. 17:10 And there are seven kings; five are fallen, and one is, and the

other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

Rev. 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is

of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

Rev. 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have

received no kingdom as yet, but receive power as kings one hour with the

beast.

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 saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the

whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Rev. 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall

hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her

flesh, and burn her with fire.

Rev. 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree,

and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

Rev. 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which

reigneth over the kings of the earth.

Rev. Chapter 18

Babylon destroyed--Voice from heaven to the saints--Corrupt merchants

and rulers mourn--Saints to rejoice

Rev. 18:1 And after these things, I saw another angel come down from

heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened 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 devils, and the hold

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 are waxed rich through the abundance of her

delicacies.

Rev. 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,

my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her

plagues.

Rev. 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath

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 hath filled, fill to her

double.

Rev. 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself and lived deliciously, so

much torment and sorrow give her; for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen,

and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

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 judgeth her.

Rev. 18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and

lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her and lament for her when they

shall see the smoke of her burning,

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 thy judgment

come.

Rev. 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her;

for no man buyeth 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 thyine wood,

and all manner of vessels of ivory, and all manner of vessels of most

precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

Rev. 18:13 And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and

wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses,

and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

Rev. 18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee,

and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and

thou shalt find them no more at all.

Rev. 18:15 The merchants of these things, which 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 decked with gold, and precious stones,

and pearls!

Rev. 18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to naught. And every

shipmaster, and all the company in ships, 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, wherein were made rich all that

had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! For in one hour is she made

desolate.

Rev. 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and

prophets; for God hath 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 pipers, and

trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of

whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a

millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

Rev. 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and

the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in

thee; for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries

were all nations deceived.

Rev. 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and

of all that were slain upon the earth.

Rev. Chapter 19

Joy in heaven--God's judgments are righteous and true--Marriage of the

Lamb--Beasts and false prophet destroyed

Rev. 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much 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 hath judged the

great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath

avenged the blood of his saints 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 beasts 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

ye his saints, and ye 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 reigneth!

Rev. 19:7 Let us be glad, and rejoice, and give honor to him; for the

marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath 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 righteousness of saints.

Rev. 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write: Blessed are they which are called

unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the

true sayings of God.

Rev. 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See

that thou do it not; I am thy fellow servant and of thy 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 him is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge

and make war--

Rev. 19:12 His eyes as a flame of fire; and he had on his head many crowns

and a name written that no man knew but himself.

Rev. 19:13 And he is clothed with a vesture 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 proceedeth the word of God, and with it

he will smite the nations; and he will rule them with the word of his mouth;

and he treadeth the winepress in the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Rev. 19:16 And he hath on a vesture, 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 the midst of heaven, Come and

gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God,

Rev. 19:18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and

the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on

them, and the flesh of all who fight against the Lamb--both bond and free,

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

wrought 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 remnant were slain with the word of him that sat upon

the horse, which word proceeded out of his mouth; and all the fowls were

filled with their flesh.

Rev. Chapter 20

Satan bound for a thousand years--The first resurrection--Satan loosed--

Gog and Magog--Saints preserved--Devil cast into the lake of fire--Last

resurrection--All judged according to their works

Rev. 20:1 And I saw an angel come down out of 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, which 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 season.

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 which 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 are they who have part in the first resurrection;

on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God

and of Christ and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Rev. 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, 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 on the breadth of the earth and compassed the

camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from

God out of heaven and devoured them.

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 which were in it; and death and

hell delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every

man according to their works.

Rev. 20:14 And death and hell 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.

Rev. Chapter 21

A new heaven and a new earth--God dwells with the saints--Wicked to

suffer the second death--New Jerusalem

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 athirst of the fountain of

the water of life freely.

Rev. 21:7 He that overcometh 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 whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars

shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone,

which is the second death.

Rev. 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels, which had the

seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come

hither; I will show thee 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 her light was like unto a stone

most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal--

Rev. 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the

gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the

twelve tribes of the children of Israel,

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 lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the

breadth; and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs.

The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

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 garnished 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, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite;

the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh,

a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

Rev. 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was

of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent

glass.

Rev. 21:22 And I saw no temple therein; 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 did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light

thereof.

Rev. 21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light

of it; and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.

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 wise enter into it anything that defileth,

neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lie, but they which are

written in the Lamb's book of life.

Rev. Chapter 22

River of the water of life--Tree of life--The light of God and the Lamb--

Invitation of the Spirit and the bride--Words of prophecy in this book are

not to be changed

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 bare twelve manner of fruits and yielded her

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 in their

foreheads.

Rev. 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,

neither light of the sun, for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall

reign forever and ever.

Rev. 22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings 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 keepeth 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 which

showed me these things.

Rev. 22:9 Then saith he unto me, See that thou do it not; for I am thy fellow

servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the

sayings of this book. Worship God.

Rev. 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings 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 which is filthy,

let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and

he that is holy, let him be holy still.

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 without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and

murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Rev. 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in

the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David and the bright and

morning star.

Rev. 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth

say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him

take the water of life freely.

Rev. 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the

prophecy of this book: If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add

unto him the plagues that are written in this book;

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 which testifieth these things saith, 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.

Table of Contents
Holy Bible – Inspired Version
Foreword to Inspired Version
Preface
Need for the Inspired Version of the Bible
Development of the Inspired Version
Printed Editions
About This Edition
About This ePub Edition
Old Testament
Genesis
Gen. Chapter 1
Gen. Chapter 2
Gen. Chapter 3
Gen. Chapter 4
Gen. Chapter 5
Gen. Chapter 6
Gen. Chapter 7
Gen. Chapter 8
Gen. Chapter 9
Gen. Chapter 10
Gen. Chapter 11
Gen. Chapter 12
Gen. Chapter 13
Gen. Chapter 14
Gen. Chapter 15
Gen. Chapter 16
Gen. Chapter 17
Gen. Chapter 18
Gen. Chapter 19
Gen. Chapter 20
Gen. Chapter 21
Gen. Chapter 22
Gen. Chapter 23

Gen. Chapter 24
Gen. Chapter 25
Gen. Chapter 26
Gen. Chapter 27
Gen. Chapter 28
Gen. Chapter 29
Gen. Chapter 30
Gen. Chapter 31
Gen. Chapter 32
Gen. Chapter 33
Gen. Chapter 34
Gen. Chapter 35
Gen. Chapter 36
Gen. Chapter 37
Gen. Chapter 38
Gen. Chapter 39
Gen. Chapter 40
Gen. Chapter 41
Gen. Chapter 42
Gen. Chapter 43
Gen. Chapter 44
Gen. Chapter 45
Gen. Chapter 46
Gen. Chapter 47
Gen. Chapter 48
Gen. Chapter 49
Gen. Chapter 50
Exodus
Ex. Chapter 1
Ex. Chapter 2
Ex. Chapter 3
Ex. Chapter 4
Ex. Chapter 5
Ex. Chapter 6
Ex. Chapter 7
Ex. Chapter 8
Ex. Chapter 9

Ex. Chapter 10
Ex. Chapter 11
Ex. Chapter 12
Ex. Chapter 13
Ex. Chapter 14
Ex. Chapter 15
Ex. Chapter 16
Ex. Chapter 17
Ex. Chapter 18
Ex. Chapter 19
Ex. Chapter 20
Ex. Chapter 21
Ex. Chapter 22
Ex. Chapter 23
Ex. Chapter 24
Ex. Chapter 25
Ex. Chapter 26
Ex. Chapter 27
Ex. Chapter 28
Ex. Chapter 29
Ex. Chapter 30
Ex. Chapter 31
Ex. Chapter 32
Ex. Chapter 33
Ex. Chapter 34
Ex. Chapter 35
Ex. Chapter 36
Ex. Chapter 37
Ex. Chapter 38
Ex. Chapter 39
Ex. Chapter 40
Leviticus
Lev. Chapter 1
Lev. Chapter 2
Lev. Chapter 3
Lev. Chapter 4
Lev. Chapter 5

Lev. Chapter 6
Lev. Chapter 7
Lev. Chapter 8
Lev. Chapter 9
Lev. Chapter 10
Lev. Chapter 11
Lev. Chapter 12
Lev. Chapter 13
Lev. Chapter 14
Lev. Chapter 15
Lev. Chapter 16
Lev. Chapter 17
Lev. Chapter 18
Lev. Chapter 19
Lev. Chapter 20
Lev. Chapter 21
Lev. Chapter 22
Lev. Chapter 23
Lev. Chapter 24
Lev. Chapter 25
Lev. Chapter 26
Lev. Chapter 27
Numbers
Num. Chapter 1
Num. Chapter 2
Num. Chapter 3
Num. Chapter 4
Num. Chapter 5
Num. Chapter 6
Num. Chapter 7
Num. Chapter 8
Num. Chapter 9
Num. Chapter 10
Num. Chapter 11
Num. Chapter 12
Num. Chapter 13
Num. Chapter 14

Num. Chapter 15
Num. Chapter 16
Num. Chapter 17
Num. Chapter 18
Num. Chapter 19
Num. Chapter 20
Num. Chapter 21
Num. Chapter 22
Num. Chapter 23
Num. Chapter 24
Num. Chapter 25
Num. Chapter 26
Num. Chapter 27
Num. Chapter 28
Num. Chapter 29
Num. Chapter 30
Num. Chapter 31
Num. Chapter 32
Num. Chapter 33
Num. Chapter 34
Num. Chapter 35
Num. Chapter 36
Deuteronomy
Deut. Chapter 1
Deut. Chapter 2
Deut. Chapter 3
Deut. Chapter 4
Deut. Chapter 5
Deut. Chapter 6
Deut. Chapter 7
Deut. Chapter 8
Deut. Chapter 9
Deut. Chapter 10
Deut. Chapter 11
Deut. Chapter 12
Deut. Chapter 13
Deut. Chapter 14

Deut. Chapter 15
Deut. Chapter 16
Deut. Chapter 17
Deut. Chapter 18
Deut. Chapter 19
Deut. Chapter 20
Deut. Chapter 21
Deut. Chapter 22
Deut. Chapter 23
Deut. Chapter 24
Deut. Chapter 25
Deut. Chapter 26
Deut. Chapter 27
Deut. Chapter 28
Deut. Chapter 29
Deut. Chapter 30
Deut. Chapter 31
Deut. Chapter 32
Deut. Chapter 33
Deut. Chapter 34
Joshua
Josh. Chapter 1
Josh. Chapter 2
Josh. Chapter 3
Josh. Chapter 4
Josh. Chapter 5
Josh. Chapter 6
Josh. Chapter 7
Josh. Chapter 8
Josh. Chapter 9
Josh. Chapter 10
Josh. Chapter 11
Josh. Chapter 12
Josh. Chapter 13
Josh. Chapter 14
Josh. Chapter 15
Josh. Chapter 16

Josh. Chapter 17
Josh. Chapter 18
Josh. Chapter 19
Josh. Chapter 20
Josh. Chapter 21
Josh. Chapter 22
Josh. Chapter 23
Josh. Chapter 24
Judges
Judg. Chapter 1
Judg. Chapter 2
Judg. Chapter 3
Judg. Chapter 4
Judg. Chapter 5
Judg. Chapter 6
Judg. Chapter 7
Judg. Chapter 8
Judg. Chapter 9
Judg. Chapter 10
Judg. Chapter 11
Judg. Chapter 12
Judg. Chapter 13
Judg. Chapter 14
Judg. Chapter 15
Judg. Chapter 16
Judg. Chapter 17
Judg. Chapter 18
Judg. Chapter 19
Judg. Chapter 20
Judg. Chapter 21
Ruth
Ruth Chapter 1
Ruth Chapter 2
Ruth Chapter 3
Ruth Chapter 4
First Samuel
1 Sam. Chapter 1

Sam. Chapter 2
Sam. Chapter 3
Sam. Chapter 4
Sam. Chapter 5
Sam. Chapter 6
Sam. Chapter 7
Sam. Chapter 8
Sam. Chapter 9
Sam. Chapter 10
Sam. Chapter 11
Sam. Chapter 12
Sam. Chapter 13
Sam. Chapter 14
Sam. Chapter 15
Sam. Chapter 16
Sam. Chapter 17
Sam. Chapter 18
Sam. Chapter 19
Sam. Chapter 20
Sam. Chapter 21
Sam. Chapter 22
Sam. Chapter 23
Sam. Chapter 24
Sam. Chapter 25
Sam. Chapter 26
Sam. Chapter 27
Sam. Chapter 28
Sam. Chapter 29
Sam. Chapter 30
Sam. Chapter 31
Second Samuel
Sam. Chapter 1
Sam. Chapter 2
Sam. Chapter 3
Sam. Chapter 4
Sam. Chapter 5
Sam. Chapter 6

Sam. Chapter 7
Sam. Chapter 8
Sam. Chapter 9
Sam. Chapter 10
Sam. Chapter 11
Sam. Chapter 12
Sam. Chapter 13
Sam. Chapter 14
Sam. Chapter 15
Sam. Chapter 16
Sam. Chapter 17
Sam. Chapter 18
Sam. Chapter 19
Sam. Chapter 20
Sam. Chapter 21
Sam. Chapter 22
Sam. Chapter 23
Sam. Chapter 24
First Kings
Kgs. Chapter 1
Kgs. Chapter 2
Kgs. Chapter 3
Kgs. Chapter 4
Kgs. Chapter 5
Kgs. Chapter 6
Kgs. Chapter 7
Kgs. Chapter 8
Kgs. Chapter 9
Kgs. Chapter 10
Kgs. Chapter 11
Kgs. Chapter 12
Kgs. Chapter 13
Kgs. Chapter 14
Kgs. Chapter 15
Kgs. Chapter 16
Kgs. Chapter 17
Kgs. Chapter 18

Kgs. Chapter 19
Kgs. Chapter 20
Kgs. Chapter 21
Kgs. Chapter 22
Second Kings
Kgs. Chapter 1
Kgs. Chapter 2
Kgs. Chapter 3
Kgs. Chapter 4
Kgs. Chapter 5
Kgs. Chapter 6
Kgs. Chapter 7
Kgs. Chapter 8
Kgs. Chapter 9
Kgs. Chapter 10
Kgs. Chapter 11
Kgs. Chapter 12
Kgs. Chapter 13
Kgs. Chapter 14
Kgs. Chapter 15
Kgs. Chapter 16
Kgs. Chapter 17
Kgs. Chapter 18
Kgs. Chapter 19
Kgs. Chapter 20
Kgs. Chapter 21
Kgs. Chapter 22
Kgs. Chapter 23
Kgs. Chapter 24
Kgs. Chapter 25
First Chronicles
Chr. Chapter 1
Chr. Chapter 2
Chr. Chapter 3
Chr. Chapter 4
Chr. Chapter 5
Chr. Chapter 6

Chr. Chapter 7
Chr. Chapter 8
Chr. Chapter 9
Chr. Chapter 10
Chr. Chapter 11
Chr. Chapter 12
Chr. Chapter 13
Chr. Chapter 14
Chr. Chapter 15
Chr. Chapter 16
Chr. Chapter 17
Chr. Chapter 18
Chr. Chapter 19
Chr. Chapter 20
Chr. Chapter 21
Chr. Chapter 22
Chr. Chapter 23
Chr. Chapter 24
Chr. Chapter 25
Chr. Chapter 26
Chr. Chapter 27
Chr. Chapter 28
Chr. Chapter 29
Second Chronicles
Chr. Chapter 1
Chr. Chapter 2
Chr. Chapter 3
Chr. Chapter 4
Chr. Chapter 5
Chr. Chapter 6
Chr. Chapter 7
Chr. Chapter 8
Chr. Chapter 9
Chr. Chapter 10
Chr. Chapter 11
Chr. Chapter 12
Chr. Chapter 13

2 Chr. Chapter 14
2 Chr. Chapter 15
2 Chr. Chapter 16
2 Chr. Chapter 17
2 Chr. Chapter 18
2 Chr. Chapter 19
2 Chr. Chapter 20
2 Chr. Chapter 21
2 Chr. Chapter 22
2 Chr. Chapter 23
2 Chr. Chapter 24
2 Chr. Chapter 25
2 Chr. Chapter 26
2 Chr. Chapter 27
2 Chr. Chapter 28
2 Chr. Chapter 29
2 Chr. Chapter 30
2 Chr. Chapter 31
2 Chr. Chapter 32
2 Chr. Chapter 33
2 Chr. Chapter 34
2 Chr. Chapter 35
2 Chr. Chapter 36
Ezra
Ezra Chapter 1
Ezra Chapter 2
Ezra Chapter 3
Ezra Chapter 4
Ezra Chapter 5
Ezra Chapter 6
Ezra Chapter 7
Ezra Chapter 8
Ezra Chapter 9
Ezra Chapter 10
Nehemiah
Neh. Chapter 1
Neh. Chapter 2

Neh. Chapter 3
Neh. Chapter 4
Neh. Chapter 5
Neh. Chapter 6
Neh. Chapter 7
Neh. Chapter 8
Neh. Chapter 9
Neh. Chapter 10
Neh. Chapter 11
Neh. Chapter 12
Neh. Chapter 13
Esther
Esth. Chapter 1
Esth. Chapter 2
Esth. Chapter 3
Esth. Chapter 4
Esth. Chapter 5
Esth. Chapter 6
Esth. Chapter 7
Esth. Chapter 8
Esth. Chapter 9
Esth. Chapter 10
Job
Job Chapter 1
Job Chapter 2
Job Chapter 3
Job Chapter 4
Job Chapter 5
Job Chapter 6
Job Chapter 7
Job Chapter 8
Job Chapter 9
Job Chapter 10
Job Chapter 11
Job Chapter 12
Job Chapter 13
Job Chapter 14

Job Chapter 15
Job Chapter 16
Job Chapter 17
Job Chapter 18
Job Chapter 19
Job Chapter 20
Job Chapter 21
Job Chapter 22
Job Chapter 23
Job Chapter 24
Job Chapter 25
Job Chapter 26
Job Chapter 27
Job Chapter 28
Job Chapter 29
Job Chapter 30
Job Chapter 31
Job Chapter 32
Job Chapter 33
Job Chapter 34
Job Chapter 35
Job Chapter 36
Job Chapter 37
Job Chapter 38
Job Chapter 39
Job Chapter 40
Job Chapter 41
Job Chapter 42
Psalms
Ps. Chapter 1
Ps. Chapter 2
Ps. Chapter 3
Ps. Chapter 4
Ps. Chapter 5
Ps. Chapter 6
Ps. Chapter 7
Ps. Chapter 8

Ps. Chapter 9
Ps. Chapter 10
Ps. Chapter 11
Ps. Chapter 12
Ps. Chapter 13
Ps. Chapter 14
Ps. Chapter 15
Ps. Chapter 16
Ps. Chapter 17
Ps. Chapter 18
Ps. Chapter 19
Ps. Chapter 20
Ps. Chapter 21
Ps. Chapter 22
Ps. Chapter 23
Ps. Chapter 24
Ps. Chapter 25
Ps. Chapter 26
Ps. Chapter 27
Ps. Chapter 28
Ps. Chapter 29
Ps. Chapter 30
Ps. Chapter 31
Ps. Chapter 32
Ps. Chapter 33
Ps. Chapter 34
Ps. Chapter 35
Ps. Chapter 36
Ps. Chapter 37
Ps. Chapter 38
Ps. Chapter 39
Ps. Chapter 40
Ps. Chapter 41
Ps. Chapter 42
Ps. Chapter 43
Ps. Chapter 44
Ps. Chapter 45

Ps. Chapter 46
Ps. Chapter 47
Ps. Chapter 48
Ps. Chapter 49
Ps. Chapter 50
Ps. Chapter 51
Ps. Chapter 52
Ps. Chapter 53
Ps. Chapter 54
Ps. Chapter 55
Ps. Chapter 56
Ps. Chapter 57
Ps. Chapter 58
Ps. Chapter 59
Ps. Chapter 60
Ps. Chapter 61
Ps. Chapter 62
Ps. Chapter 63
Ps. Chapter 64
Ps. Chapter 65
Ps. Chapter 66
Ps. Chapter 67
Ps. Chapter 68
Ps. Chapter 69
Ps. Chapter 70
Ps. Chapter 71
Ps. Chapter 72
Ps. Chapter 73
Ps. Chapter 74
Ps. Chapter 75
Ps. Chapter 76
Ps. Chapter 77
Ps. Chapter 78
Ps. Chapter 79
Ps. Chapter 80
Ps. Chapter 81
Ps. Chapter 82

Ps. Chapter 83
Ps. Chapter 84
Ps. Chapter 85
Ps. Chapter 86
Ps. Chapter 87
Ps. Chapter 88
Ps. Chapter 89
Ps. Chapter 90
Ps. Chapter 91
Ps. Chapter 92
Ps. Chapter 93
Ps. Chapter 94
Ps. Chapter 95
Ps. Chapter 96
Ps. Chapter 97
Ps. Chapter 98
Ps. Chapter 99
Ps. Chapter 100
Ps. Chapter 101
Ps. Chapter 102
Ps. Chapter 103
Ps. Chapter 104
Ps. Chapter 105
Ps. Chapter 106
Ps. Chapter 107
Ps. Chapter 108
Ps. Chapter 109
Ps. Chapter 110
Ps. Chapter 111
Ps. Chapter 112
Ps. Chapter 113
Ps. Chapter 114
Ps. Chapter 115
Ps. Chapter 116
Ps. Chapter 117
Ps. Chapter 118
Ps. Chapter 119

Ps. Chapter 120
Ps. Chapter 121
Ps. Chapter 122
Ps. Chapter 123
Ps. Chapter 124
Ps. Chapter 125
Ps. Chapter 126
Ps. Chapter 127
Ps. Chapter 128
Ps. Chapter 129
Ps. Chapter 130
Ps. Chapter 131
Ps. Chapter 132
Ps. Chapter 133
Ps. Chapter 134
Ps. Chapter 135
Ps. Chapter 136
Ps. Chapter 137
Ps. Chapter 138
Ps. Chapter 139
Ps. Chapter 140
Ps. Chapter 141
Ps. Chapter 142
Ps. Chapter 143
Ps. Chapter 144
Ps. Chapter 145
Ps. Chapter 146
Ps. Chapter 147
Ps. Chapter 148
Ps. Chapter 149
Ps. Chapter 150
Proverbs
Prov. Chapter 1
Prov. Chapter 2
Prov. Chapter 3
Prov. Chapter 4
Prov. Chapter 5

Prov. Chapter 6
Prov. Chapter 7
Prov. Chapter 8
Prov. Chapter 9
Prov. Chapter 10
Prov. Chapter 11
Prov. Chapter 12
Prov. Chapter 13
Prov. Chapter 14
Prov. Chapter 15
Prov. Chapter 16
Prov. Chapter 17
Prov. Chapter 18
Prov. Chapter 19
Prov. Chapter 20
Prov. Chapter 21
Prov. Chapter 22
Prov. Chapter 23
Prov. Chapter 24
Prov. Chapter 25
Prov. Chapter 26
Prov. Chapter 27
Prov. Chapter 28
Prov. Chapter 29
Prov. Chapter 30
Prov. Chapter 31
Ecclesiastes
Eccl. Chapter 1
Eccl. Chapter 2
Eccl. Chapter 3
Eccl. Chapter 4
Eccl. Chapter 5
Eccl. Chapter 6
Eccl. Chapter 7
Eccl. Chapter 8
Eccl. Chapter 9
Eccl. Chapter 10

Eccl. Chapter 11
Eccl. Chapter 12
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Isa. Chapter 1
Isa. Chapter 2
Isa. Chapter 3
Isa. Chapter 4
Isa. Chapter 5
Isa. Chapter 6
Isa. Chapter 7
Isa. Chapter 8
Isa. Chapter 9
Isa. Chapter 10
Isa. Chapter 11
Isa. Chapter 12
Isa. Chapter 13
Isa. Chapter 14
Isa. Chapter 15
Isa. Chapter 16
Isa. Chapter 17
Isa. Chapter 18
Isa. Chapter 19
Isa. Chapter 20
Isa. Chapter 21
Isa. Chapter 22
Isa. Chapter 23
Isa. Chapter 24
Isa. Chapter 25
Isa. Chapter 26
Isa. Chapter 27
Isa. Chapter 28
Isa. Chapter 29
Isa. Chapter 30
Isa. Chapter 31
Isa. Chapter 32
Isa. Chapter 33

Isa. Chapter 34
Isa. Chapter 35
Isa. Chapter 36
Isa. Chapter 37
Isa. Chapter 38
Isa. Chapter 39
Isa. Chapter 40
Isa. Chapter 41
Isa. Chapter 42
Isa. Chapter 43
Isa. Chapter 44
Isa. Chapter 45
Isa. Chapter 46
Isa. Chapter 47
Isa. Chapter 48
Isa. Chapter 49
Isa. Chapter 50
Isa. Chapter 51
Isa. Chapter 52
Isa. Chapter 53
Isa. Chapter 54
Isa. Chapter 55
Isa. Chapter 56
Isa. Chapter 57
Isa. Chapter 58
Isa. Chapter 59
Isa. Chapter 60
Isa. Chapter 61
Isa. Chapter 62
Isa. Chapter 63
Isa. Chapter 64
Isa. Chapter 65
Isa. Chapter 66
Jeremiah
Jer. Chapter 1
Jer. Chapter 2
Jer. Chapter 3

Jer. Chapter 4
Jer. Chapter 5
Jer. Chapter 6
Jer. Chapter 7
Jer. Chapter 8
Jer. Chapter 9
Jer. Chapter 10
Jer. Chapter 11
Jer. Chapter 12
Jer. Chapter 13
Jer. Chapter 14
Jer. Chapter 15
Jer. Chapter 16
Jer. Chapter 17
Jer. Chapter 18
Jer. Chapter 19
Jer. Chapter 20
Jer. Chapter 21
Jer. Chapter 22
Jer. Chapter 23
Jer. Chapter 24
Jer. Chapter 25
Jer. Chapter 26
Jer. Chapter 27
Jer. Chapter 28
Jer. Chapter 29
Jer. Chapter 30
Jer. Chapter 31
Jer. Chapter 32
Jer. Chapter 33
Jer. Chapter 34
Jer. Chapter 35
Jer. Chapter 36
Jer. Chapter 37
Jer. Chapter 38
Jer. Chapter 39
Jer. Chapter 40

Jer. Chapter 41
Jer. Chapter 42
Jer. Chapter 43
Jer. Chapter 44
Jer. Chapter 45
Jer. Chapter 46
Jer. Chapter 47
Jer. Chapter 48
Jer. Chapter 49
Jer. Chapter 50
Jer. Chapter 51
Jer. Chapter 52
Lamentations
Lam. Chapter 1
Lam. Chapter 2
Lam. Chapter 3
Lam. Chapter 4
Lam. Chapter 5
Ezekiel
Ezek. Chapter 1
Ezek. Chapter 2
Ezek. Chapter 3
Ezek. Chapter 4
Ezek. Chapter 5
Ezek. Chapter 6
Ezek. Chapter 7
Ezek. Chapter 8
Ezek. Chapter 9
Ezek. Chapter 10
Ezek. Chapter 11
Ezek. Chapter 12
Ezek. Chapter 13
Ezek. Chapter 14
Ezek. Chapter 15
Ezek. Chapter 16
Ezek. Chapter 17
Ezek. Chapter 18

Ezek. Chapter 19
Ezek. Chapter 20
Ezek. Chapter 21
Ezek. Chapter 22
Ezek. Chapter 23
Ezek. Chapter 24
Ezek. Chapter 25
Ezek. Chapter 26
Ezek. Chapter 27
Ezek. Chapter 28
Ezek. Chapter 29
Ezek. Chapter 30
Ezek. Chapter 31
Ezek. Chapter 32
Ezek. Chapter 33
Ezek. Chapter 34
Ezek. Chapter 35
Ezek. Chapter 36
Ezek. Chapter 37
Ezek. Chapter 38
Ezek. Chapter 39
Ezek. Chapter 40
Ezek. Chapter 41
Ezek. Chapter 42
Ezek. Chapter 43
Ezek. Chapter 44
Ezek. Chapter 45
Ezek. Chapter 46
Ezek. Chapter 47
Ezek. Chapter 48
Daniel
Dan. Chapter 1
Dan. Chapter 2
Dan. Chapter 3
Dan. Chapter 4
Dan. Chapter 5
Dan. Chapter 6

Dan. Chapter 7
Dan. Chapter 8
Dan. Chapter 9
Dan. Chapter 10
Dan. Chapter 11
Dan. Chapter 12
Hosea
Hosea Chapter 1
Hosea Chapter 2
Hosea Chapter 3
Hosea Chapter 4
Hosea Chapter 5
Hosea Chapter 6
Hosea Chapter 7
Hosea Chapter 8
Hosea Chapter 9
Hosea Chapter 10
Hosea Chapter 11
Hosea Chapter 12
Hosea Chapter 13
Hosea Chapter 14
Joel
Joel Chapter 1
Joel Chapter 2
Joel Chapter 3
Amos
Amos Chapter 1
Amos Chapter 2
Amos Chapter 3
Amos Chapter 4
Amos Chapter 5
Amos Chapter 6
Amos Chapter 7
Amos Chapter 8
Amos Chapter 9
Obadiah
Obad. Chapter 1

Jonah
Jonah Chapter 1
Jonah Chapter 2
Jonah Chapter 3
Jonah Chapter 4
Micah
Micah Chapter 1
Micah Chapter 2
Micah Chapter 3
Micah Chapter 4
Micah Chapter 5
Micah Chapter 6
Micah Chapter 7
Nahum
Nahum Chapter 1
Nahum Chapter 2
Nahum Chapter 3
Habakkuk
Hab. Chapter 1
Hab. Chapter 2
Hab. Chapter 3
Zephaniah
Zeph. Chapter 1
Zeph. Chapter 2
Zeph. Chapter 3
Haggai
Hag. Chapter 1
Hag. Chapter 2
Zechariah
Zech. Chapter 1
Zech. Chapter 2
Zech. Chapter 3
Zech. Chapter 4
Zech. Chapter 5
Zech. Chapter 6
Zech. Chapter 7
Zech. Chapter 8

Zech. Chapter 9
Zech. Chapter 10
Zech. Chapter 11
Zech. Chapter 12
Zech. Chapter 13
Zech. Chapter 14
Malachi
Mal. Chapter 1
Mal. Chapter 2
Mal. Chapter 3
Mal. Chapter 4
New Testament
Matthew
Matt. Chapter 1
Matt. Chapter 2
Matt. Chapter 3
Matt. Chapter 4
Matt. Chapter 5
Matt. Chapter 6
Matt. Chapter 7
Matt. Chapter 8
Matt. Chapter 9
Matt. Chapter 10
Matt. Chapter 11
Matt. Chapter 12
Matt. Chapter 13
Matt. Chapter 14
Matt. Chapter 15
Matt. Chapter 16
Matt. Chapter 17
Matt. Chapter 18
Matt. Chapter 19
Matt. Chapter 20
Matt. Chapter 21
Matt. Chapter 22
Matt. Chapter 23
Matt. Chapter 24

Matt. Chapter 25
Matt. Chapter 26
Matt. Chapter 27
Matt. Chapter 28
Mark
Mark Chapter 1
Mark Chapter 2
Mark Chapter 3
Mark Chapter 4
Mark Chapter 5
Mark Chapter 6
Mark Chapter 7
Mark Chapter 8
Mark Chapter 9
Mark Chapter 10
Mark Chapter 11
Mark Chapter 12
Mark Chapter 13
Mark Chapter 14
Mark Chapter 15
Mark Chapter 16
Luke
Luke Chapter 1
Luke Chapter 2
Luke Chapter 3
Luke Chapter 4
Luke Chapter 5
Luke Chapter 6
Luke Chapter 7
Luke Chapter 8
Luke Chapter 9
Luke Chapter 10
Luke Chapter 11
Luke Chapter 12
Luke Chapter 13
Luke Chapter 14
Luke Chapter 15

Luke Chapter 16
Luke Chapter 17
Luke Chapter 18
Luke Chapter 19
Luke Chapter 20
Luke Chapter 21
Luke Chapter 22
Luke Chapter 23
Luke Chapter 24
John
John Chapter 1
John Chapter 2
John Chapter 3
John Chapter 4
John Chapter 5
John Chapter 6
John Chapter 7
John Chapter 8
John Chapter 9
John Chapter 10
John Chapter 11
John Chapter 12
John Chapter 13
John Chapter 14
John Chapter 15
John Chapter 16
John Chapter 17
John Chapter 18
John Chapter 19
John Chapter 20
John Chapter 21
Acts
Acts Chapter 1
Acts Chapter 2
Acts Chapter 3
Acts Chapter 4
Acts Chapter 5

Acts Chapter 6
Acts Chapter 7
Acts Chapter 8
Acts Chapter 9
Acts Chapter 10
Acts Chapter 11
Acts Chapter 12
Acts Chapter 13
Acts Chapter 14
Acts Chapter 15
Acts Chapter 16
Acts Chapter 17
Acts Chapter 18
Acts Chapter 19
Acts Chapter 20
Acts Chapter 21
Acts Chapter 22
Acts Chapter 23
Acts Chapter 24
Acts Chapter 25
Acts Chapter 26
Acts Chapter 27
Acts Chapter 28
Romans
Rom. Chapter 1
Rom. Chapter 2
Rom. Chapter 3
Rom. Chapter 4
Rom. Chapter 5
Rom. Chapter 6
Rom. Chapter 7
Rom. Chapter 8
Rom. Chapter 9
Rom. Chapter 10
Rom. Chapter 11
Rom. Chapter 12
Rom. Chapter 13

Rom. Chapter 14
Rom. Chapter 15
Rom. Chapter 16
First Corinthians
Cor. Chapter 1
Cor. Chapter 2
Cor. Chapter 3
Cor. Chapter 4
Cor. Chapter 5
Cor. Chapter 6
Cor. Chapter 7
Cor. Chapter 8
Cor. Chapter 9
Cor. Chapter 10
Cor. Chapter 11
Cor. Chapter 12
Cor. Chapter 13
Cor. Chapter 14
Cor. Chapter 15
Cor. Chapter 16
Second Corinthians
Cor. Chapter 1
Cor. Chapter 2
Cor. Chapter 3
Cor. Chapter 4
Cor. Chapter 5
Cor. Chapter 6
Cor. Chapter 7
Cor. Chapter 8
Cor. Chapter 9
Cor. Chapter 10
Cor. Chapter 11
Cor. Chapter 12
Cor. Chapter 13
Galatians
Gal. Chapter 1
Gal. Chapter 2

Gal. Chapter 3
Gal. Chapter 4
Gal. Chapter 5
Gal. Chapter 6
Ephesians
Eph. Chapter 1
Eph. Chapter 2
Eph. Chapter 3
Eph. Chapter 4
Eph. Chapter 5
Eph. Chapter 6
Philippians
Philip. Chapter 1
Philip. Chapter 2
Philip. Chapter 3
Philip. Chapter 4
Colossians
Col. Chapter 1
Col. Chapter 2
Col. Chapter 3
Col. Chapter 4
First Thessalonians
1 Thes. Chapter 1
1 Thes. Chapter 2
1 Thes. Chapter 3
1 Thes. Chapter 4
1 Thes. Chapter 5
Second Thessalonians
2 Thes. Chapter 1
2 Thes. Chapter 2
2 Thes. Chapter 3
First Timothy
1 Tim. Chapter 1
1 Tim. Chapter 2
1 Tim. Chapter 3
1 Tim. Chapter 4
1 Tim. Chapter 5

1 Tim. Chapter 6
Second Timothy
2 Tim. Chapter 1
2 Tim. Chapter 2
2 Tim. Chapter 3
2 Tim. Chapter 4
Titus
Titus Chapter 1
Titus Chapter 2
Titus Chapter 3
Philemon
Philem. Chapter 1
Hebrews
Heb. Chapter 1
Heb. Chapter 2
Heb. Chapter 3
Heb. Chapter 4
Heb. Chapter 5
Heb. Chapter 6
Heb. Chapter 7
Heb. Chapter 8
Heb. Chapter 9
Heb. Chapter 10
Heb. Chapter 11
Heb. Chapter 12
Heb. Chapter 13
James
James Chapter 1
James Chapter 2
James Chapter 3
James Chapter 4
James Chapter 5
First Peter
1 Pet. Chapter 1
1 Pet. Chapter 2
1 Pet. Chapter 3
1 Pet. Chapter 4

1 Pet. Chapter 5
Second Peter
2 Pet. Chapter 1
2 Pet. Chapter 2
2 Pet. Chapter 3
First John
1 John Chapter 1
1 John Chapter 2
1 John Chapter 3
1 John Chapter 4
1 John Chapter 5
Second John
2 John Chapter 1
Third John
3 John Chapter 1
Jude
Jude Chapter 1
Revelation
Rev. Chapter 1
Rev. Chapter 2
Rev. Chapter 3
Rev. Chapter 4
Rev. Chapter 5
Rev. Chapter 6
Rev. Chapter 7
Rev. Chapter 8
Rev. Chapter 9
Rev. Chapter 10
Rev. Chapter 11
Rev. Chapter 12
Rev. Chapter 13
Rev. Chapter 14
Rev. Chapter 15
Rev. Chapter 16
Rev. Chapter 17
Rev. Chapter 18
Rev. Chapter 19

Rev. Chapter 20

Rev. Chapter 21

Rev. Chapter 22